December 2002 Archive Broadband Rollout and e-Learning (pdf - 290k) (Thursday 19th December 2002) This press release from the Minister's office provides some details about the increased bandwidth for schools, and the trialling of the ISP project, which provides, among other things, an e-mail address for all staff and students. OASIS Boot Disks for DET Rollouts (Thursday 19th December 2002) Download OASIS boot disks for all the latest DET rollout computers. (DET Intranet access required). Tessellation Animations (Monday 16th December 2002) So you thought you had seen some interesting tessellations. Check out these animated tessellations! Dud Giveaways Eat School Computer Budgets (SMH report) (Monday 9th December 2002) In 2001, families are believed to have spent $82 million in Westfield Centres to compete for $1million in computer giveaways. But now several schools say the computers have been defective from the start. See also related SMH editor's letters (scroll down the letters page a bit!). Total Solar Eclipse (Monday 2nd December 2002) This CSIRO site provides info about, and a live telecast of, the total eclipse that will occur in Ceduna (SA) on Wednesday evening. If you miss this one, the next total eclipse in Australia is on the 14th November, 2012! Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets WebQuest (Monday 2nd December 2002) Just in time for the movie launch! Designed for Stage 3 English, though other stages may like to complete it as well. Don't forget to look under the teacher information section for the teacher notes to help in presenting this webquest to your students.         Back to headlines