NSW DET
Gmail for students
From The Australian comes this report. It would be very handy if we could have access to all the other Google Apps as well – Chat, Docs and Calendar.
GOOGLE has edged out some of the biggest brands in the enterprise IT services market to pick up another major contract win in Australia’s education sector.
Google partner [...]
Where am I working?
It was recently brought to my attention, that the signature details I was using on my NSWDET Corporate Email Account were incorrect – they listed me as still working at Carinda Public School, Carinda, and included a little statement encouraging people to see exactly where Carinda is:
See where Carinda is, using Google Maps > http://tinyurl.com/zs4kf
At [...]
Internet Filters
The NSW DET has, of course, implemented an Internet Filter to keep us all nice and safe.
This URL (http://tinyurl.com/2bj42b) show how wonderful Internet Filters can be.
I especially like the reason given for blocking this site:
It (The Wee Waa High School website) has been classified in the category not very interesting.
Learn to Juggle
Circus Arts has been a fairly major initiative within the Western NSW Region of the NSW DET, originally starting out at Dubbo West Public School as early as 1991. Since then it has grown with many other schools becoming involved. I just came across this video demonstrating how to juggle, over at Sclipo.com. Further information [...]
Quick Proxy
At school I have to use a proxy address to gain access to the internet. This is OK when I use web browsers like Opera or Safari, because they pick the proxy details up from the System Preferences under Mac OS X, so I can just use different locations. However, with Firefox the proxy settings [...]