COAG Communique Now Available The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) held its 18th meeting on 14 July in Canberra. The Council, comprising the Prime Minister, Premiers, the Chief Ministers of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and the President of the Australian Local Government Association, had detailed discussions on significant areas of national interest. The National Reform Agenda, encompassing human capital, has priority areas in early childhood, literacy and numeracy, and child care. Other high-level outcomes are aimed at improving participation and productivity. The Communique from the From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
Family Relationships Online Family Relationships Online is a key component in the Australian Government's support for building better family relationships. With sections for Children, Teenagers, Couples, Parents, Grandparents and Service Providers it provides all families (whether together or separated) with information and advice about family relationship issues and services that are funded by the Government that can assist them to build better relationships. It also provides information on the Government's reforms to the family law system to help families focus on the needs of their children. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Australian Thinker of the Year 2006 Professor German Spangenberg, Research Director of the Molecular Plant Breeding CRC, has been named the Australian Thinker of the Year by the School of Thinking, co-founded by renowned international figure Edward de Bono. The award is made to Professor Spangenberg in recognition of his innovations in pasture plant genomics and his thought leadership in bringing these innovations to the marketplace for the benefit of agriculture and the wider community. The Australian Thinker of the Year Award is presented by the School of Thinking to recognise thought leadership and acknowledge the underpinnin From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Middle Years (Northern Territory) The Northern Territory Government has announced a three year plan to implement the Middle Years in government schools across the Territory. This decision has been guided by school and community views presented during the consultation process. Middle Years is central to Government's plan to reform secondary education and improve the engagement, retention and outcomes of Northern Territory students. Secondary education in the Northern Territory will be made up of: The Middle Years - Years 7 to 9 and The Senior Years - Years 10 to 12. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Towards 2020: Renewing Our Schools (ACT) The Towards 2020: Renewing our Schools website details the 2006/7 budget package of the ACT Department of Education and Training (DET) for reform of Government School Education in the ACT. Selected education and research papers are provided as background to the models proposed for early childhood, primary, middle, secondary and senior secondary programmes. Details of the consultation process are provided and interested persons are invited to make a written submission in response to the proposal by Friday 3 November 2006. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force This task force is a whole of government response that aims to address violence and child abuse in Indigenous communities and monitor organised criminal activity relating to drugs, alcohol, pornography and fraud. The Australian Crime Commission (ACC)-led task force will collect, analyse and disseminate intelligence to Commonwealth, state and territory law enforcement agencies. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Pathways in Open Cut Metalliferous Mining Qualifications This pdf wall chart provides an overview of the qualifications at Certificate and Diploma levels, which lead to careers in open cut metalliferous mining. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
New Era in Australian Nuclear Research The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP today welcomed the decision by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) to grant the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) a licence to operate its new OPAL nuclear research reactor. Minister Bishop said the OPAL reactor will provide world class facilities for scientists to undertake nuclear research in areas such as biotechnology, food and molecular biology, nanotechnology, health, environmental management processes and engineering. DEST Media release, 14 July 2006 From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Top 10: Vehicles with the Highest Fuel Efficiency 1. Honda Insight - 66 mpg hwy - 60 mpg city From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Meet Microsoft's Ultimate Beta Tester BetaNews recently sat down with Microsoft Chief Information Officer Ron Markezich, often referred to as "Microsoft's ultimate beta tester," to get an in-depth look at how dog-fooding helps shape the software that hundreds of millions of people use each day. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
150 Cheap Places To Live We've all heard about the wonders of the broadband Web. You can stream video, surf at lightning speeds, search for God-knows-what, get your e-mail in a blink. Here's what you may not know: It can let you live far richer than you probably live now. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Top 10 Strangest Solar Gadgets TechEBlog present to you the “Top 10 Strangest Solar Gadgets” From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Awesome video of guys skating in a water park. Water slide + skates = fun! The title pretty much says it all. These guys broke into a water park and went skating down the water slides. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
