Thank you so much. I absolutely love this program. I am a long time listener and it is one of the best I have heard. It should be included in schools, in both history and literature.It is such a wonderful example of the art of story- telling in the traditional way . I will be telling everyone I know about it and encouraging them to listen.Thanks again.Kind regards
Kath Harris
Hi, I am a middle primary teacher from South Australia. We strated a unit of work on Australian authors and read waltzing Matilda with kids. They are touched by the story and have become very involved in our unit. They are writing the story from the swagman's dog's point of view.
We have been to your website and have looked and listend to some parts of the program.
Thanks
Ian Walker here, producer of THE MATILDA MYTH project. It's great you have your kids involved. Below are some details of a story competition they could enter:
As part of the Matilda Myth project we are inviting audience members of 22 years or under to contribute to a short story competition. Listen to the Hindsight and Background Briefing stories on radio or on this website, get familiar with the dynamics of the Matilda Myth, then write a creative short story of your own (500 words or less) on the subject.
It can be hysteric or historic, science fiction, funny, horror, weird, emo, or more curious than the supposed incident of the swagman in the night.
Email your entries to the executive producer of Background Briefing, Kirsten Garrett: garrett.kirsten@abc.net.au (or type garrett.kirsten(at)abc.net.au replacing (at) with @)
The best stories may be read on Radio National and republished on this website and by the end of April we will choose a winner, who will be awarded a digital radio and a certificate.
Hi There,
Glad you and your class are getting something out of the project and programs, it's a pretty fascinating story.
If you have any more to share from yourself or your class please do join Pool and add something on the topic.
BTW We have just started a Pool Education forum as a place to discuss Web in the classroom issues here http://pool.org.au/forums/edu_pool
John Jacobs
Pool >> Open media designer
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17.02.10 — Anonymous
Thank you so much. I absolutely love this program. I am a long time listener and it is one of the best I have heard. It should be included in schools, in both history and literature.It is such a wonderful example of the art of story- telling in the traditional way . I will be telling everyone I know about it and encouraging them to listen.Thanks again.Kind regards
Kath Harris
14.02.10 — Anonymous
Hi, I am a middle primary teacher from South Australia. We strated a unit of work on Australian authors and read waltzing Matilda with kids. They are touched by the story and have become very involved in our unit. They are writing the story from the swagman's dog's point of view.
We have been to your website and have looked and listend to some parts of the program.
Thanks
22.02.10 — Anonymous
Ian Walker here, producer of THE MATILDA MYTH project. It's great you have your kids involved. Below are some details of a story competition they could enter:
As part of the Matilda Myth project we are inviting audience members of 22 years or under to contribute to a short story competition. Listen to the Hindsight and Background Briefing stories on radio or on this website, get familiar with the dynamics of the Matilda Myth, then write a creative short story of your own (500 words or less) on the subject.
It can be hysteric or historic, science fiction, funny, horror, weird, emo, or more curious than the supposed incident of the swagman in the night.
Email your entries to the executive producer of Background Briefing, Kirsten Garrett: garrett.kirsten@abc.net.au (or type garrett.kirsten(at)abc.net.au replacing (at) with @)
The best stories may be read on Radio National and republished on this website and by the end of April we will choose a winner, who will be awarded a digital radio and a certificate.
More info here...
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/features/matildamyth/shortstories.htm
Love to hear from your kids.
cheers,
Ian
15.02.10 — John Jacobs
Hi There,
Glad you and your class are getting something out of the project and programs, it's a pretty fascinating story.
If you have any more to share from yourself or your class please do join Pool and add something on the topic.
BTW We have just started a Pool Education forum as a place to discuss Web in the classroom issues here http://pool.org.au/forums/edu_pool
John Jacobs
Pool >> Open media designer