July 2004 Archive SMH Opinion on FireFox vs IE (Wednesday 28th July 2004) This Sydney Morning Herald article discusses the many merits of using the FireFox browser rather than Internet Explorer. Download FireFox for free. 2004 Olympic Sites (Tuesday 27th July 2004) Looking for some 2004 Olympics links? Here are some sites which contain useful links for use in schools.... Denistone East PS - Olympic Games Links Seaforth PS - Clickable Olympics Worksheets Edna's Olympic Games Links Official Athens 2004 Olympics Site Gallerie (Mac) (Monday 26th July 2004) Very neat web album generator, with a range of templates. Drag photos, or other media files such as QT movies, to create a neat web album on your school Intranet. Free. Picasa - Digital Photo Organiser (Win) (Monday 26th July 2004) Complete digital photo software. Auto-transfer photos from your digital camera, organize, find, edit, print, share photos, create slideshows, etc. Free. Adobe Digital Kids Club (Thursday 22nd July 2004) Digital photography tips, lesson activities, showcase and tutorials. PhotoShop Album Starter Edition (Win) (Thursday 22nd July 2004) Explore the basic functionality of Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0. This "lite" version of the full product lets you organise your photos and fix common flaws - all for free! NSW Politicians' Pay Details (Monday 19th July 2004) Although our government is doing it tough, and can't afford any more spending on the education sector, we do seem to be able to find the funds to keep our politicians in the manner to which they have become accustomed! (Thanks to the NSW Greens for publishing this information, as the Premier wouldn't do it!) NSW Teachers Federation Revise Bans (Monday 19th July 2004) The NSWTF Executive has determined that some bans, associated with the recent salaries claim, be lifted. Other bans, associated with the workload campaign, will remain in place. These continuing bans involve the electronic leave approval system, student work portfolios for reporting, and the Web Services Project. Pics4Learning (Monday 19th July 2004) Huge archive of copyright-free images for use in schools. XPCreate (Win) (Monday 19th July 2004) XPCreate is a utility program that "slipstreams" an original Win XP CD with the latest MS hotfixes and security updates, to produce an up-to-date XP install CD. Microsoft / NSW DET Deal (Tuesday 6th July 2004) "Microsoft today claimed a victory on the tough NSW government battleground as the state Department of Education and Training (DET) awarded it a new AU$37 million deal despite heavy competition from open source and commercial software rivals." Caring for Towradgi Estuary (Friday 2nd July 2004) Illawarra's Towradgi estuary has long been valued as a source of recreation and enjoyment by those in the community..... Check out Corrimal PS's outstanding entry in the DET Web awards competition.     Back to headlines