The Importance of Maintainable JavaScript Chris Heilmann has 8 steps for keeping JavaScript clean From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Breathe new life into OS X Safari Add functionality to OS X Safari. Firefox hasn't won the the browser war yet and the following examples offer functionality to rival that found in Firefox's range of available extensions. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Images: First room launched for space hotel There's a new object orbiting Earth that could be the first step in the construction of an inhabitable complex in space. Genesis I, built by Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, was successfully launched into orbit by a converted Russian ICBM on Wednesday. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
India Train bombers 'funded by British businessmen' Indian intelligence officials accuse Britain of failing to act against a number of wealthy businessmen, who they claim are using bogus charities to funnel up to £8 million a year to Kashmiri militants groups, such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, which remains the main suspect for orchestrating the synchronised bombings that killed 182 people. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Yes, It Really Is Brain Surgery Be nice to the man with the holes in his head. Like NASA before the first moon landing, I've been soliciting advice about what to say when I awake from brain surgery. That's right, brain surgery—it's a real conversation stopper, isn't it? There aren't many things you can say these days that retain their shock value, but that's one of them. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Hezbollah Terrorist Sleeper Cell Suspected in New York City The FBI revealed that the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah may be plotting attacks launched by sleeper cells in New York and several other US cities. According to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Hezbollah's largest headquarters outside of the Middle East is in Toronto. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Dvorak: Why CSS Bugs Me "Here is where a great idea begins to fall apart. And it does so progressively, worsening over time as "improvements" are made. The first problem is the idea of "cascading." It means what it says: falling—as in falling apart." Is there anything that doesn't bug Dvorak? This is really an IE problem if you ask me. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Colorado Installing Global Warming Alarm System University of Colorado biologists are installing an early warning system to detect the effects of global warming. It will detect tundra plants moving up from lower elevations. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Cover Gallery: Popular Science Magazine Covers An interesting look back at the major cover - stories that captured the tech minds of that age. Covers: Mechanix Illustrated, Modern Mechanix, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science and Scientific American to name a few. This is also a great site for historical reference on various publications. Note: The site will probably need to be cached for Digg. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Iron Man May 2008 Marvel Announces Iron Man! The Movie! 'Nuff Said! From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
14 Year old boy who sees with sound! After retinal cancer claimed both his eyes at age three, Ben Underwood has learned to perceive and locate objects by making a steady stream of sounds with his tongue, then listening for the echos as they bounce off the surfaces around him. The technique is called echolocation, and many species, most notably bats and dolphins, use it to get around. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Wiimote a Copy of Dreamcast Prototype? One of Sega's mysterious prototype Dreamcast controllers looks very similar to the Wiimote. So, what were Sega planning back in 1998? And did Nintendo copy their idea? Sega even had a gun attachment, like the one we saw at E3 this year. Check out the pics and judge for yourself! From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Red Sun Rising: A Nuclear Japan? No one knows how long it would take Japan to go nuclear, though estimates are days or weeks. But for 60 years Japan has refrained from becoming a nuclear power and remained militarily quiescent. That particular sun may be rising again, however, thanks to the support by China and South Korea for the military threats of North Korean dictator. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Indian Government Blocks Blogs India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) passed an order to ISPs Friday to block several websites. Including Blogspot, Typepad and Geocities. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Slo-mo of a Great White Shark Breeching It is Amazing that this Shark get the high out of the water. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Ars speculates about the upcoming Intel replacement for the Powermac G5 There are a couple of ways to approach the question of what Apple's upcoming pro desktops might look like. The first is to look at Intel's CPU lineup and see what fits logically and where. The second is understanding what Apple has done historically with its machines and try and extrapolate that to an all-new architecture. Let's do both. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Israeli Strikes Are Part Of A Broader Strategy For Israel, the goal is to eliminate Hezbollah as a security threat or altogether. For the United States, the goal is to strangle the axis of Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria and Iran. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Artificial Intelligence Turns 50 Years Old Computers can beat the world's best chess players, but we still can't get them to think like a 4-year-old. Artificial Intelligence has managed to exceed, and fall short of, our grandest expectations. A look back at what's been accomplished in 50 years and a look ahead at where the field is going. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
