The AGE Education site is well worth viewing. The Education section provides a range of services that have learning technologies aspects. The issues articles link the use of learning technologies to the current affairs curriculum. Take it that step further by using the Behind the News class activities. The pages contain questions , links to useful websites and activities.
Students can work independently, or in small or large groups.
Recent topics include Hiroshima, Vitamin Supplements, Fiji and MP3. There are links to past topics as well. It is worth reading some some of the teacher comments on how they use BTNews in their classrooms. Also at the ABC is 'The Lab' . It's the internet gateway to all ABC science.