BECTA's vision Learning Platforms: utopian, sinister or just misguided? The ever-informative Ian Usher from Bucks LEA points me to BECTA's view of learning platforms (aka VLEs, MLEs or LMSs), and in particular their Learning Platform Matrix. I'd not come across these matrices before. They are designed to help you understand where your school is at on a scale of readiness for various initiatives. I don't run a school, but I nonetheless found them to be extremely revea From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Time Pirates - Fun and games - Port Cities Take an interactive journey through the port of London from Roman times to the present day. Complete tasks and follow the clues along the way. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Have Your Say About the Government Education Portal! Complete the Education Portal user survey to enter the draw to receive one of five gift vouchers. Your response to the survey will contribute to improving this service to the Australian community. The Government Education Portal points the way to authoritative online resources, news and events about education and training in Australia. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Pirates : Life at sea Throughout history, there have been people willing to rob others transporting goods on the water. Thousands of pirates were active between 1650 and 1720, and these years are sometimes known as a 'Golden Age' of piracy. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Australian Digital Content Industry Action Agenda. DAMAP - Digital Asset Management Asia Pacific (DAMAP) The conference will provide insight, discussion and debate on emerging trends, issues and challenges facing industry today. Creating an environment for delegates to clearly identify what action needs to be taken within their organisation now. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
A Vision Splendid Curriculum Leadership Journal: 4: 17 Curriculum Corporation invites teachers, principals, policymakers, and other education professionals to its 2006 conference, titled A Vision Splendid , which will focus on the potential of ICT to transform school education. Themes include: ICT and student diversity; professional development opportunities and resources; and effective ways to integrate ICT into teaching practice and curriculum delivery. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Animator vs. Animation Created by Alan Becker using Macromedia Flash, this site demonstrates animation and at the same time demonstrates some of the tools. A great way to introduce animation to a group of students. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Islam: A Webquest A WebQuest aimed at helping students understand the teachings of Islam. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Building a Better World This powerpoint presentation contains a WebQuest built on an attempt to restructure a new world community, and a charter of peace in the wake of a nuclear war. By Brenda Quigley & Kate O'Neill. From Recent Items on June 7, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
64 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena The showcase here is phenomenally popular and deserves to be. The website is a fine example of how an individual teacher can inform a worldwide audience online. General science illusion, optical, visual From Golden Swamp on June 7, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Sony: "We Get No Breaks" On the PS3 Price Mercury News interviews Kaz Hirai. He compares the PS3's position with Xbox 360's, talks about the price and Sony's arrogant statements as of late. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Andromeda galaxy hosts a trillion stars Infrared data from a space telescope provide the new estimate, while images from an Earth-based telescope are helping chart the galaxy's turbulent history From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Scientists help bodies grow new organs A team of scientists and surgeons at a Melbourne hospital has developed a method of growing new organs within a patient's body. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Halo 3: Behind the Scenes Found this online. Thought it was awesome. It's a behind the scenes done by the folks at Bungie for the upcoming Halo 3. Sweet! From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid How many of these errors have you seen on digg? From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Data Theft Hit 80% Of Active Military: Concerns Raised Beyond Identity "The department announced that personal data for as many as 1.1 million active-duty military personnel, 430,000 National Guard members and 645,000 reserve members may have been included on an electronic file stolen May 3 from a department employee's house in Aspen Hill." From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
China admits pollution is getting worse Despite "half a million environmental officials," the head of the Chinese environmental agency admits China's environmental condition is worsening. At an annual cost of over $200 billion, pollution is eating up 10% of China's GDP. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Chinese remedy 'treats diabetes' A gardenia fruit extract used in Chinese medicine for centuries to treat adult onset diabetes is effective, scientists have found. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
