I have just collected the following websites which may help in the teaching of this topic in the next few weeks, I will update the list as new things appear.

Victorian bushfires 2009

Maps of bushfire areas

Fire map of areas affected currently by bushfires in Victoria

Australian bushfire hotspots map

Latest news updates about the current fire situation

CFA_News updates on Twitter

Country Fire Authority of Victoria  updates on the fire situation and other news reports

CFA incident summary reports of the current fire situation

ABC News – Bushfire emergency 

Includes: coverage of the bushfires and interactive map, photos and videos

The Australian – Victoria Bushfires

The HeraldSun – Victoria in flames

The Age – Faces of Tragedy

Analysis of the bushfires

Interactive map: Where the deaths occurred

Interactive survival guide

A planning and safety guide for preparing your home against the threat of bushfire.

Looking for answers in the ashes

An opinion by Frank Campbell in The Age newspaper

Bushfire Appeals

Bushfire: how you can help

Bushfires appeal launched

Red Cross appeal information 

The Victorian Bushfires: How you can help

A number of ways to help support the victims of the bushfires from Our Community

 International Fund for Animal Welfare – AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE EMERGENCY APPEAL

Please help the animal victims of the Australian wildfires.

Tasmania

Tasmania Fire Service

Tasmanian current bushfire incident information

Historical information

Major bushfires in Victoria

I plan to be much more active this year. As I now appear through Google and am linked to edna and to ASLA – Tas I must keep this up-to-date and fresh.

I intend to collect all the relevant Professional Learning activities for Tasmanian school library staff and will collate them on the Professional Learning page listed at left. Already there are a number of events happening quite soon as well as online learning opportunities.

The first of these will be:

This  will be an opportunity to meet and hear renowned speaker, technologist, futurist, author, academic and philosopher Mark Pesce speak about online and eLearning. This event is part of my work unit – the Department of Education’s Online Learning Network – annual conference. A video of this presentation is available from: http://www.education.tas.gov.au/school/educators/support/mark-pesce