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How to create a data visualisation/mashup
There are many ways to create visualisations using tools found on the web. The following explains just one way using data documenting Australian Government stimulus spending over the past few years mashed up with Australian electoral boundaries. Step 1 – Get some data The stimulus data we’re going to use can be found here. It [...]
IWB happy accident
We operate a 1:1 tablet computer program from year 5 to 12 and have electronic whiteboards in all of our classrooms. I often take people on tours of our school and almost without exception people comment on electronic whiteboards and their suitability to modern classrooms. I read blogs, consume tweets and talk with educators and [...]
iPaddled
OK, so they launched the iPad the other day and I must say it was with some trepidation that I waited for the reveal (how Extreme Makeover of me). This anxiety manifest itself not because of the hype surrounding the launch, but because I wondered what this device might mean to a school (my school) [...]
Adobe Licensing Update
By way of a quick update with regard to the “Adobe Situation” : I received an email from an Education Marketing Manager (at Adobe) yesterday stating the following: The education team at Adobe in Australia totally understand your frustration. We have recommended the changes but we are not getting agreement with corporate. What they don’t [...]