We were evil, Google's Sergey Brin admits on 6/6/06 Google co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledges the company - whose corporate motto is "don't be evil" - has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Tyan unleashes 16-core 'personal' supercomputer Taiwan's Tyan today pledged to ship a deskside "personal supercomputer" powered by eight Intel low-voltage 'Woodcrest' Xeon processors and packing up to 48GB of memory in the fourth quarter From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Implanting a magnet in your fingertip adds a sixth sense The result is a kind of "magnet sense" -- people who've had the implant report that they can tell when a wire is live and when they're going through a magnet security-scanner at a store, even when their laptops' hard drives are spinning up. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Google to add Albums to Picasa! - is Google Love getting out of hand? Michael Arrington discusses Google and how everyone jumps and screams everytime they launch a new product. What Google product has really changed our lives, other than Search and Gmail? From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Nintendo Expects Limited Losses From Wii Launch Nintendo said on Wednesday it is unlikely to lose much money on the launch of the Wii, in sharp contrast to Sony, which expects a hefty loss on the debut of its PS3. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
IE And Firefox Sport New Zero-day Flaw According to Symantec, which issued an alert late afternoon Tuesday, all versions of the Microsoft and Mozilla browsers could be used to harvest data through a JavaScript key-filtering vulnerability. "This issue is triggered by utilizing JavaScript 'OnKeyDown' events to capture and duplicate keystrokes from users," went the Symantec warning From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
PSP USB ISO Loader released - Play ISOs off your HDD or Thumb Drive Dark Alex has released a new beta ISO loader which enables you to run UMD files from a hard drive (or just USB flash disk), leaving plenty of space free in your limited memory sticks for other media. Hopefully Duggmirror gets ahold of this before it gets "Dugg." From digg on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Honda Plans Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car in 3 to 4 Years Hydrogen fuel cell cars could be on the road much earlier than the decade or more so far predicted. Honda has confirmed it plans a production model “in three to four years”. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Microsoft offers to bundle the Flash Player in Vista Microsoft has offered to bundle the Flash Player in Vista in exchange for being able to have "Save as PDF" as part of Office 2007. If this goes through, without hidden tricks, it will essentially cut out Microsoft's leverage in the RIA market by making Flash Player 9 (for use with Flex 2) as ubiquitous as WPF/e for RIA deployment. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Wired: What If Google Were Evil? Google's mantra is "Don't be evil," which as corporate mottoes go is the equivalent of "Build an eternal bonfire in the parking lot and fuel it with thousand-dollar bills and the occasional Gutenberg Bible." From digg on June 7, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
AIDS Prevention Possible With Lime Juice? Some scientists are suggesting that the use of lemon and lime juice after sex can help prevent the spread of AIDS in developing countries, but critics warn that if the right concentration is not used, it can be potentially harmful. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Google.com blocked in China! he GooglTe.com search engine has been blocked in most parts of China, as Beijing steps up its efforts to restrict the public's access to information, a Paris-based media watchdog said. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Ex-Head of the RIAA discusses lawsuits against students Hilary Rosen, the woman who once ran the Big Four Organized Music cartel's RIAA, says she believes the RIAA lawsuits against students have, "outlived most of their usefulness". It's also time for another look at DRM, she says. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Senate Won't Quiz Telecoms About NSA Spying Republican senator abandons pledge to call telecom CEOs to testify about surveillance, saying now's not the right time. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
How The Current State Of Case Law Forces Software Patenting Programmers have slowly come to realize that, if they don't patent their code, they may find themselves unable to legally use it after someone else patents it much later. Out of necessity, a new patent-oriented ethos has taken over. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 8:49 a.m..
Will AMD's fastest CPU be obsolete next month? Intel's ~$250 E6600 CPU annihilated AMD's ~$1000 Extreme Edition AM2 based FX-62! This effectively means that AMD's flagship desktop performance CPU will be obsolete by the end of next month when Intel released the CPUs codenamed Conroe. Even cost cutting strategy wont work. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 8:49 a.m..
Google Founder Sergey Brin Lobbies for Net Neutrality Google Inc. co-founder and President Sergey Brin met with U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to press for legislation that would prevent Internet access providers from charging Web sites more for faster content delivery. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 8:49 a.m..
