Glossary

=**Glossary**= [|VELS (Victorian Essential Learning Standards)] help teachers plan plan their teaching and learning programs, including assessment and reporting of student achievement and progress. The Standards have been developed by the [|VCAA] through extensive consultation and collaboration with education sectors and the broader community.
 * Blog** or Weblog, an online diary, often focusing on a particular subject, often used with RSS feeds
 * Chat** see instant messaging
 * Flickr** a service for the uploading and hosting of images including photos
 * ICT** Information and Communications Technology
 * Instant messaging** sending short (1 paragraph messages) instantly over the internet
 * [|MMORPG]** Massively Multiplayer online Role Playing Game
 * Moores Law** most simply put, the power of computers doubles every 18 to 24 months
 * Outcomes Based Education** Systems have inputs, internal dynamics and outputs. Outcomes Based Education focuses on the outputs. (sounds simple? it's not)
 * Podcasts** audio programs distributed by internet for playback on mobile devices and PC's
 * Skype** popular VoIP program, Skypecast includes multiplayer audio conferencing
 * RSS** Really Simple Syndication, a form of web syndication used by news websites and weblogs
 * Teamspeak** VoIP multiplayer audio conferencing
 * Vent (Ventrilo)** VoIP multiplayer audio conferencing
 * VoIP** Voice over Internet Protocol routing of voice conversations over the Internet
 * Wiki** website that allows users to easily edit all content
 * Web 2.0** webservices that let people collaborate and share information online