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EDUCAUSE Australasia Conference EDUCAUSE Australasia is the premier event for professionals working in higher education, managing knowledge technologies to advance scholarship, learning and research. With the theme Advancing Knowledge; Pushing Boundaries, this conference will explore challenges in the areas of: Leadership and change, Collaboration, Quality and accountability, Innovation and re-purposing. Specifically in relation to the areas of professional development, student learning experiences, knowledge creation and transfer, as well as e-research. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


The Social Implications of National Security Academics from different disciplines will converge on the University of Wollongong for a one-day workshop on Monday 29 May to determine what the major issues for the Federal Government are in effectively making Australia a safer place in which to live. Findings from the workshop will be forwarded to the government-funded ARC Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA) which is facilitating a knowledge-sharing network for research organisations, government and the private sector to develop research tools and methods to mitigate emerging safety and security issues relating to critical infrast From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


Designing Practical Bacterial Fuel Cells "What if you could power your house with sewage? Or run your pacemaker with blood sugar rather than a traditional battery? Scientists hope that microbial fuel cells -- devices that use bacteria to generate electricity -- could one day make this vision a reality." From digg on May 24, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..


Mario creator outlines Nintendo strategy - Possible Unrevealed Features CNN meets Miyamoto. Both say Wii! Creator of the game company's biggest franchises discusses Wii, PS3. He also talks about unrevealed possible additional functionality. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..


PS3 WILL play used or borrowed games. SCEE PR manger Jennie Kong blasted the rumor as " false speculation." "PlayStation 3 software will not be copy protected to a single machine but will be playable on any PlayStation 3 console," she told the Guardian. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..


Object-Oriented Javascript "Although Javascript shouldn’t be classed as an object-oriented language, pretty much everything within it is object based; from DOM scripting (Document Object Model) through to specific built-in objects such as Image and Date." From digg on May 24, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..


Full Tilt This site contains photos of re-enactments of a medieval tournament and jousting taken at the St Georges Day tournament in Lithgow NSW. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..


Not Seen Not Heard This site is a collection of stories from the most remote islands of west Sumatra, Indonesia, that were affected by the December 2004 and March 2005 earthquakes. The purpose of the site is to provide a voice for those in need. The user can listen to first hand accounts of the trials faced by the local communities. It also contains links to resources for humanitarian aid. From Recent Items on May 24, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..


A car that automatically slows you down Vehicles in London could soon be fitted with technology that would automatically slow them down if they break the speed limit. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Student faces expulsion for Web post This school is overstepping its bounds. They are disciplining this guy for something he posted outside of school hours. Don't they have better things to do? Maybe they should try educating students instead of prosecuting students. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Is Windows On a Mac Really Drawing in New Users Yes. Check it out. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


How-To: Build yourself a front projection home theater "In today's How-To we get to play with other people's toys. We upgraded a home theater to a high definition front projection system. We lay it out, set it up, drill holes, nearly die in a Texas attic, and bring home the popcorn." From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Costly Porn Filter: Spam Filter Costs School Board $250,000 Cobb County School officials are blaming an overeager junk-mail filter for capturing and killing a Kennesaw businessman's bid to provide telephone services to the system. It seems the part of the filter that watches for pornographic material was offended by the use of terms such as "long distance." From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Cranking up MPEG Surround MPEG Surround, a new surround-sound technology, emerged as the star of this week's Audio Engineering Society Expo in Paris. All that's missing are the chips needed to bring the technology to market. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Microsoft Struggles to Improve Worker Morale Microsoft has been taking action to improve its reportedly low employee morale, unveiling a series of new perks as part of a program dubbed "MyMicrosoft" at an all-employee meeting May 18. This comes on the heels of a Reuters report that 1,000 Microsoft contract workers were forced to take a week off without pay. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


