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Roland Gesthuizen

10 technologies that are just plain broken | TechRepublic - 0 views

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    Certain systems, software, and technologies simply don't work very well. In fact, some are barely usable. See if your biggest annoyances made this list. Let's face it. There are bits and pieces of the IT world that are simply broken, and we rarely want to come out and admit it. Well, some don't. I, on the other hand, am not in the slightest bit afraid to step forward and point the finger of shame at the creators of technology
Roland Gesthuizen

Could facial recognition technology destroy 'redundant and bankrupt' passwords? - 0 views

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    Remembering complex passwords could be a thing of the past if facial recognition technology takes off - but is it as secure as a password and does it work?
Roland Gesthuizen

James Burke Connections #1 - The Trigger Effect - YouTube - 0 views

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    "The Trigger Effect" details the world's present dependence on complex technological networks through a detailed narrative of New York City and the power blackout of 1965. Agricultural technology is traced to its origins in ancient Egypt and the invention of the plow. The segment ends in Kuwait where, because of oil, society leapt from traditional patterns to advanced technology in a period of only about 30 years."
Roland Gesthuizen

Researchers unveil 'shape-changing' technology that could change computer interaction f... - 0 views

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    "Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with a device that can render digital 3D content physically and which could change the way we interact with PCs ... In a video, the inFORM was shown to be used for 3D modelling, viewing bar charts, maths education and controlling media (like the volume of a radio), among many other things."
Roland Gesthuizen

Facebook facial recognition technology sparks renewed privacy concerns - 0 views

  • photo-tagging suggestions are only made when new photos are added to Facebook, that only friends are suggested and that users can disable the feature in their privacy settings
  • "Tag Suggestions" feature uses facial recognition technology to speed up the process of labeling friends and acquaintances that appear in photos posted on Facebook
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    "Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service."
Roland Gesthuizen

Information Technology Index - Studies - VCE - VCAA - 0 views

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    The VCE Information Technology Study Design covers the areas of study, outcomes and assessment for Information Technology Units 1-4 in Victoria as published by the VCAA.
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    Access past and sample exams (containing some answers), Study Designs, assessment advice and other teacher support materials relating to that study.
John Pearce

Learn It In 5 - Home - 3 views

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    "Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom. These step-by-step how-to videos walk teachers through Web 2.0 technology, demonstrating how to use Web 2.0 applications like blogs, social networks, podcasts, interactive videos, wikis, slidesharing and much more."
John Pearce

Bring Your Own Technology Empowers Educators to Facilitate Learning - 0 views

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    "Over the past few years, Forsyth County Schools in Georgia has been moving toward allowing students to bring their own technology to school. The district updated its acceptable use policies, beefed up its infrastructure and piloted the initiative. But the schools decide what that initiative would look like in their buildings. In all 35 schools, students can bring personal devices. In 25 schools, the initiative has permeated the buildings, and in the other 10, has made its way to some individual classes."
VITTA Professional Learning

Children and young peoples views on web 2.0 technologies - 1 views

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    "young people's views about web 2.0 technologies."
John Pearce

Linked Data Tools: The Semantic Web - 0 views

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    Semantic Web technologies have immense potential to transform the Internet into a distributed reasoning machine that will not only execute extremely precise searches, but will also have the ability to analyze the data it finds to create new knowledge. This paper examines the state of Semantic Web (also known as Linked Data) tools and infrastructure to determine whether semantic technologies are sufficiently mature for non-expert use, and to identify some of the obstacles to global Linked Data implementation.
Roland Gesthuizen

iPads growing more common in classrooms | The Crimson White - 0 views

  • The use of iPads would encourage students to collaborate and teach each other rather than submitting to the traditional transfer of knowledge from professor to student in order to learn
  • iPads will begin to change the way professors envision and conduct lectures so that the “sage on the stage” approach of a professor dictating knowledge to students will be replaced with a collaborative method of teaching
  • “With the tablet computing initiative, we want to develop or identify early adopters of this technology, to ‘plant the seeds’ of innovation and, eventually, mainstream this and future technologies into our school and teaching,”
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    ""Technology is central to how we learn and how we communicate," Florence said. "This is an initiative to allow faculty to experiment with how tablet computers can help improve and expand their teaching.""
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    News report that examines how a tablet computer can help change classroom teaching.
Roland Gesthuizen

Acceptable Use Policy for Department of Education's Information, Communications and Tec... - 0 views

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    "The Acceptable Use Policy outlines appropriate use of the Department's Information, Communication and Technology resources. This policy applies to all users of the Department's ICT resources. "
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    Downloadable PDF AUP policy by DEECD for state school teachers and staff.
Roland Gesthuizen

ICTEV2011 State Conference: In Touch | ICTEV - 0 views

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    "ICTEV's 2011 conference aims to put you in touch with educational colleagues who will enthuse and inspire you to integrate technologies in your learning and teaching. The technologies you will hear about and explore on the day will allow you and your students to be in touch with other educational communities (schools and professionals) across the world."
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    Melbourne ICT event for educators in May 2011.
veera90

Best Strategic IT Consulting | Managed IT Services | ACL Digital 2022 - 0 views

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    Our Strategic IT consulting offerings span across the infrastructure lifecycle. We use the expertise and deep tech background of the best minds at ACL to create a comprehensive IT strategy for a digital and technological transformation of your organization that aligns with your business objectives. Our strategic IT consulting will help you automate and digitalize operations, optimize the portfolio, and implement the latest technologies, processes and governance models.
Roland Gesthuizen

Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc. - Welcome - 0 views

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    "The 2013 VITTA Annual Conference and Expo is set for August again this year and is already aspiring to be the best ever. Provoking Learning with ICT will be a conference designed for all learners, exploring the exciting environments and the opportunities for students and teachers to enhance their learning through technology. Provoking Learning with ICT highlights the innovation, creativity and achievement of teachers and students nationally in and beyond the classroom. "
Roland Gesthuizen

Australia Falling Behind in IT Ranking | World Economic Forum - 0 views

  • This reinforces both the need for high-speed ubiquitous broadband but importantly, the critical need to invest in lifting the skills needed to gain the greatest benefit from this infrastructure
  • The problem has been risk aversion when focussing on IT and then ignoring the enormous opportunity risks in not taking up business change
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    "Australia continues to fall in technology-ready global rankings because it is too risk-averse and conservative with IT spending."
Roland Gesthuizen

A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: 39 Sites For Using iPads in the Classroom - 0 views

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    when the power went out in the school and we couldn't get on the Internet, I noticed what an important part of my life technology has become .. Here are 39 sites for using an iPad
Roland Gesthuizen

Welcome to Nelson Information Technology | Further Resources Year 11 - Cengage Learning - 0 views

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    A comprehensive list of different IT resources specific to the VCE Information Technology Course at year 11
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