Alice Springs School of the Air - Northern Territory, Australia
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S 23° 40.701 E 133° 51.961
53K E 384371 N 7380924
Covering more than 1.3 million square kilometres, Alice Springs School of the Air is the world's largest classroom.
Waymark Code: WMN51W
Location: Northern Territory, Australia
Date Posted: 12/27/2014
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The first School of the Air lessons were officially broadcast from the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Alice Springs on 8 June 1951. The service celebrated 50th anniversary on 9 May 2001, ahead of the actual anniversary on 8 June. Each state of Australia that utilises this means of education has well documented reviews and overviews of the service.
School classes were conducted via shortwave radio from 2003 until 2009, after which most schools switched to wireless internet technologies to deliver lessons that include live one-way video feeds and clear two-way audio.
Each student has direct contact with a teacher in a major inland town such as Broken Hill, Alice Springs or Meekatharra. Each student typically spends one hour per day receiving group or individual lessons from the teacher, and the rest of the day working through the assigned materials with a parent, older sibling or a hired home-stay tutor.
A virtual journey in 'The World's Largest Classroom' will leave you enlightened and inspired. The film and guide presentations reveal stories about the school and its students, sharing a distinctive history, outback lifestyle and world-renowned innovations of this uniquely Australian school.
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