The First Prophet of Linux Modern computing, however, seems to provide empirical evidence to his thesis - in fact, Frank Herbert perhaps should be recognised as the first prophet of Linux. Herbert’s concerns about machines doing our thinking for us finds eloquent expression in the Windows operating system. Think about how many decisions it makes for the user... From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Sony Doesn't Know What The PS3 Is Sony is ripe with development and marketing problems surrounding the PS3. Not the least of which is that "Within Sony, the different divisions have discordant views on what the PlayStation 3 actually is." From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Training Attention How do surgeons focus intently on their patients for hours on end? Why do other people have difficulty finishing a book or listening to a lecture? Can they train themselves to improve, as they might train to run a marathon or play the violin? New brain-imaging techniques could teach people to strengthen the brain's ability to control attention. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
Calendar girl website survives attack A targeted denial-of-service attack from the US failed in its mission over the weekend to shut down an Australian website promoting a controversial calendar showcasing the sexy side of women who work in the IT sector. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
YouTube and the copyright cops: safe... for now? YouTube's continued survival is bit of a mystery to some. TV clips, movie clips, you name it... they all appear on the site regularly, and without authorization. So far, the major lawsuits haven't shown up. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Perl is dying Six years ago Perl was the undisputed king of scripting languages. Python, Ruby and a cadre of others were riding its coattails. We were promised a new version that would right the wrongs of the previous; a complete rewrite based on a new, state-of-the-art VM. Six years later, Perl 6 is still not out. Perl is now fast on its way to irrelevancy. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
This, is how it's done America! "900,000 protesters marched through the Mexican capital on Sunday to demand a manual recount in the disputed presidential election, led by a leftist candidate who says fraud cost him the presidency." Can't imagine what 900,000 truly is? Take a look at the photos. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Royal Navy: Lebanon Evacuation Biggest Since WW II When the Royal Navy warships arrive off Lebanon on Wednesday, they will be ready to mount the biggest evacuation of British citizens since the Second World War. Although the Govt. has not yet decided to issue a “national evacuation order”, an aircraft carrier, and a new commando assault ship, have been sent to the Lebanese coast. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Using Google Earth to play Battleship Interesting summer laboratory experiment to see how Google Earth could become a platform for real-time mobile gaming, with details on how it is being used to play that old favorite tabletop game, Battleship. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Is 'Apple Backlash' a Media Invention? Apple is getting some bad press thanks to Chinese sweatshop claims, quality control issues, and French DRM legislation. Consumers, some reports say, are responding with an anti-Apple backlash. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
How To Install VMware Server On Ubuntu 6.06 "This Great tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install the free VMware Server (version 1.0) on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)." From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Parrots much smarter than previously thought THE image of parrots as mindless mimics has been challenged by a 30-year study that has found they can add up, recognise shapes and colours and identify up to 100 different objects. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
'Pirates' loots box office, grosses $258M "Pirates of the Caribbean" is looking more like "Treasure Island." Already a record-shattering blockbuster, Johnny Depp's sequel "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" dug up $62.2 million in its second weekend, raising its 10-day total to $258.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Amazing pool tricks! (Video) Some of the most amazing pool tricks I've ever seen. Take a look! From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Arizona proposes making election ballots 1 MILLION DOLLAR lottery tickets There is a proposal in Arizona to award 1 million dollars in every general election to one lucky voter in an effort to lure voters to the ballots. "If the general election in 2004 is a guide, when more than 2 million people voted, the 1-in-2-million odds of winning the election lottery would be far better than the Powerball jackpot." From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
12 Year Old Points Gun at Burglars; Group Takes Off Way to go, kid! "An accused group of thugs were thwarted by a 12-year old with a gun. It happened in Greenville when police say five masked men stormed into a house and started beating up the child's father. " From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Vendors hindering open-source hardware development Taking proprietary approach too far is limiting the industry, says Neil McAllister From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
360-degree virtual reality panoramas of the Moon 360-degree virtual reality panoramas of the Hollywood soundstages designed to resemble the Moon From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Next-Generation High-Altitude Airships The airships will operate well above commercial air traffic and the jet stream and beyond the range of most ground-to-air missiles. In addition to communications, the “paint-on” antennas are a key enabling technology to achieve the high altitudes necessary for surveillance missions of the nation's coastal waters, land borders & urban areas. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Lucrative College Degrees Some majors are raking in big increases in starting salaries. But the initial offers on others haven't kept pace with inflation. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Bush says Syria needs to stop "this shit" at G8 lunch. Bush, without realizing that a microphone was on talked about Syria needing to stop doing "this shit". The transcript of the report is not yet online (as it is 5:20am), but should be within 30 mins. Side note: Bush chews very loudly. