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December 2005 Archive



Chalk & Talk Champs 2005
(Friday 23rd December 2005)
Ninety teachers contested the Chalk 'n' Talk Cup at Shellharbour Links golf course on Thursday 22nd December. Meet the 2005 Chalk 'n' Talk champs, and visit the 2005 photo gallery.

Internet Explorer for Mac is no more
(Friday 23rd December 2005)
It is official - Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer for Mac on 31st December, and will provide no further security or performance updates. It is recommended that Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari.

Chalk & Talk Cup
(Wednesday 21st December 2005)
Only one more sleep! 88 players will tee-off at 8am tomorrow to contest the Chalk and Talk Cup at Shellharbour Links.

DET Futures Project Report
(Friday 16th December 2005)
Commissioned in 2004, the DET Futures Project received 28,500 submissions. This site provides a link to the entire report, as well as links to specific chapters in PDF format, including a section on ICT (pdf - 68k)

The Lemonade Stand
(Monday 12th December 2005)
An oldie but a goodie! One of the original "sims" games where kids run a small business, balancing supply and demand. Links to some other cool maths games at this site too! (Thanks to John Morgan for reminding us about this!)

Claus.com
(Wednesday 7th December 2005)
Lots of interesting things with a Christmas theme for kids. (Thanks to Jo Stewart for posting this site.)

John De Troy's Tips and Tricks (Mac)
(Wednesday 7th December 2005)
Download the latest Tiger T&T from John's site. Plenty of useful background info about how Tiger works in a school network environment.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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