What does it mean to be literate in 2012?
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:59:47 -0800
Teachers need to meet students half way and embrace the changing literacies of a digital age As it currently stands, the school ICT and computing curriculum does little, if anything, to stimulate an interest in these key subject areas. From key stage 3 upwards, the focus tends to be on spreadsheets and databases, and an overuse of Word and PowerPoint, geared as it is to enabling pupils to pass ...
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Deploying Dual-Stack IPv4 and IPv6 Networks
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:27:22 -0800
Doing an IPv6 implementation project does not involve tearing down an aging IPv4 network and replacing it with a new IPv6-enabled network. Instead, the IPv4 and IPv6 networks will run in parallel in what the industry calls a "dual-stack" network. But IPv4 and IPv6 are so significantly different in design that network management tools designed for an IPv4 network may not work the same in an IPv6 ...
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You'll Download Physical Objects Sooner Than You Think, Thanks to Kids Like These
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:03:46 -0800
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay caused an Internet stir last week when it introduced a new content category called "Physibles," essentially designed to allow people to pass one another physical objects for download. The term refers to data files that are actually able to become physical objects via - Read More...