Microsoft: Google Spreadsheets is so 10 Years Ago "The innovations we're delivering in Excel in terms of new usability, new visual user interface advancements, support for collaboration and business intelligence with things like Excel Services are so far beyond [Google Spreadsheets] that it's like watching a time machine from 10 years ago." From digg on June 7, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
Lasers Project the Big Picture Tiny, laser-based projectors could transform these pocket-size devices into full-blown entertainment systems by shining images onto walls, tabletops or the backs of airplane seats. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
NASA assigned engineers to Build Lunar Robot Fleet NASA has assigned scientists and engineers at the Ames Research Center in Mountain View to develop a fleet of small robotic spacecraft to orbit the moon and sample its surface before astronauts again land there within the next 15 years. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
Scientists look through glass to find secrets that are less clear A new understanding of how glass is formed may assist with our understanding of everything from the design of golf club heads to the structure of the early universe. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
Google struggles to find markets outside search Google is struggling to make an impact in markets outside of its core search business, despite making a huge push to diversify and reduce its dependence on search-linked advertising. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
American govn't lying about sexual facts in order to support moral agendas The US govn't is supporting lies as facts, allowing organizations to have a better push for for their right wing agendas. Such lies as condoms being ineffective, abortion causing breast cancer and claiming morning after pills are unhealthy for young woman. Doctors demand science should come before corrupt moral agendas that put people are risk. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
Development of a hummingbird (pics included) Likely the only time in your life you will see the development of a hummingbird. Includes some props as scale towards the end. It's quite increduble how small the chicks are! From digg on June 7, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
An Interview with StarOffice's Erwin Tenhumberg "As in...previous interviews, Tenhumberg answers questions intended to showcase the strong (and the weak) points of his product in comparison to its competitors, and in order to showcase the rich and varied ecosystem of products that is growing up to support ODF..." From digg on June 7, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
Industry Statistics - Business Indicators March 2006 Released The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the latest industry specific statistics including quarterly estimates of profits, income from the sale of goods and services, wages and salaries, and the book value of inventories across broad industry classifications. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 5:06 a.m..
Wunan Foundation One of Three Australian Community Idol Finalists The Wunan Foundation of East Kimberley, Western Australia, is one of three finalists in oucommunity.com.au's Community Idol awards. Wunan Foundation supports training and careers activities to the Indigenous community in a region as big as Victoria. Visit their web site at http://www.wunan.org.au/. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 5:06 a.m..
Alcohol is good for your heart "An alcoholic drink a day can significantly reduce the risk for heart disease in men, a new study finds, but women get almost the same benefit with only one drink a week." From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
Microsoft vs. Google: Who's greener? As Google and Microsoft battle for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a new question has cropped up: Which one can better save planet Earth? From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
Why the Adobe and Microsoft Deal Fell Through This a prime example of how old-fashioned greed and the more modern ailment of lawsuit phobia can make a promising program, that makes perfect sense, go sour. From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
widescreen plugin for Mail(Mac OS X) View mail in a wide screen format kinda cool From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
It's no game at Apple It doesn't take long to find a litany of negative comments on the Internet about how Apple's most affordable consumer systems are just not up to serious gaming. Rather than complain, this should be taken as an outward sign of Apple's most serious branding intentions... From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
Natural pollution in Alaska? June 5 satellite photo of fire started in late May by lightening. There's also a high resolution photo link. From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
Loss of natural teeth, by state Nice looking graphs from all 50 states, and the percentage of people who lose their teeth. The top ten states don't surprise me at all. From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
How to Stop Smoking: Simply Don't Plan On It Want to quit smoking? Don't plan on it, and don't despair. From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
Liquorice could help beat liver cancer Scientists discovered two compounds in the sticky black plant extract which are highly effective at targeting the liver. Attachable to anti-tumor drugs, the compounds were also tens of thousands of times cheaper to isolate than the antibodies usually used. From on June 7, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..
