Scootle

NT educators are invited to register for Scootle, an online environment that provides access to resources from The Le@rning Federation. Scootle provides search, browse and filter technologies for a suite of interactive learning objects, including audio files and movie clips, and enables users to create favourites lists of resources for quick access.

To access the licensed TLF materials in Scootle, users need to be registered through their school manager. Each school is required to nominate a Scootle school manager responsible for emailing registration details to teachers in their school, deactivate or reactive teachers accounts when moving between schools and support teachers with how to use Scootle.

For more information visit http://www.ict.schools.nt.gov.au/elearning
Or contact Sue Carter sueL.carter@nt.gov.au

Service Centre Portal

Get on board! There is a range of information relating to ICT and the delivery of IT services being recorded in the Portal: https://portal.ntschools.net/servicecentre/default.aspx more

ICTC Discussion Forum

A facility for ongoing discussion amongst ICTCs, similar to the Lyris ICTC mailing list, has been created in the Service Centre portal using a discussion forum. ICTCs will need to enter their ntschools username and password to gain access with the ‘discussion forum’ being located at the top left of this portal site. This forum is available to ICTCs only at present.

Data Storage Management

If schools server storage capacity is over 90% utilised, systems and backups begin to fail. Check your server out! more

Change of name to TIPS

IT Services Division and Business Planning and Information Division have recently combined and have been renamed Technology Information and Planning Services (TIPS). TIPS is led by Greg Moo, Chief Information Officer. more

NTSchools Portal

Most schools are now using the Portal. Workshops have recently been conducted for Portal Admin Training, Portal for teachers and a refresher for Portal Administrators.

Each school has a designated Portal Administrator. To locate your school’s portal admin check the following: http://www.ict.schools.nt.gov.au/computers_networks/pdfs/NTSchoolsPortal_Administrators_08.pdf

Bandwidth Changes

The WAN bandwidth at 31 remote schools are in the process of being increased. 25 have been completed and Telstra are progressively working through the remaining 6 satellite sites. Sites listed attached.

SAMS Behaviour Module

Over the next few weeks, the SAMS team will work with individual schools to progressively upgrade the Behaviour Module which includes the activation of new parameters. more

REACT Goes Mobile

Top End Group Schools gathered together in Darwin last week for a 2 day workshop using the resource Primary Connections – linking science with literacy. Using REACT two transition teachers from Gunbalunya CEC, Hagar and Virginia, were able to share their experiences about how they were using this program with their Transition class and how it enriched the learning experience of their indigenous students. more