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Bits & Bytes officially on airBits & Bytes amptelik op die lug

Friday, September 20th, 2013

A month ago we proudly announced the arrival of a new IT segment every second Tuesday on MFM. (Read the article here)

The radio version of Bits & Bytes had it’s second successful broadcast on Tuesday and the feedback has been extremely positive. With each programme we try to combine news relevant to students and staff, as well as interesting developments on the technological front, in an informal style.

This week’s topics included e-mail storms, a new smart watch, our latest survey and news on the brand new IT Student Centre launching January 2014.

We do realise not everyone will be able to listen to the show due to limited access, therefore we have an alternative so you won’t miss out on anything. You can now also listen to the broadcasts online by browsing to www.sun.ac.za/bb. On the site you’ll find all the previous newsletters, as well as previous broadcasts. Just click on the mp3 link.

These clips are hosted within the SU network and won’t rocket your internet costs – so you can listen with ease.

If you do want to listen to the direct broadcast, tune in every second Tuesday at 11:45 on the AM to PM Show on MFM with Ella, Eduard and our resident IT guru, Tian.

You’re also welcome to send comments and questions during the show via Twitter and if there’s enough time Tian will address them. Tweet us at @ITStellenUni!

`n Maand gelede het ons julle met trots ingelig dat daar voortaan `n spesiale IT-segment elke tweede Dinsdag op MFM uitgesaai sal word. (Lees die berig hier.)

Die radio-weergawe van Bits & Bytes het die afgelope week sy tweede suksesvolle uitsending gehad en die terugvoer het ons verwagtinge oortref. Met elke insetsel probeer ons om `n kombinasie van relevante nuus vir studente en personeel, sowel as interessante verwikkelinge op die tegnologiese front op `n informele trant aan luisteraars oor te dra.

Dié week se onderwerpe het e-pos storms, `n nuwe “slim”-horlosie wat eendag selfone se rol mag oorneem, ons nuutste opname en nuus oor die splinternuwe IT-Studentesentrum wat in Januarie bekendgestel word, in.

Ons besef egter dat almal nie toegang het om daarna te luister nie en het dus die fasiliteit geskep waar jy, nadat dit uitgesaai is, steeds aanlyn na die uitsendings kan luister. Al wat jy hoef te doen is om na www.sun.ac.za/bb te gaan waar daar `n lys van alle vorige nuusbriewe is, maar ook alle vorige radio-uitsendings. Kliek bloot op die mp3-skakel.

Die insetsels word binne die us-netwerk gehuisves, dus gaan dit nie jou internetkoste opvreet nie – jy kan met `n geruste hart luister.

As jy wel die regstreekse uitsending wil hoor, skakel gerus elke tweede Dinsdag om 11:45 op die AM to PM Show op MFM saam met Ella, Eduard en ons eie Tian in.

Jy is ook welkom om kommentaar en vrae in daardie tydsgleuf via Twitter aan ons te stuur en indien daar geleentheid is, sal Tian dit op die lug beantwoord. Tweet ons by @ITStellenUni!

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IT takes to the airwavesIT op die lug

Friday, August 30th, 2013

The days when the Information Technology department was an unreachable, distant entity on the other side of Banghoek Road, are long gone. Since 2010 we’ve been pulling out all the stops and making an extra effort to ensure that there’s ample communication and interaction with all our clients and users on campus.

At the beginning of September (i.e. next week) we’re shaking winter’s dust from our shoes and entering yet another new era of communication. In future IT will no longer only reach you by e-mail, but also through MFM’s radio waves.

With an audience of 30 000 listeners between the ages of 14 and 28, there’s no doubt that IT will reach a much younger market, in particular students. This new means of communication provides us with the opportunity to speak to a larger portion of our users on campus and to get more involved with student issues.

So, from next week Tuesday at 11:45 there will be a bi-weekly special IT slot on MFM during the AM-PM-show. Since Bits & Bytes is steadily becoming an established brand, the slot will also be known as Bits & Bytes.

