Jo O'Mara

An education academic with a textile fetish and deep interest in how technology is changing everything...

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

@jolampert Brain science says that the children in this picture are not paying attention to the man. Look at their eyes and gestures--all of them are positioning themselves so that they are not looking at him and not attending to what he is saying to them.

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

@sallymcmanus Bodies of Light. Jennifer Downey.

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

But for those like me, people of colour, the Irish, and most importantly, our Indigenous community, it is a reminder of dispossession, fear, suffering – and ill-begotten wealth.Queen Elizabeth II's death no reason to avoid truth about colonial baggage https://t.co/XCy2Ya9ZNz

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

‘Rapid acceleration’ in US school book censorship leads to 2,500 bans in a year https://t.co/MgSfz2TB5M #subjectEnglish issues

[The Chaser @chaser]

Queen still dead, rolling reporting confirms https://t.co/tYMvb0vCu1

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

After Queen Elizabeth II's death, Indigenous Australia can't be expected to shut up. Our sorry business is without end https://t.co/9p41p2JP62

[Bhiamie Williamson @bhiamie]

We’ve got a mermaid dreaming story on the southern edge of our Country in the Barwon river. He’s (yes he) still there too if you know where to look

[SBS News @SBSNews]

Black children are flipping-out with joy after watching the trailer for Disney's live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid'. Their parents are sharing reaction videos on social media to show the importance of representation.

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

@guardian that Australia becomes a republic, that he de-colonises the monarchy, that he works on climate change and sends back the stuff the British stole.

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

@phillipdawson Have to say the 2020 shutdowns and 2021 shutdowns were great to increase the amount of reading my students did! I think if we shutdown for 2 months each semester so the students have nothing else to do but read the problem is solved.

[Magda Szubanski AO @MagdaSzubanski]

So I said to the lass from the Salvos I said pet, I said love, I said please please please. Be reasonable! It may only be $5 to you..but I could get 5 scratchies with that! Do you really think it’s fair that I be deprived of my shot at a new plasma just so some pensioner can eat?

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

After Queen Elizabeth II's death, Indigenous Australia can't be expected to shut up. Our sorry business is without end https://t.co/9p41p2JP62

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

Queen Elizabeth II's death shows we're still uncomfortable with Australia's colonial truth https://t.co/qPU2B4nkkj

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

Finally, rich white man in charge https://t.co/VtE2nnqozj

[The Shovel @TheShovel]

Man who wanted to be a tampon has to settle for being a King instead https://t.co/X1LOsXecFV

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Public speaking has two parts to it:
✍️ writing the speech,
🗣 and actually delivering it.

So, your kid is preparing a speech for school – where do you start? @jomara (@Deakin) has tips on how to help your kid with both aspects of preparing speeches. https://t.co/v6K7Whap6r

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

We're entering a golden age of diversity in storytelling — with genre fiction and graphic novels leading the way #subjectEnglishteachingissues
https://t.co/nT7X2vKXOv

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

Stella Prize winner Evelyn Araluen on the power of words https://t.co/n1Nhl9meop

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

@sallyjsara Sure it is not a close up of a galaxy far, far away????

[Jo O'Mara @Jomara]

Am listening to "Mullumbimby" by Melissa Lucashenko again- inspired by my recent encounter with "Too Much Lip". Have to keep stopping to swoon at the quality of the writing! #subjectenglishissues