[Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1

Mon Dec 16 18:43:25 EST 2013

Geoff

Would like to express my thanks for your reply and am grateful that you bothered to make an effort to assist me with my query. But then I am not judging the message on the basis of one word.

Leanne Wright - Epping Secondary College

From: savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au
To: itapps at edulists.com.au
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:01:36 +0000
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1

Thanks Geoff,

I’m pretty insensitive to most things – I think I rate fairly high on the “artistic spectrum”, but that word has been irritating me a lot lately. It could be
 used to describe most of the kids I’ve worked with because most of my schools have been working class state schools, and I wouldn’t swap them for the other lot (been there, done that).

Laurie
“I’m wearing women’s slacks” - Moss

From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Hutchison, Geoffrey G

Sent: Monday, 16 December 2013 9:21 AM

To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List

Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1

I unreservedly withdraw the use of the word ‘bogan’ Apologies to all.

Geoff

From:
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On Behalf Of Savage, John L

Sent: Monday, 16 December 2013 8:54 AM

To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List

Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1

Geoff:

Re: “bogan schools”

Would you like to elaborate on the meaning of this term, or am I the only person on this list who finds the word smug, condescending and offensive?

Laurie Savage
Pascoe Vale Girls College

From:
itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Hutchison, Geoffrey G

Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2013 12:46 AM

To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List

Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1

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

The dept may well be distributing software as a standard image, but there are plenty of different images available.

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. 

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)

Geoff Hutchison

From:
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On Behalf Of Van Der Westhuizen, Eugene Y

Sent: Friday, 13 December 2013 8:20 a.m.

To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List

Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1

Hi Leanne,

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.

Thanks,
Eugene Van der Westhuizen
Gleneagles Secondary College
Reema Boulevard
Endeavour Hills, 3802
phone: 9708 1319
fax: 9708 1324

From:
itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Leanne Wright

Sent: Friday, 13 December 2013 7:57 AM

To: itapps at edulists.com.au; 
yr11it at edulists.com.au

Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Windows 8.1

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.

Thanks in advance - Leanne Wright

Epping Secondary College

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