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The opinions in this page are my own unless of course you agree with them in which case they are ours.

My Blog is available here - Roland's Soapbox


Studied Architecture, moved into Engineering (learned Unix) moved into IT (System Administration), currently moving into Education.

Location: I live with my wife and four kids in Beerwah, sunny Queensland, if you are studying this course with me and you are passing by then you may want to stop over for a coffee and a chat.

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Interests include computing technologies, educational software, I thought I liked gardening but I now realise that I like sitting in beautiful peaceful gardens.


Current Employment - I work for a local school managing their IT department for two days a week because I live about 700 yards from the school I probably spend much more than my two days there nurturing and caring for their computers. I have taken them from three computers to nearly 80 computers. This has all been done on a very tight budget, believe me.

I am a bit of an idealist when it comes to education computing requirements so I may harp on a little about the perfect build. I have started a page called The Perfect School Computer. I would love feedback of what software you feel should be available.

I firmly believe that technology in the school and classroom should be better and more advanced than it is in the home, certainly for primary and middle school. My expectation is that kids should be taking technology home, not bringing it to school and if they are bringing it to school I need to learn from them and improve the perfect school computer.

Some of my maxims,

• content is king
• you don't have to be original to be creative
• simplicity is the essence of style
• the truth will set you free.

Some of the other facilitated pages I am working on
Digital Learning Platforms Core ITC Requirements in the Home, Classroom and Online
The Perfect School Computer Basic Requirements Every School should have
The School Computer Club Using the Computer Club to Teach ITC and maintain the School Infrastructure
Do IT Now - Suggestions about Teaching and using ITC in the classroom Right Here Right Now!
The DVD Player - Creative use in Education

You may wish to look at the Course Update notes further down the page for info about A2 and A3

Other Pagers I have created which may interest you.

Always Online - A playful look at way of being connected 24hr / 7 days
Fair Use and Fair Dealing
FET8611 Movies and Podcasts - Visual and Audio Content related to FET8611
Spellbound
Sound and Vision
Social Bookmarking Tools
Writely
Web Etiquette
FreeShell.org

My Blog is available here - Roland's Soapbox
I haves started collection my questions here - Rolands Questions


I teamed up the The Early Birds Group I find that waking up early, and using a routine to be successful. All I have to do now is stay focused and interested in one subject at a time. :) LOL

I teamed up with the Learnitology Group early on in the course. We are looking at collaborative learning and content management systems. I guess this is a fairly vast area. Because of different Time Zones I feel I have not been able to participate in this group.


I would love to get together with some of you to see how you are doing (and to check that I am not falling behind). If you need any help please give me a call.

I welcome any comments about this page. Enjoy the course.


Skype - munyard
ET Phone Home: QLD 54940001
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Assignment 2 Progress Report

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Assignment 3 Information

I have added my A3 info for those who are interested - 20th October 2006

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