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June 2006 Archive MacOS X 10.4.7 Update (Wednesday 28th June 2006) Includes a variety of "fixes", including "preventing AFP deadlocks and dropped connections". Hear's hoping! Versions for PPC, Intel and server. Art Attack (Wednesday 28th June 2006) Remember the popular Art Attack TV show? This site includes step-by-step guides to many of the televised art activities. Google Spreadsheets (Monday 26th June 2006) Is this the beginning of the end for MS Office and other locally installed software? Will you ever need a file server at school again? You will need a Gmail account to use this, but you can also take the free tour! Wet Weather Excursion Notifications (Thursday 22nd June) Wet weather excursion cancellation? You have rung the radio stations, but why not setup a web site to advertise the status of school excursions, carnivals, etc, in wet weather? This could be a simple GooglePages site, or an on-line bog site, linked to the main school web site, that can be edited from home or school. SENTRAL Roadshow (Tuesday 20th June) Learn how the SENTRAL server can support learning and administration in your school. Includes a demo of the ESR student reporting system. Goulburn on the 8th June, Nowra on 26th June, Batemans Bay on the 27th June, and Narooma on the 28th June. Term 2 CC Meetings (Monday 19th June) Shellharbour Computer Co-ordinator meetings will be held at Shoalhaven Heads PS tomorrow (20th), and repeated at the Highlands School (Mittagong) on Wednesday 21st. Guest presentation about Interactive Whiteboards, while DET stuff discussed will include OASIS Connectivity, Secure Internet access, Content Provisioning Cache, and Student Reports. 11.2.4 Update for Office 2004 (Mac) (Friday 16th June 2006) Security patches for Office generally, and specific fixes for PowerPoint 2004 and Entourage 2004. Includes all of the improvements released in all previous Office 2004 updates. New eMac for Education? (Thursday 15th June 2006) Rumors suggest Apple will produce a new education machine, with a design similar to the current iMac, and including a a reinforced scratchproof 17-inch widescreen LCD display. Go the Aussies! (Tuesday 13th June 2006) Read all the latest news from last nights' World Cup win. Collie's Garden Party (Tuesday 13th June 2006) Have you registered yet for Collie's Garden Party? Commencing Term 3, this online activity for Stage 1 (commences August 7th) provides clues to help your students decide which "mini beasts" collie will invite to sleep over. Register your school now! New Address for COGS Units (Tuesday 13th June 2006) The DET COGS Units have moved to this new address. There are links to programming support for units of work in all stages - most available only from the DET Intranet. You can also contact the publishers with suggestions or enquiries at the Contact Page. Latest T4L Rollout Specs and Order Form (DET Intranet only) (Thursday 8th June 2006) The latest T4L rollout info for NSW DET schools is now available on the DET intranet. The new Apple Intel iMacs are available for 1.25 "points", rather than the previous 1 pt. That's the cost of quality I guess! Internet Publishing Guidelines for DET Schools (pdf) (Wednesday 7th June 2006) A one-page checklist for schools who are publishing their own web site on the Internet. Should also be considered by schools publishing student web sites (and e-portfolios) on the DET Intranet. Teachers Reject Student Reporting Requirements (Monday 5th June 2006) According to NSWTF surveys, over 11,000 teachers so far have rejected new student report requirements that the state government is trying to implement in an attempt to secure additional federal funding. Also, read the NSWTF's letter to the Minister. Term 2 Computer Co-ordinator Meetings (Friday 2nd June 2006) Shellharbour's Term 2 CC Meetings will be held at Shoalhaven Heads PS on Tuesday 20th June, and at the Highlands School on Wednesday 21st June, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. This Terms' guest presenter is from Empowered Learning, and will be demonstrating the Promethean interactive whiteboards. Details have been emailed to all Shellharbour schools. Official World Cup Site (Thursday 1st June 2006) Not long until the late nights and bleary morning eyes! Lots of World Cup information here. Also check out Wazza's Sport Page for links to some useful "background info" sites for use in school.   Back to headlines