http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/ TAS-IT: IT in education, Tasmania Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:29:48 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4375 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4375 http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/does-olpc-version-3-predict-future-pcs Have a good break... kp Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:03:22 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4374 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4374 Christopher Baker, convenor of the dot Net Interest Group, invites any interested people to a presentation as below. ... Next month (5th Jan 2010) Hobart Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:36:47 GMT Davis, Cheryl A http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4373 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4373 As you say a very good budget for this - is there any more detailed info that you know of? Cheers Cheryl From: tas-it@yahoogroups.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:21:19 GMT Fluck, Andrew http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4372 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4372 We'll eagerly await details on this exciting surge forward in Tasmania. The project budget is large enough to create some interesting learning opportunities Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:08:19 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4371 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4371 *Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today unveiled seven projects that would receive a total of $26.5m as part of the $60m Digital Regions initiative. The purpose of Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:10:58 GMT Davis, Cheryl A http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4370 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4370 A reminder! TASITE Christmas get together on December 9th (tomorrow) 4 - 5.30 pm at The Quarry, Salamanca Place. Join us for drinks, finger food and good Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:11:07 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4369 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4369 http://www.teleread.org/2008/06/28/if-youve-got-a-ds-lite-youve-got-an-e-reader/ There has been a bit of activity in other countries recently about providing Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:08:17 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4368 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4368 http://www.adoberefresh.com/2009/11/the-national-broadband-network-unleashing-australia%E2%80%99s-digital-potential/ Adobe has just signed a Memorandum of Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:28:32 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4367 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4367 Patricia Corby advises us of this useful site - Trove http://trove.nla.gov.au/ "Trove is a new discovery experience focused on Australia and Australians. It Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:03:19 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4366 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4366 While not directly ICT-related at this point, the Australian Curriculum will impact on what we all do. The material below comes from the ACARA curriculum Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:34:24 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4365 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4365 Oops - missed the important bit about education. quote: The agreement between the Government and Hybrid Television will see the development, delivery and trial Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:32:38 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4364 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4364 "Participants will be given a TiVo media device which in addition to providing access to high definition TV, will allow access to existing broadband services Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:33:47 GMT ken price http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4363 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4363 http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com/ Searches and presents images in a way that lets you ..well...swirl around any image to find other related images As Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:08:30 GMT Drummy, Max http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4362 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4362 Along the lines of possibilities, there are some interesting student voices here at present: http://www.cybertext.net.au/student09_nov/index.html Cheers max Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:11:33 GMT Jill Abell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4361 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tas-it/message/4361 Dear colleagues, in addition to the changes in our own visions and thinking of the impacts on high speed bandwidth on our teaching and learning, the focus