<div dir="ltr">What's a decade between friends?<div><br></div><div>Anyway, I now have trouble remembering what day it is. </div><div>Or when school holidays are.</div><div>Or what I'm doing here. </div><div>Who are you?</div><div>Why are you eating my jelly?</div><div><br></div><div>Nurse!</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 December 2014 at 15:12, Savage, John L <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 4 December 2014 3:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Too soon? The ITI SAT hypothesis: data sets<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here are some dataset sources you might want to play with in preparation for the 2006 ITI SAT...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<a href="http://data.gov.au" target="_blank">data.gov.au</a> – includes data from many locations, groups and topics, including
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a National Public Toilet Map.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
overseas arrivals and departures<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
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Victorian ice skating centres<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
the Victorian Fishing Atlas<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<a href="http://data.melbourne.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">data.melbourne.vic.gov.au</a> – the City of Melbourne shares its data, e.g.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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parking bay sensor recordings<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
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pedestrian sensor counts<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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Australian Bureau of Statistics – <a href="http://abs.gov.au" target="_blank">abs.gov.au</a> – tailored for students, with census data available in Excel format and tables.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">The ABS tells us that in 1901 Australia there were 2,192 indigenous men aged 85 and over. In 2001, there were 81,922. Such rich and reliable data could yield a
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<span style="background:white">Australian National Data Service (<a href="http://ands.org.au" target="_blank">ands.org.au</a>) -
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"><a href="http://data.csiro.au" target="_blank">data.csiro.au</a> – very detailed, very technical, very big science data store.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background:white"><a href="http://govpond.org" target="_blank">govpond.org</a> – searches over 3,400 Australian governments’ data sets for you</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background:white">Atlas of Living Australia – <a href="http://ala.org.au" target="_blank">
ala.org.au</a> – sharing biodiversity knowledge. Do you have a hypothesis about Brushtail possums, perhaps? This is the place for you.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark Kelly<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">mark AT vceit DOT com<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Have I offended anyone with this post? I would not be surprised.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">If offended, please whinge to me at the email address above. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p></p><p><br></p></div></blockquote></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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