MIT Technology Review Launches New Micro-documentary Video Series Six videos: Stem Cell Research, Smarter Prosthetics, Artificial Muscle, High-Throughput Drug Discovery, Sociometrics, and Nanogates. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Apple's 'Mac Pro' Coming With Quad Processors and New Displays The Mac Pro will see a new case design with quad processors and the arrival of new displays, featuring an iSight Camera and IR sensor. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Commodore 64 emulated in Flash! cool project... go re-live the good old days! From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Steal It! Ruby Code & Style There's a whole world of language features that we sometimes miss out on as Rubyists, such as pattern matching, S-expressions, and external domain-specific languages. But the good news is that we can have them, too, as long as we're not afraid to steal a few things first. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Soda, Killing You When is the last time you questioned the carbonation process and why it exists? Could something you least expect be harming you and your children? From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time Richard Stallman blasts the recent Sun PR move which makes Java available for inclusion on "open source platforms," claiming that it is a deceptive and self-serving move which makes Java neither free software nor open source. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Gore's 'Truth' is highly watchable (* * * 1/2 out of four) A thought-provoking cautionary tale that is also lively and entertaining, An Inconvenient Truth showcases the dedication, warmth and, yes, charm of the former vice president. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


Protect Your Laptop With One of Thinkgeek's Finest Thinkgeek's 11 lb aluminum case offers sturdy security for your laptop in the form of two triple combination locks. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on May 24, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Coming Soon: XBOX 360 Modchips Team Xecuter thought that those hackers shouldn't be the only ones to be able to play backup games for the XBOX 360 game console, and has announced that the group is very close to releasing a first generation mod-chip for XBOX 360. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Start your own web hosting company This is a detailed description about how to set up a SuSE 10.1 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.). From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Dell Strikes Back It looks like some of us will not be needing to wipe the OS from our Dell systems anymore. I hope they extend this no software install to the cheaper computers to. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Ballmer Hints at Possible Further Vista Delay! Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has played down the recent slide in the software giant's share price but hinted at a possible further delay to the release of its new operating system. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Voyager 2 Detects Odd Shape of Solar System's Edge Voyager 2 could pass beyond the outermost layer of our solar system, called the "termination shock," sometime within the next year, NASA scientists announced at a media teleconference today. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Mathematical Proofs turned into Music "While looking at some proofs, it occurred to me that their structure resembled musical scores, so as an experiment I decided to see what they sounded like. Essentially, the musical notes correspond to the depth of the proof tree as the proof is constructed by the proof verifier." From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


New domain launched for mobile phones Web browsing on portable phones still has some way to go before it is as useful and convenient as browsing from a PC, but a new industry consortium wants to change all that. Their plan? Introduce another top level domain called ".mobi", which will feature content formatted for mobile devices. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


More Rounded Corners with CSS "Admit it. You know it, your Mom knows it and even your Grandmother probably knows it by now: Rounded corners, borders and drop shadows (while nothing new) are all the rage these days on the 'Web 2.0, fully Ajaxed, Ajax-enhanced, Ajaxified' Web 2.0-era Web." From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Teenager repellent "Mosquito" turned into ringtone Techno-savvy UK pupils have recorded the ultra-high sound - audible only to under-20-year-olds - from the ultrasonic device Mosquito onto their cell phones - and are now receiving calls and text messages in class without teachers having the faintest idea of what is going on. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Technorati Teams With The Associated Press Technorati and the Associated Press this morning initiated a service to connect bloggers to more than 440 AP member newspapers nationwide. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Microsoft Updates Its Windows Server Roadmap Expect Longhorn Server Beta 3 in the first half of next year, but no Windows Server 'Centro' for mid-size businesses until 2008. And there might be a Windows Server Branch Office in the future, after all. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Sony to prevent selling of pre-owned PS3 games? So Daily Radar is reporting -- apparently users will 'rent' games rather than buy them. Right... From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


Vonage Hopes To Raise $531 Million In IPO Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings on Tuesday priced its initial public offering at $17 per share, for a total value of about $531 million. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 5:11 p.m..