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Indonesia quake triggers 6-foot tsunami JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake sent a six-foot-high tsunami crashing into a beach resort on Indonesia's Java island Monday, damaging hotels and sending boats smashing into houses, a witness told a local radio station."All the houses are destroyed along the beach," she said. Reports of Fatalities coming in... From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Flexgrid - Bendable LED Display (with video) Flexgrid, a bendable display made of plexi squares, LEDs, and microcontrollers. Embedded into a suit, this interactive display would allow for users to talk to the clothing, having it react in different ways depending on how you talked to it. This would give the clothing a ‘personality’ of its own From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Core 2 Duo E6700 Overclocking @ 3.5GHz So far, with minimal tweaking and a stock core voltage, we have been able to be a fairly solid 3.5GHz (10x350) processor speed along with a DDR2-1170MHz memory bus speed with some fancy prototype Corsair RAM. The last shot above if our 1M Super Pi time of 14.453 seconds. Checksum is 9D24384A for those of you that need to validate it. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Living in a hidden-fee economy "How many people realize, when they walk out of CompUSA, a nice $99 inkjet model tucked under their arm, that it's likely they've just committed themselves to spending nearly $1,500 on ink cartridges over the next four years? (In fact, only about 3 percent realize it, according to Stanford economist Robert Hall.)" From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
FeedBurner buys BlogBeat, expanding blog analysis FeedBurner.com, which syndicates Web postings for 200,000 publishers, said it has acquired blog analytics company BlogBeat.net for undisclosed terms. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Master Firefox's Hidden Configuration Tools Through URIs, you can view Firefox's Web page cache, and see other details about the browser. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Linux: 15 years and still growing - A timeline. August 1991 :``Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat ..." From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Market Analysis: When Will The Music Stop for the iPod? IPod growth already is slowing as it wins over ever-larger groups of consumers. Analysts are projecting sales of around eight million iPods for the quarter, up 30% from 6.2 million in the same period a year ago. That's nowhere close to the 5- and 7-fold year-over-year increases in iPod sales of recent times, but it's still nothing to sniff at. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Nice Symfony (PHP Framework) Tutorial This is a really nice walkthrough to look at if you are considering implementing Symfony anywhere (or if you haven't for that matter). Symfony is very Rails like in it's approach and offers features like scaffolding and simple templating. This is a complete tutorial for your first Symfony project. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Space Shuttle Discovery Safely Down The Space Shuttle Discovery has landed safely. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Touch Messenger sends and receives text messages in Braille The innovative Touch Messenger enables the visually impaired users to send and receive Braille text messages. The 3-4 button on the cell phone is used as two Braille keypads and text messages can be checked through the Braille display screen in the lower part. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Israel sends ground forces into Lebanon!!! JERUSALEM - Israeli ground troops have entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases on the border, a government spokesman said Monday. Israel's six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah following the capture of two Israeli soldiers earlier had been an aerial campaign. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Road Gadgets: The Car and the Family Might Not Keep Up Newer car models are now arriving with many gadgets installed. And convergence is underway among the peripherals. The latest Garmin navigation device, for example, incorporates an MP3 player, an AM-FM radio, a satellite radio, and a cellphone-linked Bluetooth dialer and speaker in a single fabulous gadget. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Pong LED Hat This hat features 2 LED displays (front and back) that can scroll space invaders, play pong and show text. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
The Coolest Flickr Toy: Make Your Own Mozaic Picture Awesome tool. Just upload your picture and take your mosaic picture. Just try it From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Five Things You May Not Realize About The Nintendo DS Until You Own One I traded in more old gaming gear this weekend and bought myself a DS Lite to match the one previously acquired for my wife. As I began playing, I noticed that there were little things I never put much thought toward prior to purchase that probably would have made me grab the system earlier had I known about them. Let me share them with you. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Freespire Linux OS Beta 1 Released - Free Open Source Linspire OS Freespire is a no-cost version of the Linspire operating system based on Linux and Open Source ....... http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Download_Freespire From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Frappucinos pack more fat than a Big Mac and Coke COMBINED Wake up and smell the coffee - that frappuccino you just drank contained more fat than a Big Mac and a medium Coke combined. A survey of national coffee chains Starbucks and Gloria Jean's Coffees, published in this month's Consumer magazine, reveals your coffee break could see you breaking the scales. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
