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Sydney Region
ICT Coordinators day
Term 2 2008
Sydney Region
Agenda
Term 2 2008 Technology Update
Sydney Region SMS Solution for Schools
Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning
ICT procurement
MS Office -Tips and tricks (Primary days only)
The Digital Education Revolution (HS only)
Learning Systems update
Classroom Sound Enhancement
“Improving learning by enhancing the capture and distribution
of the sounds of teaching.”
Sydney Region ICT Support websites
We’ve got some new ICT support sites which provide podcasts
and RSS aggregation. You can do it too!
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Wrap up of Term 1, 2008
The Fuse Is Lit... It's Time to Change
Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning
Favourite Digital Learning Resources Intranet site
MS Office -Tips and tricks (Primary days only)
Setting up a Local Cisco Networking Academy (HS only)
Effective Use of the Internet and Email
Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI)
Fileserver management in SR schools
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Term 2 ICT Update
T4L 2008, Rollout, take back, pac file, SR
Fileserver installs, T4L SOE
Connected Classrooms
SR software
STEMS 2008
Digital Education Revolution
Public Schools– ICT site
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T4L 2008
3253 entitlement units broken down as:
246 notebook computers
21 servers (to be installed)
1782 desktop computers
520 “extra” computers to support school administration
The Apple rollout is scheduled for Semester 1 2008 (subject to current
negotiations).
SR ITSU will be contacting schools before the T4L computers have been
installed to determine if the school requires further assistance.
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/t4l/t4l.htm
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T4L 2008
Fileserver installations
Sydney Region is currently installing 21 T4L Servers + 6 Descretionary
Purchase fileservers in our schools.
A schedule has been developed based on the critical need for the new
fileserver. These fileservers are a combination of T4l fileservers and
fileservers that have been purchased using discretionary funds.
Typical server installations takes 3+ days.
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T4L 2008 –take back program
Lenovo are to return to your school three days after the installation of your
T4L computers as part of the takeback program
Apple are to return to your school ten days after the installation of your T4L
computers as part of the takeback program
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/t4l/t4lfaqs.htm#6._The_'Takeback'_(Recycling)_Program
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T4L 2008 –pac file
If you are experiencing issues with the latest T4L computers accessing the
internet there may be an issue with the pac file.
To resolve this issue:
Download and run the file (2008-T4L.exe) from the Desktop Management
Infrastructure Group intranet site:
http://esdt.det.nsw.edu.au/Projects/SOE/troubleshooting.htm
The patch needs to be run as local administrator
You need to run delprof after the patch is applied
Instructions located at: http://tinyurl.com/6bt8ka
What’s New
Mac OS X 10.5.2
MS Office 2004
Apple iLife '08
Neo Office 2.2.2
Scribus
Nvu
Tuxpaint
Comic life (Free version)
Windows XP Sp2
MS Office 2003
Expression Web
Open Office 2.4
Scribus v1.3.3.11
Nvu
Dia
Freemind
Paint.NET
Tuxpaint
Pivot Stick Figure
Art rage Starter Pack
Audacity
Scratch
MS Student with Encarta Premium 2008
Open Source Office Suite
Provides:
Word processing
Spreadsheet
presentation,
drawing,
and database programs
Can read and write MS Office formatted files (inc
Office 2007)
http://www.openoffice.org/
Alternate Office suite based on OpenOffice
Provides:
word processing,
spreadsheet,
presentation,
drawing,
and database programs
Can read and write MS Office formatted files
(inc Office 2007)
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
Open Source Desktop publishing Program
Windows and Mac
"press-ready" output
professional publishing features, such as
CMYK color, separations, ICC color
management and versatile PDF creation.
Support for both RGB and CYMK colour
profiles
http://www.scribus.net/.
A complete Web Authoring System for Windows,
Mac and Linux
WYSIWYG editing of pages
Integrated file management via FTP
Reliable HTML code creation that will work with
all of today's most popular browsers.
Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and
HTML using tabs.
Tabbed editing to make working on multiple
pages a snap.
Powerful support for forms, tables, and templates.
iPhoto
iMovie
Garageband
iWeb
iDVD
http://www.apple.com/ilife/
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Sydney Region Software initiatives
http://www.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au/
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Stems 2008
The STEMS high school transition project is running again this year
The 2008 version of the STEMS software will be released for K-6 schools
during week 10 of term 2
Data entry for Year 6 students needs to be completed by Week 9 of Term 3
All schools will be notified as soon as STEMS is available for download.
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Digital Education Revolution
http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au/computer_fund/round_one/nsw.htm#Government
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Public Schools New Website
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/technology/index.php
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Connected Classrooms
The Connected Classrooms Program consists
of 3 key projects:
Network Bandwidth Project
Learning Tools Project
Interactive Classrooms Project
In total these projects will see the investment
of $158 million over the next 4 years
http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/news/index/connected.shtm
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Connected Classrooms
Sydney Region has nominated the first 20
schools to receive an “interactive” classroom.
40 schools from Sydney Region are to be
nominated for their installation in semester 2
2008.
Sydney Region will be advising schools of their
nominations in coming weeks.
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Delivery and installation:
Carlton PS and Marrickville HS
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Marrickville HS install 14 May 2008 -
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Marrickville HS install 14 May 2008 -
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Marrickville HS install 14 May 2008 -
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Marrickville HS install 14 May 2008 -
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Carlton PS install 14 May 2008 -
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Gymea HS
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Connected Classrooms
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/lists/directoratesaz/ccp/index.htm
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ICT Coordinators day
Term 2 2008
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