A free (software) education A writer for NewsForge details how he introduced a school running older Windows 98 machines, into the world of free, educational software. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Install the Vista Sidebar on XP - In One Package! There have been hacks for a while now to allow people to install the Windows Vista sidebar by assembling files from various sources but I just stumbled across a single executable package that MSTN put together. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Microsoft: Use MS Word in Safe Mode The software maker issues a security advisory with workarounds to limit the damage from zero-day attacks against Microsoft Word users. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


FCC Will NOT Investigate AT&T/NSA Allegations "If the FCC initiates an investigation and gets blocked by the White House, then the White House is stonewalling. But if the FCC refuses to even demand answers, then the White House never has to block the enforcement agency from getting to the bottom of this. The American people deserve answers." From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Cops ask fiction writer for DNA after he posts a horror story online "The police have repeatedly visited the student and demanded that he submit his fingerprints and DNA to them so that they can compare the fictional murder he described in his story to evidence from any similar unsolved murders." Sometimes your writing is TOO good... From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


New "Unbreakable" Wine Glass Introduced An 'unbreakable' wine glass made of a new material called Kwarx has been launched at Vinexpo in Hong Kong. Kwarx glass is handblown crystal and is supposed to retain lustre and transparency as well as being unbreakable. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Cleaning up space junk may erase history Plans to spring-clean space junk orbiting Earth could result in the loss of irreplaceable historical artefacts, an archaeologist warns.Dr Alice Gorman of Flinders University in Adelaide, an Australian researcher who has previously called for space junk to be World Heritage. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Study Finds No Link between Marijuana and Lung Cancer A marijuana cigarette also deposits four times as much of that tar as an equivalent tobacco one. Scientists were therefore surprised to learn that a study of more than 2,000 people found no increase in the risk of developing lung cancer for marijuana smokers. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Build a Powerful Water Balloon Launcher (with Video) Want to shoot an object at 140 MPH over 500ft? Then this launcher is for you! This article will teach you how to build one of the cheapest, easiest, and most powerful water balloon launchers ever invented. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Microsoft: "Take a week off... unpaid" Microsoft told more than 1,000 contract workers doing software development and testing to take seven business days off without pay to lower costs during this quarter, the company said Monday. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Study: Video games can help cut surgical errors Surgeons who warmed up by playing video games like "Super Monkey Ball" for 20 minutes immediately prior to performing surgical drills were faster and made fewer errors than those who did not. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Microsoft Releases Vista, Longhorn, Office Betas - Simultaneously In an unprecedented move, Microsoft Tuesday simultaneously released beta versions of its three major upcoming software releases -- Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server, code-named Longhorn. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Thinking in Logarithms Can Be Natural There are asymmetries in the way animals perceive numbers and time, and a recent experiment showed that pigeons underestimate the midpoint between two time intervals. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Google Summer of Code results are in! Drupal's 14 exciting projects An XUL administration interface, AJAX forms creator, integration with the latest GData protocol and a Social Network Analysis tool are all on the roster of sponsored projects for the 2006 Summer of Code program. Thanks to Google for guaranteeing that 2006 will be the most exciting summer for Drupal - EVER! From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Apple´s sudden motion sensor in action. Desktop manager/motion sensor hack for MacBook Pro From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Human-To-Human Bird Flu Suspected In Indonesia Seven Indonesian Bird Flu Cases Linked to Patients... From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Americans bet 4 billion dollars online despite ban US residents spent more than four billion dollars last year on Internet gambling, despite a de facto prohibition on such wagering in the United States, according to a report.The American Gaming Association said its analysis supports the need for a congressional study of ways to regulate online gambling for US residents. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Google's Surprise Investor Meeting Google plans to hold a special meeting with financial analysts and investors next week, in a bid to improve the company's rocky relations with Wall Street. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


1000+ public domain images Scanned remains of castles, deserted abbeys, old manor houses, mansions and stately homes; also engravings, woodcuts and pictures of Old England and Wales. Most are public domain unless otherwise noted, and can be used as historical reference in teaching, royalty-free stock images, scrapbook clip art and/or on websites. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Island-hopping virus' ferocity exposed Scientists have found clues as to why a little-known virus is disabling hundreds of thousands of Indian Ocean island dwellers, in an outbreak that threatens to spread further around the world. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Apple accidently releases "Dashcode" After receiving a new Macbook Pro and installing the included developer tools, a curious application made an appearance under /Developer/Applications. You can download Apple's widget creation tool here: http://filebucket.org/71g871e712/102/Dashcode.tar.bz2 This is NOT included in Xcode 2.3 From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


