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"The Digital Learning Branch provides advice and manages a comprehensive suite of digital systems, tools and resources to support schools design and deliver contemporary curriculum and enhance outcomes for students. The key focus of the Branch is to influence schools to leverage the potential of investments in digital technologies, and embed their use into school practice."

"Although they offer a convenient way to communicate with other people, there are dangers associated with tools that allow real-time communication. "

Good advice about cyber security in chat rooms.

"We know how important it is to protect and educate young people on using the Internet and want to provide all of our users with a safe experience. When it comes to family safety, we aim to: * Provide parents and teachers with tools to help them choose what content their children see online * Offer tips and advice to families about how to stay safe online * Work closely with organisations such as charities, others in our industry and government bodies dedicated to protecting young people "

"It's your first week on the job and you're tempted to make a positive splash immediately. But unless you want to alienate yourself, take a step back and just observe."

Some good advice for teachers who may be changing schools or taking up a promotion to a new school.

From ACMA Cybersmart this very catchy video has stats on what students are doing online as well as lots of targetted advice on what to do to prevent problems and what to do when problems arise. It also contains visual links to the support docs that Cybersmart can provided.

"Project-based learning is centered on the learner and affords learners the opportunity for in-depth investigations of worthy topics. The learners are more autonomous as they construct personally-meaningful artifacts that are representations of their learning. This article examines the theoretical foundations of project-based learning, particularly constructivism and constructionism, and notes the similarities and differences among implementations, including project-based science (Blulmenfeld et al., 1991), disciplined inquiry (Levstik & Barton, 2001) and WebQuests (Dodge, 1995). In addition, an anatomy of a model case will be considered using a WebQuest example developed by the author, describing seven characteristics common among the various implementations of project-based learning. Finally, practical advice and recommendations for project-based learning are discussed, including beginning slowly with the implementation, teaching students to negotiate cooperative/collaborative groups and establishing multiple forms of performance assessments."

"You can easily download OS X Mountain Lion from the App Store any time after purchasing it, but if you want your own physical copy of the installation, here's how to make your own Mountain Lion install DVD or USB drive."

I wanted to share with everyone a way to save Pages and Keynote files from the iPad to your Dropbox account. Here is a link to the document I shared with my students on Dropbox. http://db.tt/VySWoJ6y

If your Mac's CD/DVD drive is dead, you might not have to get a replacement or external drive. All you need is another Mac or Windows PC on your local network so you can remotely access its drive from your Mac.

"This a very simple guide on how to change a file's date modified and date created attributes on Mac OS X (this should work on both 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard)."

"Clearly, there's a need for multiple backups.  The questions are, how? and how many? .. For most of us, it's all in one place, so we need a single strategy -- one, two, or more backups. But if you have original data on separate Macs and/or external drives, you may want more backups of one than others. How?  There are several ways to have multiple backups, detailed below:"

To transfer your Google+ circles and other connections between accounts, click Google+ circles transfer tool at Google Takeout. This tool transfers your Google+ circles and connections from a "source" account to a "destination" account. It also replaces your source profile with your destination profile in other people's circles.

"Delivering Mavericks via a download is super conveient and easy for everyday users but can be unhelpful in several troubleshooting or advanced OS modification situations.  The only way to obtain a bootable OS X Mavericks USB flash drive is to create your own:"

"Google Drive for Mac/PC supports all unauthenticated proxies that are configured by the operating system. Your firewall rules should connect to the following hosts and ports so that users on your network can access Google Drive. Otherwise, they may be blocked or denied access. "

After hearing about Services through the Apple Snow Leopard features page, and podcasts such as MacBreak Weekly, I decided to retool the Automator action as a Service instead.

"I've only recently started using Dropbox but I am a big fan. It's really convenient to store and access your files from different computers in different locations. In Moodle 2.0 it is possible to import files you have in Dropox by choosing the Dropbox repository when you go to the new file picker. This video shows you how to set it up as admin. All you need is a Dropbox account and a Moodle 2.0 :)"

Interesting tutorial that explains how to integrate DropBox with Moodle 2.0

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.

Access past and sample exams (containing some answers), Study Designs, assessment advice and other teacher support materials relating to that study.

"If you feel like you're working long and grueling hours with no personal time, you're not alone. Carve out vital personal time and continue climbing the ladder with these tips from career management professional Penelope Trunk."

Some good advice on this page about juggling your school and private time.

"Nowadays it's easy to put together a web presence using social media and a personal landing page, but if you want to actually make your own web site you're going to need to learn HTML and CSS. Fortunately, we can help."

Good, quick intro to HTML. See part 2 for CSS.