This week I’ve learnt how reliable our society has become on technology and how different and challenging life is without it. After there was a fire at our local Telstra station our area has been offline for over a week. With no phone lines, limited and dorpping in and out mobile service and no internet [...]

After a long year of school I’ve now officially completed year 10. After finishing my exams and doing a weeks work experience at the Moyne Shire Council I can now relax and enjoy the holidays. Having no plans and having nothing to do is very relaxing and enjoyable. But now heading into Year 11 and [...]

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In ICT we used our school’s polycom videoconferencing equipment to link up with Cowwarr Primary School from Cowwarr, Victoria, Australia. Cowwarr is in the middle of floods which are happening in Victoria at the moment. One of the girls that was in the class had a calf which died. The calf was already sick but walked into the [...]

Daylight Saving Time (DST) means moving your clocks forward one hour during the warmer months of the year. In Australia, Daylight saving is observed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight Saving Time begins at 2am on the first Sunday in October and ends at 2am (which is 3am [...]

Find more videos like this on Flat Classroom Project This is my final outcome in the 2012 Flat Classroom Project. The video is about Social Networking and Personal Learning environments. Before I made my video I had to research my topic thoroughly. We were in groups and everyone in the group posted information on the [...]

Today in ICT we had a mystery Skype link-up with David from Illinios USA. When we linked-up with him we didn’t know where he lived and we had to ask him questions with a yes or no answer to find out exactly where he lives. We had no idea who he was or in what [...]

Monday night was Hawkesdale’s open night where students who are looking at coming to our school next year for year 7 come and check out the school and our classes. A part of the night students visit and get involved in  ICT, Science, PE and Cooking. As a year 10 student I came along to help [...]