November 2002 Archive Making a Thumbnails Web Page using iPhoto (pdf - 430k) (Wednesday 27th November 2002) What do you do with all those digital photos from the school's 50th year anniversary, or the excursion to the rock platform, or the Presentation Day? Setting up a web page with links to "thumbnails" of all the photos is a great way to share them on a school Intranet, Internet site, or CD. (See also Wazza's Software Page for links to free thumbnail utilities for OS9 and Win). Connecting OSX and XP to the DET Network (Wednesday 20th November 2002) TCP/IP setups for Mac OSX and Windows XP, to connect to the DET WAN. OSX 10.2.2 Update (Wednesday 13th November 2002) Delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for a variety of OSX components! Other recent updates for Mac include: Office X 10.1.2 Update, GraphicConverter 4.5, and Transmit 2.1 Email to all Wollongong District Schools ("mailto" link) (Wednesday 13th November 2002) Would you like to setup a collegial group? Or advertise a District event? You can send an e-mail to all Wollongong District Schools using the address: DET-WollongongGenericSchools@det.nsw.edu.au. Likewise for other districts - replace DET-WollongongGenericSchools with DET-OtherdistrictGenericSchools in the e-mail address. Other individual and group e-mail info and web page links for local schools available at the WDO Schools Online page. DET settings for POP/IMAP mail programs (eg Entourage, Outlook, OSX Mail) to work in conjunction with your browser are available at the WDO WebMail Page (see the IMAP link). Remembrance Day Info (Monday 11th November 2002) Department of Veteran Affairs website, providing information about Remembrance Day, along with some associated student activities. See also the Australian War Memorial site. The ERG Updated! (Monday 11th November 2002) Wazza's Excel Report Generator (ERG) is a simple, cross-platform template for generating end of year student reports for NSW Primary schools, and has now been updated to v1.4. Last Chance for ITSC - Book Now! (Thursday 7th November 2002) The Innovative Technology Schools Conference is Australia's premiere "hands-on" technology conference for educators - and it is presented right here in Wollongong All the 4 day courses are now full. The following One Day courses (Tuesday 3rd Dec) still have vacancies, but only a few - Leadership and School Technology Planning, OSX Users Guide, 21st Century AV Communication Tools, Collaborative Student Projects. Book Now to avoid disappointment! Get the ERG! (Tuesday 5th November 2002) Wazza's Excel Report Generator (ERG) is a simple, cross-platform template for generating end of year student reports for NSW Primary schools, and can be used on all school computers and NSW DET staff computers at home. Speed up Stuffit Launching (Friday 1st November 2002) Speed up the launching of Aladdin's Stuffit products (DropStuff, DropZip, etc) by turning off the version check "feature".       Back to headlines