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This week has been very busy with New staff inductions, course enrolments and induction for the new students into our mobile technology program.
The one aspect of this week that has been repeatedly reinforced is the need for practice, practice and more practice. Whether it is students being introduced to their new laptop, or staff being [...]
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/
For those of us who are using or dabbling with ubuntu this is an excellent resource.
The ubuntu pocket guide is available as a free PDF downloador you can buy the book – go to this site to see details and download the file (its a 2mb zip file) http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download.html
Nice one guys – thanks!
Other links
Ubuntu Home [...]
One of the jobs I have, is running the preliminary staff induction for the new staff attending the school. The week or two before school starts we have the new staff in and we give them some basic training on key tools. Follow up training is provided by the faculties trainer.
So over 4 sessions (about [...]
This is a great site for design. The site presents a timeline for the evolution of design of the apple computers from 1977 to 2008.
Well worth a look if you are interested in design, computer technology or even apples
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/the-evolution-of-apple-design-between-1977-2008/
I did get sent this modified apple logo – to reflect the downturn in the economy
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This is the quote of the speech
“we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist“
The full text of the speech is available on the BBC’s news site @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm
Here is the paragraph
“To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders [...]
The link to this video was sent to me by Ian Jukes, with the simple instructions watch this from the beginning to the end.
The video even if you ignore the stunning message is a work of excellent construction and prose, but when you add in the message then it becomes exceptional.
Here is the Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
The [...]
What if the earth’s population was reduced to just 100 people. http://www.miniature-earth.com
Here are some of th
This is a fascinating insight into the demographics of the world we live in by reducing it to 100 individuals. The Miniature earth site hosts a very captivating video that is worth watching (and downloading for a $5 donation). Alternatively [...]
A Colleague of mine shared an excellent presentation on De Bono’s Thinking Hats (Thanks Val). The more I read it, the more I though it would make a good mind map. So here it is (click here for the PDF version).
I still have some other bits to add in (I am making some hats). Is [...]
www.search-cube.com
http://www.search-cube.com This is a visual and kinaesthetic search engine. The search results appear in the form of screen shots of the pages in a manipulatable cube. You use your mouse or cursor keys to orientate the cube and select the page you want to open. Hovering over an image will bring up a preview of [...]
Introduction
My principal often tells me that one of the hardest tasks we have as educators is integrating ICT into our curriculum. For us to successfully integrate ICT, we need to manage the change and the best resource I have found for this process came from a paper by J. Thousand and R. Villa, called Managing [...]