PGP creator offers VoIP crypto to Windows users Philip Zimmermann, best known as the developer of the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption algorithm, has released a new public beta of a software package designed to encrypt VoIP calls. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


The Geek Who Took On Microsoft Peter Quinn, The mild-mannered CIO of Massachusetts sparked a standards debate when he made it policy that state workers use open-standard formats. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Just Released: Insider Information on NSA Wiretaps " ...the N.S.A. began to eavesdrop on callers...or to investigate them using traditional police methods. A government consultant told me that tens of thousands of Americans had had their calls monitored in one way or the other. [...] the Administration, by not approaching the FISA court early on, had made it much harder to go to the court later." From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Saving Superman from Hollywood The mild-mannered director behind the X-Men movies is on a mission to save Superman from the Hollywood hacks. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


Gizmondo - the UK gaming firm that wasted £160 million in 18 months In the words of Paul Davis of Begbies Traynor, one of the firms appointed as liquidators of Gizmondo: “No matter how much you spend on cars, watches and directors’ perks, you just can’t get through a sum as big as this quite as quickly as Gizmondo did.” From on May 24, 2006 at 1:42 p.m..


The Ethical Dilemmas of Immortality several ethical and moral arguments that have cropped up in recent years as labs around the world aim at the dream of immortality, or at least to extend lives well beyond the century mark. From on May 24, 2006 at 1:41 p.m..


SC: 24/05 MS Word vulnerability - third-party patch released Alerted to the possibilities of an unpatched and 'Extremely Critical' fault in MS Word, ESet, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, has devised a temporary patch which can be applied to existing MS Word applications to hold the fort until Microsoft issues its own update ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on May 24, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (JSRACS) is a K-12 co-educational school of the Western Australian Anglican Schools Commission, situated on two campuses at Mirrabooka and Beechboro, Perth. Its mission is to build a Christian community of learners, to provide a quality educational experience, and to nurture the whole person in the three dimensions of mind, body and spirit. The website contains general school information, as well as its curriculum, co-curricular activities and special programmes, including parish connections with St Paul's, Mirrabooka and St Bede's Church B From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


Innovation Report 2005-06 (Backing Australia's Ability) The 2005-06 Innovation Report provides an overview of the Australian Government's policies and programmes in science and innovation, focussing on the three key themes of Backing Australia's Ability: strengthening Australia's ability to undertake research, accelerating the commercial application of ideas and developing and retaining Australian skills. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 9:30 a.m..


Imagining a day without Microsoft "Did you ever hear the warning, “be careful what you wish for, it might come true?” Well, because Microsoft is the company most people love to hate, I decided to ask a cross section of industry cognoscenti this simple question: What would happen if Microsoft and all of its technology disappeared tomorrow?" From digg on May 24, 2006 at 6:23 a.m..


Apple Updates Xcode 2.3 Developer Tools Xcode 2.3 is the latest release of Apple Computer's integrated development environment for Mac OS X. This release adresses many known issues and is a recommended upgrade for all Xcode users of versions 2.2.1 or earlier. New DWARF debugging format for improved debugging fidelity and efficient utilization of disk space. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 6:23 a.m..


Amazing interactive nightclub tables. Yet another way to freak-out drunks These short videos show a new technology being used in Las Vegas night clubs that allow people to manipulate images and Video in real time by simply moving their appendages over them. You have to check out the videos to fully comprehend how cool this is. From digg on May 24, 2006 at 6:23 a.m..


