VIVA hot spots

Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guests this week are David Walsh (Teacher Wellington PS) and Kate Jones (Digital Learning Leader Technology Enablement). Hear about some of the subjects he teaches that involve coding and programming, the skills that students are developing to help them into the future and how the courses have evolved over time. 

Viva Hot Tips

• Profile Picture Maker in Adobe Express

• T4L Digital Tools Deep Dive PL Day - Wednesday March 26th

• InTune roll over date. Devices to be rolled over by May 30th 2025

  • More information from Staff Noticeboard 

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guest this week is Ben Jones (HT TAS Tempe HS). Hear about some of the subjects he teaches that involve coding and programming, the skills that students are developing to help them into the future and how the courses have evolved over time. 

Viva Hot Tips

• Term 1 Week 6 news.T4L

• Microsoft Reading Coach

• NAPLAN Lockdown Browser Update

  • Log issues with EdConnect for Digital Field Services support

  • Launch the app if the icon hasn't updated to check that it's the correct version

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guests this week will be Jessica Allison (Online Assessment ICT Coordinator) and Ann Martin (Manager Student Assessment and Online Reporting). With NAPLAN approaching let's hear how schools can best prepare their devices and spaces and some key tips to help you throughout the testing period. 

Viva Hot Tips

• Google Vids is now available for all staff and students to access! Find it by going to:

  • Your Google Drive and clicking New

  • Typing in your URL bar vids.new

  • Clicking this link: https://docs.google.com/videos

• New T4L SASS Magazine

  • Find it here

• NAPLAN 2025 Update slide deck

• Join the Viva Engage - NAPLAN Team 

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Welcome back to 2025!! There is a lot in store for us this year so come along and enjoy hearing about the road ahead. Our special guest this week is Adam Astill (Digital Learning Adviser, Technology Enablement). Let's get to know Adam as he will be joining Viva Hot Spots as a co-host, as well as diving into the latest news.

Pete's Points

• The Week 3 issue of news.T4L is available now!  Let's take a deeper dive.

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Our special guests this week are Mark Greentree (Executive Director, Technology Enablement) and Linda Lazenby (Director, Technology Enablement). 2024 has been yet another HUGE year in ITD and across all of our schools. Join us as we wrap up the year, recap some of the main highlights while also looking forward to what 2025 will bring!

Pete's Points

• The Week 9 issue of news.T4L is available now!  Let's take a deeper dive.

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Our special guests this week are David Summerville (HT Technology) and Joel Hepworth (TSO) from Callaghan College, Wallsend Campus. With the release of Intune and CDM for schools who register their interest, we chat with David and Joel about how they have migrated their devices and supported staff and students through the change process.

Pete's Points

• Intune and CDM Resources:

  • Onboarding Guide

  • How to videos and guides

  • Example site profile scenarios

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guest this week is Erin Ireland (Cyber Security Project Manager). We will be discussing adding labels to sensitive documents and how AI is being used to enhance cyber security. Some additional resources shared by Erin:

Sensitive information | Data.NSW 

Information classification and labelling 

Pete's Points

• The Week 6 issue of news.T4L is available now!  Let's take a deeper dive.

• Printer contracts

  • Currently in negotiations with a short-list of suppliers. 

  • Hoping for a decision in the next 2 - 3 weeks. 

  • More information to be made available in Staff Noticeboard. 

• Polls in Outlook Email

  • Watch this short video to show you how to easily collect information without clogging up your inbox!

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Our special guest this week is Kaylene Ainsworth (Lead Cyber Security Assessment Analyst). We will be discussing the ways in which she leads the process of assessing applications and websites for use within the DoE.

Pete's Points

• The Week 3 issue of news.T4L is available now!  Let's take a deeper dive.

• Windows 11

  • Progressive rollout starting Monday Week 5

• Printer contracts

  • Currently in negotiations with a short-list of suppliers. 

  • Hoping for a decision in the next 2 - 3 weeks. 

  • More information to be made available in Staff Noticeboard. 

• Device contracts

  • HP is now available on EdBuy. 

  • Lenovo to come shortly. 

• Google Takeout

  • Backing up data at for students leaving the DoE. 

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Our special guest this week is Shane Gandy (Director Digital Field Services). We will be discussing the ways in which he leads the DFS team, how DFS currently support schools as well as a few Term 4 tips and tricks.

Pete's Points

• T4L Computer Equipment Rollout Update

• Loom - do not use - Staff Noticeboard article

  • Alternatives for screen recording

    • Windows Snipping Tool

    • Clipchamp

    • Canva for Education

    • Stream

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guest this week is James Greening (TSO at St Clair High School). We will be discussing his school's involvement in the Intune/CDM pilot and some of the benefits of the new management tools.

