December 2006 Archive
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- And the winners are....
- (Friday 22nd December 2006)
Results and photos from the 2006 Teachers Christmas Golf (aka the Chalk 'n' Talk Cup). - Teachers Christmas Golf - Two Vacancies
- (Thursday 21st December 2006)
Thought that you had missed out? A couple of late cancellations has left two vacancies in teams for the Teachers Christmas Golf competition tomorrow at Port Kembla Golf Club. Details of the teams are at the above link. Contact Warren if you would like to join the comp. Latest Golf Weather update. STOP PRESS 12:30pm - Only 1 vacancy now!
Bored of Studies- (Tuesday 19th December 2006)
Lots of unofficial news, info and discussion about the HSC results released today.
Mt Terry PS Online- (Monday 18th December 2006)
The Mt Terry PS website has had a makeover, ready for the 2007 school year.
StickCricket- (Monday 18th December 2006)
As the poms battle for survival in Perth, this online cricket game might be an interesting diversion for kids in the last week of term! - SimpleWget (Mac)
- (Friday 15th December 2006)
A free utility for downloading (whacking) entire websites for off-line use on school networks. (Be sure to read the on-line information about the options!)
NSW Likely to Escape Report Card Penalty (SMH)- (Thursday 14th December 2006)
The Federal Government is unlikely to strip NSW of up to $3.7 billion in funding, despite its failure to force all schools to comply with mandatory student reporting requirements.
Blitto's ITSC Snaps- (Thursday 14th December 2006)
Rod Blitvich has posted some photos from the 2006 Innovative Technology Schools Conference, held this week in Sydney. Another great event focusing on learning outcomes rather than technology outcomes! (Check the slide from Marco Torres's keynote re Business Focussed Intrastructure v Learning Focused Infrastructure.)
OSX Network Administrator - Workshop Links- (Wednesday 13th December 2006)
Notes and links from our OSX Network Admin workshops at Kiama and Bundanoon. - Where Teaching is a Deadly Occupation (SMH)
- (Monday 11th December 2006)
Spare some thoughts for our teaching colleagues in Afghanistan - over the past year insurgents have killed twenty educators, including a principal and one of his office workers, and burnt more than a dozen of Ghazni's (Afghanistan) schools. Taliban threats have shut down at least 13 more, forcing their students to study in homes and mosques.
Academic Success a Matter of Principal (SMH)- (Monday 11th December 2006)
Students' performance can soar under the influence of a good teacher, but school principals are just as important in getting results, a study spread over 38 NSW high schools has found. - Teachers Golf - Team Entries Closed
- (Monday 11th December 2006)
With over 100 players registered for the 2006 Chalk 'n' Talk Cup on Friday 22nd December, team registrations have been closed for the first time in the history of this competition. - Somewhere PS for iWeb
- (Friday 8th December 2006)
Many schools have used the Somewhere PS template as a starting point for their school intranets. Previously this template was edited using Mozilla, FrontPage or DreamWeaver. This new incarnation has been re-created in iWeb and includes a template Domain file that can be downloaded for instant editing in iWeb. - Ubuntu
- (Monday 4th December 2006)
While we are talking about free and open source application software (below), let's not forget the free and open source OS possibilities. Ubuntu is described as "Linux for Human Beings"! Mac and PC versions available. (Definitely one for the techno-tinkerers though!)
Mac Open Source Software | Windows Open Source Software- (Monday 4th December 2006)
Lists a wide variety of open source software for each platform. See also FreeMacWare, Windows 30 Essentials and the ISER Additional Software page for some other options with which to tinker over the holidays!