Manage Grid Resources with Condor Web Services This tutorial is intended to introduce the Web services interface of Condor by developing a Java technology-based Web services client and demonstrating the major functions of Condor exposed to clients through Web services. The Web services client will submit, monitor, and control jobs in a Condor environment. Knowledge of Java technology is assumed, as well as an understanding of the job submission and control processes of Condor. To run the examples or sample code in this tutorial, you need to download the Java SDK and Condor. The code examples are written in the Java language. Users are req From EEVL New Learning Materials on May 24, 2006 at 6:21 a.m..


Manage Grid Resources with Condor Web Services This tutorial is intended to introduce the Web services interface of Condor by developing a Java technology-based Web services client and demonstrating the major functions of Condor exposed to clients through Web services. The Web services client will submit, monitor, and control jobs in a Condor environment. Knowledge of Java technology is assumed, as well as an understanding of the job submission and control processes of Condor. To run the examples or sample code in this tutorial, you need to download the Java SDK and Condor. The code examples are written in the Java language. Users are req From EEVL New Learning Materials on May 24, 2006 at 5:34 a.m..


What is a DMZ? Explaination of what a DMZ is and the purpose for them as well as information on different types of DMZ designs for beginner to intermediate security professionals or just people interested in learning more about network security. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


New Samsung Notebook Replaces Hard Drive With Flash Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it will launch two mobile computers in early June that will do away with hard drives altogether, replacing them with 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory. The notebooks will be the first to use flash memory as the main storage device. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


DS Lite trumps Xbox 360's trade-in value in Japan According to Xbox Circle, a DS Lite nets a 18,000¥ (about $160) trade-in value at Enterking, a Japanese gaming retail chain. That's about $10 more than its MSRP (16,800¥) and roughly $25 more than the trade-in value of an Xbox 360, which Enterking lists at 15,000¥ (about $135). From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


People in vegetative state revived by pill A sleeping pill can temporarily revive people in a permanent vegetative state to the point where they can have conversations, a study finds. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


Google Users Want Yahoo Even More Than Sex? An awful lot of people seem to be searching Google for "Yahoo." In fact, Yahoo is such a popular search term on Google that it even beats sex (not always, but the two are pretty close, with Yahoo taking the lead recently). There are a few things that could contribute to this. Is there something wrong with the new Google Trend tool? From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


iTunes No Longer Allows You To Download High Quality Album Art Seems like Apple has figured out a way to block us from downloading their album art using various methods. When you try to access the jpg file off of their servers, you now get a 403: You are not authorized to view this page message. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


New Sensor Technology Looks at Molecular 'Fingerprint' New sensor technology developed by engineers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory can now detect chemical, biological, nuclear, and explosive materials much more quickly and efficiently. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


Wil Wheaton Gets His Geek On At E3 Wil Wheaton visits E3 2006 in search of the next wave of games, gadgets, and virtual rock stardom. Gonzo Journalism, geek-style, from The AV Club. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


How To Crack WEP and WPA Wireless Networks How to crack wireless networks protected by WEP or WPA keys. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


The Truth Behind The iPod nano Class Action Suit "The truth is that I never sought out nor did I ever hire David P. Meyer & Associates or Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro to represent me in any case, much less the iPod Nano Class Action suit" From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


The space elevator: going down? Is it possible to make a cable for a space elevator out of carbon nanotubes? Not anytime soon, if ever, says Nicola Pugno of the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy. Pugno's calculations show that inevitable defects in the nanotubes mean that such a cable simply wouldn't be strong enough. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


Wii's World Wide Web Nintendo and Opera team up to take Wii users to the Internet. Learn how it's all going to work in this exclusive interview. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


Gaming Classic, "The Wizard" coming to DVD! 1up.com reports that the (in)famous gaming movie/propaganda film will be released on DVD August 29th, 2006! w00t! From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


Plaxo wants to play in the VoIP sandbox. Plaxo, that company that drove some people nuts with e-mail invitations to its service, is getting on the voice over Internet Protocol bandwagon. From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


Schools block MySpace access; kids fight back with Hacks "This particular student, despite having some glaring writing deficiencies, is correct to point out that students can hack their way around most such blocks "whit the right research," and entire websites have sprung up to help them do just that." From on May 24, 2006 at 4:59 a.m..


