Category: Computing
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CfE 4 Free
Well I was helping out with the NLC CfE roadshow. My theme was free or at least cheap ICT resources. I have tried to keep the software as multi platform as I could and have stayed away from Linux only products. I know that I should have more primary school resources, but I just don’t…
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Inside a CPU
Its always handy if you have a scanning electron microscope in your room. Microprocessors are small, but its not until you get them under a microscope that you find out how small. http://www.sciencystuff.com/?p=24
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Glow Mail comes to Coltness High
We have been chosen as one of the pilot schools for the roll out of Glow Mail in the authority. This should happen this week but training will take longer. LTS has this to say about Glow Mail Glow Mail Glow mail is a web based email system integrated into Glow. Anyone familiar with web based email…
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Powerpoint Overload
I see a lot of powerpoints in use and I have made use of quite a few over the years, a lot of them are weak at best. I found this article while looking for a way to improve what I was offering. It makes good clear sense and although I may not agree with…
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Minecraft
Let me take you back to the early 90’s. PCs ran DOS and windows 3.1 was what you used to get Word working. 286’s were dead and 486’s were the new king (types of processor 80286 & 80486), no one had heard of a Pentium and graphics cards had 512KB of ram on them. This…
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Super Computers
China has now got the fastest computer on the planet according to the top 500 list. These super computers are custom built to allow organisations to carry out research that requires a large amount of maths. They often cost hundreds of thousands of pounds and are well used. However, there is another way to create…
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Google Gadgets
Add new and exciting content and tools to your sites with Google Gadgets. These little snippets of code allow all sorts of content to be added to your school website or some blogs.
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Gigabit Internet!
Korea are planning ultra fast Internet access for their home market. In the UK we get a few Megabits on our internet access (a bit is a 1 or a 0, a letter requires 8 bits to be sent. 1 Megabit = 1,000,000 bits). Korea are planning to roll out Gigabit (1,000,000,000 bits), this would…
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The need for backup
This story hit The Register today. An ex-employee planted a program called a logic bomb that would remove data from a companies server on a pre-programed date. What is most striking about the story is number of servers that could have been effected 5,000! That would have taken a lot of work hours to bring…
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Internet Connections
The internet is not totally connected with satellites a most of the traffic goes the old way, under the sea. Internet Sea Cable The content of external sites may change without warning. Please take care when following external links.