New Capabilities in Vocational Education and Training (VET) This publication offers insights from Reframing the Future project teams on how to build capabilities for implementing the national training system. It draws on the final reports of many of the more than 200 project teams which participated in Reframing the Future in 2005. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills TRAILS is a tool for library media specialists and teachers to assess the information literacy skills of their students. It is completely Web-based and freely available for use. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
CMDE2006 - Communicating Mathematics on the Digital Era CMDE2006 aims to bring together researchers from areas of Mathematics, Information Sciences and Computer Sciences, providing a forum for presenting and discussing new ideas that may contribute to improve paradigms/mechanisms of producing, searching and using scientific and technical scholarship in Mathematics. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
Applying Information and Research: Good Practices from 2005 This publication features 12 projects from the 2005 Reframing the Future sub-program, 'Applying Information and Research'. These projects show how to link and apply research and other information to the task of implementing the national training system using a work based learning approach. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
Reporting on Student Achievement and Progress to Students and Parents - ACT This policy document outlines the school requirements for reporting student achievement to parents and students. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
Australia - ASEAN - New Zealand Free Trade Agreement The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) are working in partnership on the education services aspects of the negotiations towards a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia, ASEAN and New Zealand. They invite information from providers of educational services to ASEAN countries (particularly Brunei, Indonesia, The Philippines and Vietnam), including potential providers, whether these services are supplied to students here in Australia or within these countries. Submissions may take the form of a short email outlining de From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Fulbright Professional Award in Vocational Education and Training This award, sponsored by the Department of Education, Science and Training, is for an Australian citizen who works in the vocational education and training sector, or is a training leader in business and industry. The award offers a three to four month professional development opportunity. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Archives Enlists Xena for Battle of Digital Age Launched by the National Archives of Australia, the innovative software application, Xena, will ensure our digital heritage survives into the future. In 2002 the Archives determined that digital records of archival value, created in any format, were to be preserved. This principle has guided the research and development of software and hardware infrastructure to support digital preservation. This year the R&D work culminated in a working prototype of a digital archive, including Xena, which converts digital file formats into a small number of open formats based on XML. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Scooba Exposed Informit.com dissects iRobot's latest release the Scooba, the floor mopping wonder-bot. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Awesome!! Digg on your cell phone!! A Silicon Valley startup called Plusmo is launching a free new service tomorrow that puts the Digg front page and Digg search on your cell phone!!! Digg Top Stories http://www.plusmo.com/badge/getblog.feed?id=56248 Digg Search http://www.plusmo.com/badge/getblog.feed?id=56249 From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
How NOT to steal a Sidekick These guys not only kept the Sidekick they found in a taxi in NYC, but then took pics of their whole family with it as well as signing on to AOL. Note: I know this is on my own website, but I have no ads and am not making any money on this. NO outside links on this page other than to these people's info. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Google Video Player for Mac GVP for Mac has been released. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
AMAZING Comparison Between Real-Life and the CRYSIS Engine Can you tell the difference? Of course you can. They're labeled. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
New Satellite Provides Breathtaking Views Inside Storms New images show the promise of a recently launched radar satellite capable of providing unprecedented views inside storms around the globe. NASA's new CloudSat satellite provides 3-D details of both the clouds and precipitation within a storm, from the Earth's surface to 19 miles high. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Harvard researchers start human stem cell project Researchers at Harvard University said on Tuesday they had started efforts to clone human embryos as a source of valued stem cells, using all private money to bypass federal restrictions on such work. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
One pill a day keeps cancer at bay A drug prescribed for one of the commonest forms of leukaemia has reduced the deadly cancer to a chronic illness that can be managed with a single pill a day, specialists said yesterday. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Deadly Vortex found in Ocean; 220km in Diameter; 1000 meters Deep "We were in a 70-metre boat and you could immediately feel the shift in the ship's tract, so you can certainly tell that there's something unusual going on out there," From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