Have Your Say On Adult Literacy and Numeracy Research Priorities for 2006 The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) is currently in the process of identifying national priorities for adult language, literacy and numeracy research to be funded in 2006. Visit the web site to provide input on which contemporary issues require research or further research. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 4:58 a.m..


School Resources, Excursions, Teaching Aids This site is an online directory of suppliers to schools and education institutes. It provides category searches and detailed listings for suppliers. Categories include excursions, camps, teaching resources, product suppliers, service providers and more. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Review of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd Research and Statistical Services Report This document reports on a review of research and statistical services from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Training (NCVER). The review was conducted by an external contact with support from a review committee as well as input from key shareholders and stakeholders. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Podcast Directory for Educators, Schools and Colleges This is a UK directory of podcasts for educational use, suitable for use by teachers, parents and carers with children and young people at school, college and elsewhere. In this directory, educators can freely access educational content in over 2500 podcasts, with search facilities to locate podcasts in subject areas. All the listed podcasts are "family friendly", sourced world-wide and are good examples of educational podcasting from schools, colleges and educational professionals to support effective teaching and learning in this digital age as well as professional development and informatio From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


New Series Nine Toolboxes Announced Five new Toolboxes will be developed in 2006 for the following industry areas: Community safety; Fabrication trade; Food safety auditing; Employment services; and Sales, mechanical, technology and vehicle body. These Toolboxes will add to the over 90 Toolboxes currently available. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Let's Read Let's Read is an initiative to promote reading with young children 0-5 years. It has been designed to support and empower parents/carers to read with their child, and develop the building blocks that are needed to make the transition to school as easy as possible. Let's Read is designed to be delivered to parents through community-based professionals in the community. The website has some frequently asked questions information for parents. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Community Geographic Domain Names Available Soon From July community-based not-for-profit organisations will be able to apply for a Community Geographic Domain Name (CGDN). The use of the CGDNs will be restricted to community website portals which link to community organisations and services including community educational services. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


State of Our Community Survey Our Community is calling for participants for the 'State of the Community' survey. The survey is available online and should take five to 10 minutes to complete. The survey will highlight current issues in the community sector, including community education and training. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


Child Care Quality in Australia: Summary The Australia Institute has produced Discussion Paper Number 84 on Child Care Quality in Australia. Based on the results of a national survey of long day care centre staff, the results indicate that, for all the aspects of quality care investigated, community-based long day care centres offer the highest quality care. The paper concludes by recommending stronger state regulation as well as a much tighter national accreditation regime. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


Water (ABC) Australian water resource site from the Austrlian Broadcasting Commission includes comprehensive coverage and analysis of water-related issues. Sections covered include news, fact sheets, resources, message boards and current wether forecasts. From Recent Items on May 24, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


$249.5 Million for World-class ICT Centre The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, and the Minister for Education, Science and Training , Julie Bishop MP, announced the signing of a five-year $249.5 million funding agreement with National ICT Australia (NICTA). 'This substantial and continued funding for NICTA demonstrates the Government's long-term commitment to enhancing Australia's information and communications technology innovation system and recognition of ICT's contribution to broader economic growth,' Senator Coonan said. DCITA Media release, 22 May 20 From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 1:33 a.m..


Peninsula Kids This website aimed children, parents and teachers on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, provides news, craft and fun activities on a monthly theme. From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 1:33 a.m..


Manage Grid Resources with Condor Web Services This tutorial is intended to introduce the Web services interface of Condor by developing a Java technology-based Web services client and demonstrating the major functions of Condor exposed to clients through Web services. The Web services client will submit, monitor, and control jobs in a Condor environment. Knowledge of Java technology is assumed, as well as an understanding of the job submission and control processes of Condor. To run the examples or sample code in this tutorial, you need to download the Java SDK and Condor. The code examples are written in the Java language. Users are req From EEVL New Learning Materials on May 24, 2006 at 1:33 a.m..


