October 2002 Archive NIDA Digital Video Seminar in Wollongong (pdf - 500k) (Tuesday 29th October 2002) This seminar explores professional video production techniques, and their application in supporting the school curriculum. Presented by NIDA. Monday 18th November 2002, at Smiths Hill HS. Booking details on pdf flyer. DET Technology Projects Update (Tuesday 29th October 2002) SNEP, the rollout, the WAN upgrade, the LAN project, the ISP project, new OSs, etc. Stacks happening on the DET technology front in local schools, and throughout the state. xBack - Screensaver Desktop (Mac OSX 10.2) (Thursday 24th October 2002) Oh dear ! - one of those utilities that you just have to try, but tire of very quickly! xBack is a utility that allows you to replace your desktop picture with a screen saver. See also CoolBackground, which does a similar thing.(Both donationware). DVDreamtime - New Titles (Monday 21st October 2002) iMovie without the camera! Rainforest Vegetation and Rainforest Wildlife CDs are now available. Price is still only $50 per title for a school site licence. Bored of Studies - HSC Kidz Online (Friday 11th October 2002) Interesting support site for HSC students. Hundreds of notes and past papers from more than 30 subjects. Past trial and HSC papers from various schools around NSW. Also includes a UAI calculator! Better HTML Exporter (Friday 11th October 2002) A plug-in to enhance iPhoto's web export function - for creating thumbnail photo pages. Read Wazza's iPhoto thumbnails quickstart.(Other thumbnail utilities for OS9 and Windows, are available from Wazza's Software Links page). Innovative Technology Schools Conference (Friday 11th October 2002) Australia's premier hands-on technology conference for educators is on again! Wollongong University, 2nd - 5th December, or the one-day component on Tuesday 3rd December. Workshops are filling quickly - book now to avoid disappointment!       Back to headlines