Vocabulary

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line- faster internet system || Digital Learning Object || On line asTTle testing || On line school management system || Cabling for hardwired internet || Free for all suite of applications- documents, email, calendar- pretty much essential || Hypertext Mark Up Language- the code behind web pages || A revision of html being developed that plays more formats of media || On line school management system || Kiwi Advanced Research Education Network || Local Area Network- a computer network that covers a small geographical area- you can have a LAN party where geeky types get together and do geeky things || Microsoft's version of Google Apps || A digital porfolio system || An internet system for delivering e-Learning programmes for educational and training organisations || A NZ wiki for collaborative resource sharing || Random Access memory || Really Simple Syndication- a way of getting internet information to come to you on topics you are interested in || School Network Upgrade || Schools and students have one username and password to rule them all || Ultrafast Broadband Investment Initiative || A way of writing on the net where you see how it's going to look when you publish it as opposed to it being in html or ordinary unformated text. ||
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 * = AC ||= Audio Conferencing ||
 * = adsl ||= @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_Digital_Subscriber_Line
 * = CoP ||= A Community of Practice- a group of people who share an interest or a profession ||
 * = DLO ||= @http://digistore.tki.org.nz/ec/p/home
 * = e-asTTle ||= @http://e-asttle.tki.org.nz/
 * = e-Learning ||= Learning that is enabled or supported with the use of information and communication technologies ||
 * = e-Portfolio ||= A collection, reflection and way to share your achievements and development online ||
 * = e-Tap ||= http://www.etap.co.nz/page3.php\
 * = ethernet ||= @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
 * = GB- gig ||= gigabyte- bigger again is a terabyte ||
 * = Google Docs ||= @http://docs.google.com/
 * = Google Apps for Educators ||= @http://www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html ||
 * = html ||= @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
 * = html5 ||= @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5
 * = IAM ||= Identity and Access management ||
 * = ID-Ten-T ||= Term often used by tech support operators and computer experts to describe user error ||
 * = ICT PD ||= Information Communication Technology Professional Development ||
 * = IM ||= Instant Messaging- like iChat, Skype chat etc ||
 * = IP and IPv6 ||= An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a numerical label that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing the Internet. ||
 * = KAMAR ||= @http://www.kamar.co.nz/
 * = KAREN ||= @http://www.karen.net.nz/home/
 * = LAN ||= @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_area_network
 * = LCD ||= Liquid crystal display. A projector for displaying video, images or computer data on a screen or other flat surface. ||
 * = Live-edu ||= @http://www.microsoft.com/education/solutions/liveedu.aspx
 * = LMS ||= Learning Management System ||
 * = LOL ||= Laughing Out Loud ||
 * = mLearning ||= Mobile Learning- smart phones etc ||
 * = Mahara ||= @http://mahara.org/
 * = MB- meg ||= A measurement of computer memory capacity, it is one million bytes of data. It is often incorrectly shortened to “meg” or “megs.” ||
 * = Moodle ||= http://www.moodle.org.nz/
 * = MLE ||= Managed Learning Environment ||
 * = NEN ||= National Education Network ||
 * = OERNZ ||= @http://wikieducator.org/New_Zealand_Schools_OER_Portal
 * = QWERTY ||= The kind of keyboard where you can type the letters QWERTY all in a row with your left hand! ||
 * = PLN ||= A Personal Learning Network- a group of people you can grow and learn from and with ||
 * = RAM ||= @http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-memory.htm
 * = RBI ||= Rural Broadband Initiative ||
 * = ROFL ||= Rolling on the floor laughing ||
 * = RSS ||= @http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
 * = SMS ||= School Management System **OR** Short Message Service like on your cellphone ||
 * = SNUP ||= @http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/Initiatives/ICTInSchools/ICTStrategy/SNUP.aspx
 * = SSO ||= Single Sign On
 * = SaaS ||= Refers to a software distribution model. Software is not sold as software for local installation but is made available as service ||
 * = thin client ||= A group of computers working off one hard drive. Students sit in front of a monitor and keyboard. ||
 * = tl:dr ||= Too long: didn't read ||
 * = TOS ||= Terms of Service- the agreement you make with a web application that states what the rules are- eg how old you should be to use that service, their privacy policy etc ||
 * = UFB ||= Ultra Fast Broadband ||
 * =  ||= @http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/ContentTopicSummary____41902.aspx
 * = Unconference ||= A meet up where people can roam and talk about ICT type things- less formal that a normal conference ||
 * = VC ||= Video Conferencing ||
 * = VLN ||= Virtual learning Environment ||
 * = VOIP ||= Voice Over Internet Protocol like Skype ||
 * = Web2.0 ||= The "read-write" web. The term "Web 2.0" is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with each other as contributors to the website's content, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them. ||
 * = WYSIWYG ||= **W**hat **Y**ou **S**ee **I**s **W**hat **Y**ou **G**et