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Cloud Provider Policies
Wednesday 26th November 2014 How private is your data (and your students’ data) when it is stored with a commercial cloud provider? Will you and your students be targeted with advertising, based on the content of their emails and documents stored in the cloud? Who owns ‘your’ data, once it is stored on a remote server, possibly in another country? … Read More
eLearning Summit (Illawarra)
Friday 21st November 2014 The Five Islands e-Learning Summit is a full day event, providing primary and secondary teachers the opportunity to develop their skills and understanding of current technology and how it is best used to support learning. The day will consist of three sessions, broken up by morning tea and lunch (both provided) allowing for practical hands-on activities … Read More
Teachers Christmas Golf – 2014
Wednesday 19th November 2014 Registration is now open for the annual Illawarra Teachers Golf Day – the Chalk-n-Talk Cup. The competition is played as a 4 person Ambrose, and is open to all NSW DEC employees, retired NSW DEC employees, and sponsors. Register now >>>
NYC approves Chromebooks in public schools
Tuesday 18th November 2014 The New York City Department of Education (DoE) announced Monday that it has approved Google’s Chromebooks for use in the city’s public classrooms – representing approximately 1 million students and 1,800 schools. The DOE also authorised the use of Google Apps for Education (GAFE), and put together a guide to implementing Chromebooks and Google utilities into the classroom. … Read More
Where is your school on the ICT continuum?
Monday 17th November 2014 As schools here in Australia begin their planning processes for the 2015 school year, now is a good time to consider how new technologies are being harnessed to support curriculum activities. The broad adoption of mobile electronic devices in the wider community has changed the options for ICT in schools. Schools are moving from remote ‘labs’ to always available BYO … Read More
Weebly for iPad
Friday 14th November 2014 Weebly goes from strength to strength – here is some thing to explore over the weekend…. Check out the new Weebly for iPad…
ASTD Photos
Friday 14th November 2014 Photos from last month’s ASTD event are now available online. Includes plenty of Segway action! >>>
Vic DET scandal over Ultranet shares, jobs
Thursday 13th November 2014 Senior Victorian education department officials bought shares in and took jobs with the company given a $60 million contract to deliver the failed Ultranet schools IT project. The revelations will re-ignite questions over the former Labor government’s handling of the project – dumped last year by the Coalition after its cost blew out to $180 million … Read More
iPads in Action – Berry PS
Thursday 13th November 2014 K-6 Teacher Professional Learning Workshop Think3 presents iPads in Action: Apps and Activities for Creative Classrooms – at Berry PS on Friday 21st November 2014. With so many educational apps available, many primary teachers are asking for guidance about which Apps to purchase and how to best facilitate their use. This workshop will showcase and review … Read More
Philae – Touchdown confirmed!
Thursday 13th November 2014 The Rosetta spacecraft’s lander module, Philae, has touched down on the 67P C/G comet, and is now sending photos and data back to earth via Rosetta – from 510 million Kms away! Your class can follow the latest news and photos at the Rosetta blog >>>
Rosetta Probe – live comet landing
Wednesday 12th November 2014 Launched in 2004, the Rosetta spacecraft has travelled over 500 million Kms, and tonight at 8:00 pm (AEDST), a landing module will separate and descend to the surface of Comet 67P. If successful, the landing will be complete by 3:02 am Thursday (AEDST). Watch the comet landing live >>> (It takes about 30 minutes for the signals to … Read More
MS Office for iOS now free
Monday 10th November 2014 Microsoft has succumbed to pressure from rivals – it has updated Office apps for iOS and Android – now you can edit Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files, for free. Previously you could view documents with the MS Office apps, but required an Office 365 subscription to edit documents. Microsoft has also integrated the new apps with Dropbox, and now provides … Read More
BYOT – The very first step
Friday 7th November 2014 When schools move down the BYOT path – leveraging students’ own technologies to support the curriculum – much planning time is often focussed on which device (or devices) will be acceptable, how these devices will connect to the school network, how apps will be controlled, and other ‘technical’ hardware and software support issues. While all of this discussion and planning … Read More
New school? What would the technology look like in 2015?
Monday 3rd November 2014 Imagine if you were setting up a new school today – planning and installing the school’s new technology infrastructure from scratch. How will it look, when the school opens in 2015? Some planning ideas for Networks, Servers, Devices, Software and PD >>>