In Teachers' Hands: Effective Teaching Practices in the Early Years of Schooling The aim of the study was to identify teaching practices that lead to improved literacy outcomes for children in the early years of schooling. The report investigated the link between children's growth in English literacy in the early years of schooling and their teachers' classroom teaching practices. The report concluded that effective early literacy teaching requires teachers who can ensure high levels of student participation, have deep knowledge about literacy learning, can simultaneously orchestrate a variety of classroom activities, can support and scaffold learning, can target From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


Prepared to Teach: An Investigation into the Preparation of Teachers to Teach Literacy and Numeracy The aim of the study was to provide information on effective practice in the pre-service preparation of teachers to teach English literacy, and numeracy to all students in the early and middle years of schooling, particularly educationally disadvantaged students. The report identified five keys areas which should be considered in improving the effectiveness of the pre-service preparation of teachers to teach literacy and numeracy, including the finding that beginning primary and secondary teachers require stronger preparation in specific literacy and numeracy strategies, and in utilising such From EdNA Online on May 24, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


Ramming Speed! - The Flying Ram Interceptors Naturally the plane was nicknamed the "Flying Ram." The plan was simple: fly above enemy aircraft, then enter a high-speed dive and collide with an enemy's wing or vertical stabilizer. The XP-79B was designed to survive because of the heavily reinforced Titanium leading edges on the wings. From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


US Government Finally Considers Changing Patent System! In the wake of high-profile lawsuits involving BlackBerry and eBay, Congress is once again talking about fixing what the technology industry says is a thoroughly broken patent system. From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


Five Inventions We Still Need Despite our own Patent Office giving out patents for things everyone else would laugh at as an invention, the real invention is a rare and precious jewel. Here are five inventions we still need, and which no one seems to be able to even find an approach to inventing. From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


AMD Updates Desktop CPU Architecture AMD on Tuesday unveiled desktop chips based on its AM2 socket, setting the stage for future products based on a new architecture. From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


Automatically sync iTunes to any folder(s) "I made a point of calling out iTunes for being bloated and a bit annoying at times. One of my biggest beefs with iTunes has always been its inability/outright refusal to monitor one or more folders for new music and videos." From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


14 year old kid becomes millionaire through online scamming Akin is, like many things in cyberspace, an alias. In real life he's 14. He wears Adidas sneakers, a Rolex Submariner watch, and a kilo of gold around his neck. From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


Protestors provide a nasty vista for Gates Defective by Design kicks off its anti-DRM campaign with a demonstration in Seattle today. The action had the protestors dressed in hazmat suits (images at http://defectivcebydesign.org) to bring home the point of the dangers of DRM. From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


Build your own Stealth DDR Pad "Looking for a way to play DDR on your own computer? This DIY pad is cheap, interfaces with your computer and invisible so it doesn't annoy you with those flashy colors when you don't use it." From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


U.S. has the lowest piracy rate in the world. Arrr... The United States had the lowest piracy rate in the world last year at 21%. However, that amounted to $6.9 billion in losses to software manufacturers, the highest of any country because the U.S. market for computer software is so large. From digg on May 23, 2006 at 11:14 p.m..


RSS Specifications - Everything You Need to Know About RSS This site is a comprehensive rss reference detailing everything you need to know about RSS. RSS is defined as Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. RSS files are formed as XML files and are designed to provide content summaries of news, blogs, forums or website content. Users select the rss feeds (content) they wish to subscribe. The feeds are generally simple headlines and brief descriptions if the user is interested they can click to see additional information. From EdNA Online on May 23, 2006 at 11:13 p.m..


WaterLiterate (KS2 teaching pack) - WaterAid An informative and user-friendly teaching pack designed for use in the literacy hour for a three-week unit of work, it enables teachers to introduce a topical and international perspective to pupils' literacy work, and gives them the opportunity to learn about the lives of the millions of people around the world who do not have access to clean water. The pack consists of a 24 page teacher's booklet and two sets of eight A5 photographs. From Recent Items on May 23, 2006 at 11:13 p.m..


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