How to suspend and hibernate a laptop under Linux Many people prefer working with laptops instead of desktops for the flexibility they offer. Some of them would also like to switch to a free and open source operating system like GNU/Linux and have their laptop do all the things that proprietary OSes offer, such as suspending their laptops. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
TV Gets in League with Video Games USA Network, which reaches about 90 million cable subscribers in the U.S., announced in April that it will broadcast the entire season of tournaments produced by Major League Gaming (MLG), the four-year-old professional video game league. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
High tech Zeppelin used to find diamonds. I know the Debeer's family isn't popular. It's the tech and how it's used that I find interesting. This could be used in many different ways: archeology and paleontology, finding weak spots in buildings and bridges on a citywide level, and search and rescue. It could also be used by countries like Canada and Brazil to help break their monopoly. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
New Technologies to Protect Soldiers "We're already using drones (unmanned airplanes) for surveillance in the skies over Iraq," Collins said. "It's much more difficult to design a ground-based vehicle to perform surveillance functions — but we're working out the logistical issues right now." From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Nintendo planning Instant Messenger for Wii? According to the latest United States patent (7056217) filed by Nintendo (planned six years ago) and is now published on June 6th, 2006 it states the following: Messaging service for video game systems with buddy list that displays game being played. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Windows? Linux? Huh? Nice article making a comparison of Windows and Ubuntu linux in terms of ease of use for the average non-techie computer user. The arguments make a lot of sense, in fact, I'm about to install Ubuntu myself after reading this article! From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Improve performance in Ubuntu This is an index on how to get the best performance out of your Ubuntu machine. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Human Heart Beats in a Box! A bloody human heart is kept beating while in transit between donor patients. Creepiest thing you're likely to see this week. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Blind inventor makes web accessible A new device that will make internet content available to blind people without the need for computer skills is to be launched in a few months' time. From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
How Transistors work Curious how transistors work? This site has some OK animations and explanations - via Make From digg on June 7, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Like A Fish – Revolutionary Underwater Breathing System Listen to the Israeli inventor who developed a breathing apparatus that will allow breathing underwater without the assistance of compressed air tanks. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
LikeAFish Technologies Like-A-Fish Technologies examines how a diver can extract air from water and therefore eliminate the use of oxygen tanks. This new invention will be able to supply oxygen to both scuba divers and submarines. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
Providers Announced for Literacy Programs Contracts have been offered to 37 organisations across Australia to deliver quality services under the Australian Government's Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme, aimed at helping jobseekers attain the vital language, literacy and numeracy skills they need for a job. Vocational elements will also be incorporated across the language, literacy and numeracy training to address industry needs. 7 June 2006 From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
Human rights A new global issue from the Global Education site. Includes teaching activities, links and resources and a glossary. From Global Education on June 7, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
RSL: Serving the Nation The RSL has provide this educative website for high school students. It focuses on the history of the RSL, citizenship, leadership and family history. The interactive site also includes wartime voices and cartoons of the wartime era. A curriculum guide is provided for teachers. The interactives provide students with ways of learning through making decisions about manipulating information. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Guidelines for the Design of Educational Software The purpose of the Guidelines is to promote quality in educational software. They do so in two ways. First, developers can use the guidelines to ensure that their products are of high instructional quality during development and evaluation of their products. Second, end users can compare educational software programs with the Guidelines to recognize quality products. For the second goal, the authors are deriving validated rating instruments for use by instructional design experts and software end users. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Advanced Biology: Cascade High School Idaho USA This site demonstrates the students work related to Biology and how they have integrated ICT into this subject. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Variety Bash 2006 Ruth Kinsella-Richards, a teacher from the Harris Fields State School at Woodridge, will be participating in the 2006 Variety Bash, providing daily satellite uplinks to schools across Australia. Lessons provided will have a rural flavour, to coincide with the 2006 Year of the Outback. Students will receive resource material along with the daily video lesson, from locations including Cairns, Port Douglas, Cooktown, Wrotham Park, Karumba, Julia Creek, Longreach, Windorah, Bedourie and Birdsville. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
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