The Graying of the Record Store The neighborhood record store was once a clubhouse for teenagers, a place to escape parents, burn allowances and absorb the latest trends in fashion as well as music. But these days it is fast becoming a temple of nostalgia for shoppers old enough to remember “Frampton Comes Alive!’’ From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
White House paying $100,000 salary to "Director of Lessons Learned" "I would also ask the President why we're paying for two 'Ethics Advisors' and a 'Director of Fact Checking. They must be the only people in Washington who get more vacation time than the President. Maybe the White House could consolidate these positions into a Director of Irony." Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel brings the smackdown. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
New Yahoo Home Page Goes Live Today Yahoo’s new home page, which is currently viewable at yahoo.com/preview, will go live at yahoo.com in the U.S. on Monday. The new home page has a significantly different layout than the current look, as well as some AJAX integration, DHTML and more personalization features. Millions of people may have their first interaction with AJAX today. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
A Protein Complex That Untangles DNA Every second, the cells constituting our bodies are replaced through cell division. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found a piece of the puzzle of how genetic information remains intact despite this continuous exchange of cells. Their results are presented in the latest issue of the scientific journal Molecular Cell. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Making Several Stops at Shops Online, but Paying All at Google Google charges merchants 20 cents, plus 2$ of the purchase price for each transaction; credit card companies charge about 30 cents and 1.95% of the purchase price. Google will make up the difference when it sends each purchase through the credit card systems. For every $1 a merchant spends on advertising, Google will also waive some fees. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Drought threatens the Amazon Basin Extreme conditions felt for second year running, Record sea temperatures and illegal logging blamed. From digg on July 17, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
JSTOR Announces "Open Africa" Initiative JSTOR officials this week announced that all participation fees will be waived for the JSTOR archive to any higher education, research, or not-for-profit institution on the continent of Africa. JSTOR will offer African institutions access to its entire archive of online journal literature, which now contains 13 collections, 620 journals, and more than 20 million pages of content. Library Journal Academic Newswire, 6 July 2006 From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
Teacher Professional Development and the Learning Organisation: How Can the Notion of Communities of Practice Support an Inquiry Stance by Teachers? In this essay, the notions of communities of practice and teacher inquiry are explored in an attempt to address the question of how learning organizations can support the professional development of teachers. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
Draft One of Certificate IV Qualification in Career Development Draft one of the Certificate IV in Career Development has been released and is available for comment. Feedback is being sought on the Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council project until 23 August 2006. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
Service Skills Australia - Invitation to tender: Review of the Sport & Recreation Training Packages Phase 1 Service Skills Australia is seeking a consultant to undertake research and consultation for Phase 1 of the Review of the Sport and Recreation Training Packages. The deadline for submission is close of business on Monday 31 July 2006. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
Pathways in Coal Mining Qualifications This pdf wall chart provides an overview of the qualifications at Certificate and Diploma levels, which lead to careers in coal preparation, mine surveying, mine mechanical engineering and mine electrical engineering. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
Building Australian ICT Skills: Report of the ICT Skills Foresighting Working Group This report identifies the skills and capabilities needed for the current and future devleopment of the ICT industry in Australia. The report includes a review of the ability to accurately forecast future ICT workforce demand, explores the roles of schools, VET, universities and employers to ensure provision of these ICT skills and suggests possible options for better forecasting the future workforce needs of industry. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) The Australian Centre for Geomechanics is committed to advancing safer mining practices through research and continuing education in the geomechanics discipline. The ACG website provides industry with a means to obtain state-of-the-art mining geomechanics information. Training departments can keep abreast of further education and training initiatives. The site features distinctive branding allowing users to readily identify their area of interest: underground mining, open pit mining and environmental geomechanics. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
So You Want to Learn? This workbook from the Third Age Learning Network of Tasmania (TALENT) provides ideas for starting or joining a learning group. Learning provides community, structure and meaning. This booklet outlines the benefits of learning and ways to take part in or organise learning. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
NCVER Seeks General Manager The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)is looking for an Adelaide-based, Senior Executive who will provide professional leadership and represent the organisation in the provision of services to clients in government and industry. The position reports directly to the Managing Director. Applications close 31 July 2006. From EdNA Online on July 17, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..
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