[Year 12 IT Apps] an apology for American colleagues..KentB

Sun May 11 16:36:03 EST 2008

Gudonyu mate

from a whinging Pom

( Yes I am a Pom, although now an Oz citizen, so I can say what I like about 
Poms)

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ex Traralgon and Ashwood

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Oldham" <billo at kew.hotkey.net.au>
To: "'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'" 
<itapps at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] an apology for American colleagues..KentB


> It would be better to use the derogatory name of Yank when referring to
> Americans from the northern states.
>
>
>
> Having been raised in the South as a Confederate, we have always referred 
> to
> anyone above the Mason Dixon line as a Yank.
>
>
>
> Remember the motto of all us Good Ole Boys - "Forget? Hell no! The South
> shall rise again."
>
>
>
> Regards, Bill Oldham from Louisville (pronounced Lowville), Kentucky
> (pronounced Kaintuck) also an Australian citizen and sessional teacher at
> Chisholm TAFE
>
>
>
> PS To keep this on an ITA topic, how are people using delicious on a
> prototype web site? Would a cut and paste do for a prototype page?
>
>
>
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Kent Beveridge
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 2:38 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] an apology for American colleagues..KentB
>
>
>
> Being one prepared to take his lumps....
>
> It appears my choice of words in my filter post upset a member of our list
> community. I have directly sent my apology to that member off list as that
> is how I was informed of their 'disgust'.
>
> To any other American members who were also offended by my recent post's
> wording, please accept my apology as I was just echoing the wording of my
> techie and I personally, am not 'anti-american'. It was not a 'dig', just 
> a
> typically Aussie slapstick choice of words, but apparently not to the 
> taste
> of all.
>
> Disrespect is not my intention.
>
> Why write this? Simple..
>
> The error occured here, so this is where it should be corrected!
>
>
>
> Thankyou.
>
>
>
> Kent.
>
>
>
> Kent Beveridge,
>
> I.T. co-ordinator
>
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
>
> Horsham
>
> email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
>
>
>
> |<3|\|7  b3\/3r1D93 ?  ;-)
>
> Wishes and Eggs, one you make and one you break!  A bit like promises.....
>
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>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Kent Beveridge
> Sent: Sun 5/11/2008 9:48 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: filtering software overkill!..fireworksMX qn.
>
> Does anyone else use 'surfcontrol' (it gives a big white box with red or
> blue lettering when banning stuff).
>
> Our school does and its driving me batty! I aint the techie as you know, 
> but
> it NOW blocks teacher tube, god tube(yes that exists too) and all video on
> the google link.(we already had youtube, myspace and facebook banned for
> 'social software link reasons' and I coped with that before...but now...
>
> My school is going backwards.
>
> Apparantly its an american program..shoulda guessed!
>
>
>
> Its basically killing my classes now...so much for moving forward and
> embracing technology.
>
> I desperately want to promote use of multimedia at my school and have just
> finished some intense HTML programming which uses links to this stuff for
> creating pages at the middle school level but now it seems all that effort
> might be for zilch.
>
>
>
> Yes, I sent an email to the techie about my concerns, but so far, no
> responses.
>
>
>
> For others in the Catholic system reading this, what filters do you use, 
> and
> could you email me a list of their names please so I can pass it on to my
> principal...its gone too far for me not to speak about it now I think.
>
>
>
> About the fireworks program..we have the MX version...has anyone got any
> nifty starter level stuff they could email me please. I have no resources
> for this one and would love to use it..oh, I also have never used it so 
> will
> be learning it too. Targetting years 8/9 level...but have some smart 
> cookies
> in that lot.
>
>
>
> Kent.
>
>
>
>
>
> Kent Beveridge,
>
> I.T. co-ordinator
>
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
>
> Horsham
>
> email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
>
>
>
> |<3|\|7  b3\/3r1D93 ?  ;-)
>
> Wishes and Eggs, one you make and one you break!  A bit like promises.....
>
> "This email and any attachments may be confidential.  You must not 
> disclose
> or use the information in this email if you are not the intended 
> recipient.
> If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately and
> delete the email and all copies.  The School does not guarantee that this
> email is virus or error free.  The attached files are provided and my only
> be used on the basis that the user assumes all responsibility for any 
> loss,
> damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from the use of the
> attached files, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not. 
> The
> content and opinions in this email are not necessarily those of the 
> School."
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen
> Sent: Sun 5/11/2008 2:09 AM
> To: eLearning mailing list; Year 7 - 10 IT Mailing List; Year 12 IT
> Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Privacy fears over student register
>
> As you know, I am an passionate advocate for schools to make good use of
> learning technologies in the classroom and ICT to assist the school
> administration.
>
> Last week, I briefly discussed with a departmental Ultranet 
> representative,
> some of my concerns about the privacy issues regarding the construction of
> the student registry. Perhaps this was an unfair question but I was
> surprised that nobody had been briefed in detail about this. On previous
> occasions, I have tried to raise this with the AEU but the emails seem to
> have spiraled off and into the ether. Perhaps the mandated  requirement 
> that
> all state school leaders adopt Ultranet as a performance goal, it's deep
> embedding into our schools and bundling with several different initiatives
> has confused things.
>
> I harbor some genuine fears that this student registry could put students'
> privacy at risk.
>
> You can read the full Herald Sun newspaper story about the pending
> legislation or the attached printable version:
>    http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23661243-2862,00.html
>
> Despite the wishes of former governments, the Australia card was rejected 
> on
> very much the same issues and more recently an updated Medicare card.
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Card
>
> Now is a good time to explore this whole new area and give consideration 
> to
> the implications of what is being planned or the legislation that is 
> before
> the Victorian parliament.
>
> Now is a good time to ask questions.
>
> Regards Roland
>
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au <http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au/>
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can 
> change
> the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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