Nine To Noon for Friday 25 January 2013 Nine To Noon

The price of digital technology in schools

9:08 AM.Wellington Girls' College principal Julia Davidson, whose school spends $750,000 on IT a year, of which $40,000 is funded by the Government. The education and science select committee's inquiry into… Read more Audio
The Great Diary Project

9:38 AM.The Great Diary Project has been set up to provide a permanent home for unwanted diaries. The project began with Irving Finkel's private collection of about 1,500 diaries and is inviting members of… Read more Audio
Pacific News Correspondent - Mike Field

9:52 AM.Mike Field with the latest from the Pacific. Audio
Feature guest - Jerry Brotton

10:06 AM.Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and author of 'A History of the World in 12 Maps', which studies maps that crystallised world-views or changed… Read more Audio
Children's book review with John McIntyre

10:38 AM.John McIntyre with the latest in children's literature. Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor

11:08 AM.Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Villagers, and D'Angelo. Note: due to copyright restrictions, all music has been removed. Audio
Sport with Joseph Romanos

11:33 AM.Joseph wraps up the Lance Armstrong saga, and wonders whether we're through the worst of that other saga - NZ Cricket. Audio
The Week That Was

11:51 AM.with Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

09:05 The price of digital technology in schools

Wellington Girls' College principal Julia Davidson, whose school spends $750,000 on IT a year, of which $40,000 is funded by the Government. The education and science select committee's inquiry into 21st century learning released last month made 48 recommendations including that every child should have access to a digital device in school; and Mark Brown, Education professor at Massey University.

09:30 Great Diary Project

The Great Diary Project has been set up to provide a permanent home for unwanted diaries. The project began with Irving Finkel's private collection of about 1,500 diaries and is inviting members of the public to augment the London-based archive by depositing their own or their relatives' diaries in it.

09:45 Pacific News correspondent Mike Field

10:05 Jerry Brotton - author of A History of the World in 12 Maps

Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, which studies maps that crystallised world-views or changed people's attitudes, or both.

10:35 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre

Two Little Bugs by Mark and Rowan Somerset
Published by Dreamboat Books
ISBN 978-09864668-0

Dinosaur Rescue by Kyle Mewburn & Donovan Bixley
Published by Scholastic
ISBN 978-1-77543-019-3

10:45 The Reading: With Lots of Love from Georgia by Brigid Lowry (Part 5 of 10)

Last time Georgia landed her first job in a bakery, working with Jude - the owner, her nephew - Lee and a surfer chick- Kate.

11:05 New Music with Jeremy Taylor

Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Title: Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark)
Composer: Rueben Nielson
Album: UMO II
Label: Jagjaguar

Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Title: So Good At Being In Trouble
Composer: Ruban Nielson
Album: UMO II
Label: Jagjaguar

Artist: Villagers
Title: My Lighthouse
Composer: Conor O'Brien
Album: Awayland
Label: Domino

Artist: Villagers
Title: Judgment Call
Composer: Conor O'Brien
Album: Awayland
Label: Domino

Artist: D'Angelo
Title: The Line
Composer: D'Angelo
Album: Voodoo
Label: Light In The Attic

11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos

The Lance Armstrong saga, and NZ Cricket.

11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Michele A'Court

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