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• TLF-IDM020593

Watch this clip to see software engineer Lynn Root and co-creator of the internet Vint Cerf explain what keeps the internet running reliably. When information is sent on the internet, it is broken down into packets that are able to take a number of routes to get from one computer to another. Why might this be important? ...

• TLF-IDM018883

How have new technologies changed the way students learn in schools? Is it important to learn coding and computational thinking? Meet Chris Betcher. Chris is an Australian K-12 educator with over 25 years experience in helping students and teachers make the most of digital technologies for learning.

• TLF-IDM002045

This is a printing forme - a box filled with 19th-century type and typesetting items. When the forme is empty the frame is known as a chase. The overall dimensions are: length 35.5 cm, width 53 cm, height 1 cm.

• TLF-IDM000269

This is an R6500 Advanced Interactive Micro-computer (AIM65), a general purpose microcomputer manufactured by Rockwell International Corporation in 1979. It comprises a processing unit, a small 20-column dot-matrix thermal printer, a 20-character display and a keyboard contained within a brown plastic case.

• TLF-IDM001937

This is an Apple Macintosh 128K computer - the first Apple Macintosh model. The all-in-one system includes the processor, a monitor and a floppy disk drive. The computer is pictured here with a keyboard, a mouse, four floppy disks, a cassette tape, a price list and a receipt. The receipt is dated October 1985.

• TLF-IDM002014

This is a photograph showing Roy Muncey from the CSIRO Division of Building Research at a CSIRAC console, with 12-hole tape reader to his left and cabinets in front. The editing plate is sitting on the console to his left amd the test unit can be seen to his far right. The photograph was taken at night on 17 June 1960, ...

• TLF-IDM002011

This is a 1964 photograph showing maintenance engineer Jurij Semkiw at the operating console of CSIRAC, Australia's first digital computer. CSIRAC, or 'Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Automatic Computer' was one of the world's first electronic digital stored program computers. It is the last of the first ...

• TLF-IDM015799

Have you ever used a YouTube video or podcast on the internet to learn a new skill? Perhaps to learn how to play the guitar or to do new skateboard tricks or dance moves? Find out how one school in Italy uses podcasts to jazz up its lessons.

• TLF-IDM001939

This is the cover of a folder containing VisiCalc, the world's first electronic spreadsheet program for personal computers. Text on the cover reads: 'VISICALC / INSTANTLY CALCULATING "ELECTRONIC" WORKSHEET' at the top and 'VISICORP / PERSONAL SOFTWARE' at the bottom. There are also examples of calculations the program could ...

• TLF-IDS7085

This teacher resource is about a strategy called the Early Childhood iPad Initiative implemented in years 1 and 2 in 19 Western Australian primary schools. The strategy aims to integrate iPads into all aspects of the schools' engagement with early years literacy and numeracy. The resource describes the strategy's two-stage ...