Pete's Points

• The Week 9 issue of news.T4L is available now!  Let's take a deeper dive.

• Apple iPad Inclusive and Assistive Technology

  • Zoom

  • Spoken content

  • Dictation

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guests this week are Linda Lazenby (Rel. Executive Director Technology Enablement) and Stuart Holstein (Digital Field Services Team Leader). Join us as we hear about the 2024-25 Computer Equipment Rollout and how schools can access support to plan for, and order devices. For more information check out the T4L website: T4L Computer Equipment Rollout - Technology 4 Learning (nsw.gov.au) 

Pete's Points

• Google Chrome - browser tips and tricks

  • Tab groups - collate your tabs easily and quickly

  • Reading mode on websites

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guests this week are Deon Fleming and Manu Chopra from Cyber Security. Deon is a Cyber Security Program Manager and Manu is an ICT project Manager, both directly involved with Application Control. Join us as we hear about the steps the Department is taking as part of a cyber security uplift.

Pete's Points

• The Week 6 issue of news.T4L is available now!  Let's take a deeper dive.

• PDF editing tools - what do we have access to?

  • Adobe Express

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro (licence requried)

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Canva for Education

• Adobe Creative Cloud - Reduce Popups - guide for all users, especially those with BYO devices.

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Our special guest this week is Jodie Hartwig from School of the Air, Broken Hill. Jodie is a Year 4 teacher, ICT Coordinator and was the DCO during the Rural Access Gap. School of the Air went through a significant change in how their classrooms operated last year. Join us as we hear about the incredible journey that their staff, students and community undertook.

Pete's Points

• The Week 3 issue of news.T4L was released last week!  Let's take a deeper dive.

• The next editions of magazine.T4L and T4L Kids are now available and both have a focus of Connecting Community with Technology:

  • magazine.T4L - Issue 29

  • T4L Kids - Issue 18

• Canva Update - Category 1 application meaning all students can now access Canva without requiring parental permission.

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Join our new host Peter Noakes on his very first episode. Peter Noakes, is a member of our Digital Support Team, and has been been in education for over 16 years, as a Maths teacher and in the role of ICT Coordinator at his previous school. Pete has joined the Digital Support Team, bringing along with him a wonderful eye for that balance between all things technical and teaching and learning when it comes to technology. 

Our special guest this week is the one and only Andrew Balzer from Microsoft. Andrew shares his enthusiasm for Microsoft tools with teachers across Australia and beyond. But today, he is joining us for a very exciting launch of the newest tool for MS in DoE, Clipchamp! 

Pete's Points

Windows 11 has brought some nice efficiency updates. Some of these include:

• File Explorer tabs and using the + New to create new folders or Microsoft 365 documents.

• Snapping window templates for easy to use window layouts.

• Snipping Tool screen recorder to record either sections of or the entire screen with included microphone and computer audio input.

Check out the lastest Microsoft video tool resources developed by the T4L team on the T4L website.

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Special guest host, Linda Lazenby (Director, Digital Learning) shares all of the latest updates in this term's final T4L news.

This week we also hear from Canva's Megan Townes, and Adam Pullinger from the Digital Support Team, who share some of the powerful resources from Canva's recent 'Glow Up' and take a look into how managing your school's Canva will be changing with some of the new admin features available. Don't forget to apply for your school's branding kit after you watch this episode! 

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

This week we hear from Kimberley Hall, Google product manager, about whats on the road ahead for our schools!

Review the latest T4L news from ITD to learn how your school might be impacted

Work continues on recovering Stu Hasics bank of resources, his YouTube Channel is now restored.

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

Laurens Derks shares his tip for 1 tool that can be a direct replacement for 3 Adobe Creative Cloud apps. If your school has used Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition or Adobe After Effects, then look for DaVinci Resolve in UDM.

Digital Learning Advisor, Peter Noakes provides an update on Windows 11 deployment and what it means for your school. 
See his presentation here. 

Digital Learning Advisor, Zrinka Krivosic talks with former DCO Chantel Chandler from Gilgandra PS about how she uses Google Delegated Admin to manage her fleet of Chrome books.
See her presentation here.

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Today's Viva Hot Spots 

• Executive Director of Digital Learning, Mark Greentree and Director of Digital Teaching and Learning, Linda Lazenby are joined by special guest Greig Tardiani, to shares some memories on the contribution of Stu to the department.

• What are the next steps for many of Stu's projects?

• Future department event to commemorate Stu. 

News From the Technology For Learning team

• The Week 3 Term 2 issue of news.T4L was released today.  Let's take a deeper dive.

• Explore our podcasting T4L Kids magazine with your staff, a powerful way to demonstrate a wide range of literacy outcomes.

• Adobe Update

• A School Website Service Meetup

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