March 2006 Archive
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- Minister Justifies Pen & Paper CSA Test
- (Friday 31st March 2006)
The NSW Education minister has justified the use of a pen and paper version of the Computer Skills Assessment test in Year 10 to cater for schools that don't allow students to use computers!
AfterDawn - DVD Authoring Stuff (Win)- (Friday 31st March 2006)
A collection of links to software for DVD & CD copying, authoring, video capturing, etc.
Marks (Mac)- (Friday 24th March 2006)
"iTunes for your Mark Book"! Australian-made Marks automatically calculates class statistics, rankings, weighted and moderated marks etc. (OSX 10.3.9 or later).
WordNetX (Mac)- (Friday 24th March 2006)
Developed at Princeton University's Cognitive Science Laboratory, WordNetX is an online lexical reference system - a dictionary, thesauras, etc - free!
Image Tricks (Mac)- (Monday 20th March 2006)
A free image editing program that provides basic image editing, along with a variety of filters and effects. (Requires OS X 10.4)
Microsoft Office 2004 11.2.3 Update (Mac)- (Wednesday 15th March 2006)
A variety of updates and fixes which roll all previous updates into one. Download the full 57Mb update, or use the Microsoft Autoupdate application in the Applications folder. Check Macfixit for any late-breaking issues before installing.
Premier's Teaching Scholarships- (Wednesday 15th March 2006)
Feel like a study tour? 53 scholarships in 18 categories across 13 curriculum areas will be offered in 2006, providing the opportunity for NSW teachers to conduct research into exemplary teaching practice.
Galerie 5.2 (Mac)- (Monday 13th March 2006)
Select photos in iPhoto, click a button and the generate a web gallery for your school intranet or web site. (See also Picasa for creating web galleries with Win XP).
NSWTF Bans Yr 10 CSA Test- (Monday 13th March 2006)
On Saturday, three hundred NSWTF representatives from across NSW voted unanimously to ban the 2006 Year 10 Computer Skills Assessment Test.
Lotto Sorcerer- (Monday 13th March 2006)
Planning for that early retirement? This might help to make the dream become a reality! -
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