[Year 12 IPM] Suggestion for next "Moodlers in the Pub" session.
Roland Gesthuizen
rgesthuizen at gmail.com
Tue May 2 00:29:04 EST 2006
There is a PCEDUG meeting at Vermont SC this Thursday (Donald runs an
interesting Moodle for his Alumni students).
Details from Steve Missen follows. The dinner afterwards is allways worth
attending :-)
Regards Roland
The Term 2 meeting of the PC Education User Group of Victoria for 2006 will
be held on *Thursday 4th May at VERMONT SECONDARY COLLEGE commencing at
4:15pm* with light refreshments (formal part of meeting to start at 4:30pm).
Our host will be Donald HEW (Learning Technologies Co-ordinator) and our
guest speaker is *Mr Damian Perrone* (Senior Consultant for OBS, currently
contracted as Consultant for EduMail & EduInfrastructure to Department of
Education & Training).
*Agenda*
1. Clarky's update on 'The World of IT'
1. Guest Speaker - Damian Perrone - EduMail (behind the scenes, what
makes it work - people/hardware/software)
EduInfrastrucure
(behind the scenes - Web Farms / ISA 2004 / WSUS & other technologies)
What's on the radar
for DE&T (Instant Messaging, ISA 2006 and extending the network to schools
DE&T Product
Roadmap (sneak peak at what's down the track and what's on the radar)
*Venue:* Vermont Secondary College (use Melways *Map 63 Ref A4)**
* Morack Road
VERMONT 3133
*Phone:* (03) 9873 1077 (Donald HEW)
*Directions:* See attached map.
There is car parking at the southern end of the school within the school
grounds.
There will be opportunity for further discussion and planning of future
PCEDUG meetings after the formal part of the meeting is over and, for those
that would like to, we will move on to a local restaurant/bistro (Wantirma
Hotel 715 Boronia Road WANTIRNA) from around 6:45pm onwards for our usual
bite to eat and whatever.
*Please advise if you are intending to come (if you haven't already done so)
**via email to **missen.stephen.j at edumail.vic.gov.au*<missen.stephen.j at edumail.vic.gov.au>
* by Tuesday 2nd May
so that we can provide for refreshments at the meeting accordingly.
*
On 30/04/06, Meadows, Roslyn M <Meadows.Roslyn.M at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Interesting about the removal of the calendar increasing speed - I found
> moodle very slow at Bentleigh, but much faster on my own server. Thanks for
> the tip Stephen.
>
> Anyone want to suggest a date for another session?
>
> Ros Meadows
> Lauriston Girls School
> meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au <mailto:meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au>
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
>
> Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions,
> including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
> Doug Larson
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Stephen Digby
> Sent: Fri 4/28/2006 1:33 PM
> To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and
> ManagementTeachers'Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Suggestion for next "Moodlers in the Pub"
> session.
>
>
>
> I agree.
> I have found that labels are very flexible ways of getting more info onto
> the course main page.
> I have found that speed increases markedly when I remove the
> mini-calendar.
> The screen looks a bit different in different browsers (esp column width)
> but basically, I am more interested in cramming in more
> content while retaining conceptual clarity.
> I believe in max info on minimum pages to keep the site tree as pruned as
> possible to avoid fruit that no-one can find.
>
>
> ======================================================================================
> Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager
> digby.stephen.p at edumail.vic.gov.au
> Cheltenham Secondary College www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au Ph: 613 955 55
> 955 Fx: 9555 8617
>
> ======================================================================================
>
> What's another word for Thesaurus? Steven Wright
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
> Behalf Of Laurie Savage
> Sent: Friday, 28 April 2006 9:28 AM
> To: IPM List
> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Suggestion for next "Moodlers in the Pub" session.
>
> When I click on to other people's Moodles I often find myself thinking -
> how did they do that? How did they get that block there?
> ...
>
> Would anyone else be interested in exploring how others have customised
> their Moodle front page? Themes would come into this but I
> am more interested in the use of various blocks and their arrangement on
> the page to increase usability.
>
> --
> Laurie Savage
> =============================================
> Student Assessment, Reporting and Tracking Pascoe Vale Girls College, 03
> 9306 2544 Lake Ave, Pascoe Vale, Victoria, 3044
> =============================================
>
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http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
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