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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jeez I laugh when I hear a tech say something is “mandated” by the DEECD. Look at the “ultranet” fiasco – some schools didn’t touch it with a barge pole (the
sensible ones), other fell in line, yet the “ultranet” was ‘mandated’. Lol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The dept may well be distributing software as a standard image, but there are plenty of different images available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Reality is: schools decide for themselves: the tech savvy ones are well on the way to setting up their own SOEs and other needs; the bogan schools follow a
tech line for “mandated” use. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sadly Leanne, your school may be one of the latter. Quality of school management and tech people is all. (You never know, the needs of staff and kids may get
a look in. Lol)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Geoff Hutchison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Van Der Westhuizen, Eugene Y<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 13 December 2013 8:20 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Leanne,</span></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I believe this is happening, presumably as a Department directive. I found out by accident when I saw all the computer lab computers with Windows
8.1 on them. A few of us will be trialling the new OS on our laptops over the holidays with a view to changing all staff laptops over during next year.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks,</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#5F497A">Eugene Van der Westhuizen</span></i></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Gleneagles Secondary College<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Endeavour Hills, 3802<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">phone: 9708 1319<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">fax: 9708 1324<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Leanne Wright<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 13 December 2013 7:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">itapps@edulists.com.au</a>; <a href="mailto:yr11it@edulists.com.au">
yr11it@edulists.com.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I have been informed by our computer manager that the Department has mandated the use of the above operating system on all school computers including those in classrooms. As
I have not been shown the communication from the Department which states this, could someone please tell me if this is the case.
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Thanks in advance - Leanne Wright<br>
Epping Secondary College<br>
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