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A justification of why children love minecraft and how this game has allowed children to not just discover new skills inside the game, but also outside the game. The world is endless with interactivity at every corner including with the communities that come with minecraft.
To check out the game as well you can locate it at this website: https://minecraft.net/
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A TIME sub-website for children to access and to get up to date news that is written by children reporters. Children can also get access to information about countries around the world, have homework helps and watch videos and photos from TIME.
Play and learn English online with your own customisable avatar
A role playing game that immerses students in a journey using grammar to save the world in jeopardy. This game is aligned with the Australian National Curriculum where users aged 10-16 can improve, consolidate or extend their knowledge of the English language whilst submerging themselves in the world of Grammatikus.
Grammatikus is not an easy game to play. Students will need scaffolding from teachers to support them during quests. But the dialogue that may arise will aid students and help motivate them as they can progress in their quasi-medival fantasy.
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has announced that moving forward, prospective host cities will have to a agree to a new anti-discrimination clause as part of their contract to host the games. The new clause references Principle 6 of the Olympic Charter, which rejects “any form of discrimination… on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender, or otherwise.” The IOC has previously clarified that “otherwise” includes sexual orientation.
IOC Sports Director Christopher Dubi stated in a letter that the new requirements “are the result of the experience gained by the IOC in previous editions of the Olympic Games.” The IOC will now take into consideration “potential concerns for candidate cities and future host cities” and “certain comments made by the candidate cities.”
The change follows significant controversy over Sochi, Russia hosting the games this year, given that Russia has passed numerous anti-LGBT laws, including a ban on “gay propaganda.” In fact, activists were concerned about the safety of LGBT athletes as far back as early 2012, when a Russian judge upheld a decision not to allow a “Pride House” in the Olympic Village. The Olympic Committee assured athletes that they would be safe, but simultaneously helped Russian officials defend their anti-gay laws.
Russia eventually agreed to an Olympic Truce that included language promoting “social inclusion without discrimination of any kind,” but without any specific references to LGBT people. The IOC claimed to be “fully satisfied” by Russia’s assurances not to enforce its anti-gay policies during the games — which it didn’t — but President Vladimir Putin also banned all “gatherings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, and pickets” for a period of more than two months around when the Olympics were taking place.
Groups like All Out and Athlete Ally have engaged in a “Principle 6″ Campaign, raising awareness about LGBT athletes and encouraging the IOC to take more proactive approaches to being LGBT-inclusive. In August of 2013, they delivered over 300,000 petition signatures to the IOC, urging the organization to condemn Russia’s anti-gay laws.
Despite the lack of significant incident during the Sochi games, Russia’s laws remain unchanged. Just this week, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled that the law banning “gay propaganda” is not unconstitutional because its only aim is to protect minors from the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships.
Upcoming Olympics are taking place in Brazil (2016), South Korea (2018), and Japan (2020). Though LGBT people do not enjoy full legal equality in these countries, none has laws that specifically target LGBT people for persecution.
h/t: Zach Ford at Think Progress LGBT
While the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused to address Russia's anti-gay legislation, it seems it is finally ready to take a stand against discrimination, at least at future Games.
On Tuesday, the committee announced that it may revise its policy so that future Olympic bid cities have to fully comply with the Olympic Charter, which considers "any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement."
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Rihanna joins the 'P6' campaign
A campaign to protest anti-gay laws in Russia during the Olympics has picked up some high-profile support from Rihanna. She posted a photo to Instagram late Saturday showing off a P6 cap. That’s short for Principle 6, a clause in the Olympic charter that says discrimination is “incompatible” with the Olympic movement. The International Olympic Committee restricts political statements, so gay rights groups are using the P6 campaign to get the word out about repression of Russian gays.
