Vincent_Albanese

Vincent Albanese aka Pixeltoy #NSWDER #NSWK6
//Currently working in South Western Sydney, Smithfield. Assistant Principal S3 (for 2010). Have been working with the DET since 1992. Started in Mt Druitt District at Blackett PS where, in my 1st year, I was asked to write a DPS submission for technology funding. 'Technology Doesn't Byte' was granted $14000 and so began my interest of ICT integration into K-6 curriculum. In 1995 I transferred to James Erskine PS at Erskine Park. I had a year 2 class and managed to find an ePal class in Canada using Telnet via my 14.4k modem. My students began writing with greater interest than ever (in 2006 one of those yr2 students that I taught contacted me via SchoolFriends to tell me that she was still corresponding with her ePal from 1995 and was planning to travel to Canada to meet up one day!). In 1997 I was promoted to Executive teacher and moved to Parramatta PS, a VERY PC centric school where innovation and initiative were not the main! In 2000 I became an AP and landed a position in SWS at Smithfield in 2003. Here I am. A mixed ICT school with PC and Mac computers. IWB were introduced in 2009 with more scheduled for 2010. We use GProxy and Server 2003. GProxy is great for the reverse proxy feature. From 2000 - 2003 I started a DTP business from home and took 2.5yrs LWOP to try things out. I published many books in those years and taught myself the intricacies of Illustrator, Photoshop, Pagemaker and Indesign. Yes, those books are catalogued in the State Library! "The Miraculous Lives of a Man Called Jack" by John Cox "Kathmandu to London" by John and Nancy Cox "My Speller" by lime leaf publications "I'm Learning English" series by Jenny O'Young//

My Shared Resources:
My Blog: http://pixeltoy.edublogs.org/ My Twitter: //http://twitter.com/pixeltoy// My Twitter Activity: //I use Twitter to tweet. Don't you?// My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/1800Messiah My YouTube Activity: //amusement// My Flickr: //http://www.flickr.com/photos/33939722@N00/// My FlickerActivity: //Not sure yet.//

My Shared Bookmarks: //http://delicious.com/network/Pixeltoy// http://twubs.com/dernsw http://twubs.com/nswk6