Bits & Bytes on air won’t merely be another institutional mouthpiece to promote IT, but rather an opportunity to discuss all kinds of technological developments. Students and staff will also be given the opportunity to ask questions via our Twitter feed and we’ll do our best to answer them on air.

We’re looking forward to our debut in radio coming Tuesday and hope you lend us your ears on 3 September at 11:45. Click here to listen to MFM live.

Die dae wat die Informasietegnologie-afdeling die onbereikbare entiteit aan die ander kant van Banghoekweg is, is lank reeds verby. Sedert 2010 het ons `n aktiewe poging begin aanwend om kommunikasie en interaksie met die res van kampus en almal aan wie ons `n diens lewer, te verbeter.

Begin September skud ons die winter se stof van ons voete en betree `n nuwe era van kommunikasie. Voortaan sal IT jou nie net bereik met e-pos nie, maar ook oor MFM se radiogolwe.

Met `n gehoor van 30 000 luisteraars tussen die ouderdom van 14-28 ouderdomsgroep, is daar geen twyfel dat IT `n jonger mark, en spesifiek studente sal bereik nie. Dié nuwe kommunikasiekanaal gee aan ons die geleentheid om `n groter deel van ons gebruikers op kampus te bereik en meer betrokke te raak by studentekwessies.

Daar sal dus voortaan twee-weekliks `n spesiale IT-insetsel op MFM wees op Dinsdae, 11:45 gedurende die AM-PM-show. Aangesien Bits & Bytes reeds `n gevestigde handelsmerk begin word, sal die insetsel ook bekendstaan as Bits & Bytes.

Bits & Bytes op die lug sal nie bloot nog `n institusionele mondstuk wees nie, maar eerder `n geleentheid om interessante tegnologiese verwikkelinge te bespreek. Daar sal ook geleentheid aan studente en personeel gegee word om d.m.v. ons Twitter-voer vrae te vra wat ons op die lug sal beantwoord.

Ons sien uit daarna om komende Dinsdag ons toetrede tot radio te maak en hoop jy skakel Dinsdag om 11:45 by ons in. Kliek hier om na MFM te luister.

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Have your say about IT’s servicesSê jou sê oor IT se dienste

Friday, August 30th, 2013

In an attempt to improve Information Technology’s services, we’d like to ask you, our users, clients and colleagues for your assistance.

If you have a gap in your busy day, we’d appreciate it if you would fill in the survey below and let us know if you’re happy with IT’s services and also which of those services you find useful and which you don’t.

This is your opportunity to air your opinion. Just click on the appropriate link below.

Staff Survey
Student survey

In `n poging om Informasietegnologie se dienste te verbeter, wil ons ook graag by julle, ons gebruikers, kliënte en kollegas raad vra.

As jy `n geleentheid in jou bedrywige dag het, sal ons dit waardeer as jy deur middel van die onderstaande opname vir ons kan laat weet of jy tevrede is met IT se diens en ook by watter dienste jy baat vind en watter nie.

Hier is jou kans om jou mening te lug en gehoor te word! Kliek slegs op die toepaslike skakel onder.

Personeelopname
Studenteopname

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Flex your mental muscle at an Open Source Translation daySlyp jou taalkundige tande by `n Oopbron-vertalingsdag

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Feel like flexing you mental muscle, exercising your language skills and at the same time giving one day of your time for an education project with a difference? Join us for our fourth volunteer translation day at the Faculty of Engineering taking place on Saturday 17 August 2013.

Siyavula is a social enterprise spun out of the Shuttleworth Foundation. They believe in sharing, community, collaboration and openness, and through the use of technology strive to produce the best quality free educational resources out there. After successfully having the Department of Basic Education print and distribute their textbooks for free to all government schools in English and Afrikaans in 2012 and 2013, they will be doing this again in 2014. This is really exciting for education in South Africa.

It also provides the opportunity for professionals and students with a background in the sciences, people who can proofread for grammar, and those that can translate into Afrikaans to contribute to a project that makes a real difference to South African education.

The Gr 12 Physical Sciences textbook has been volunteer authored and proofread, and aligned to the new South African curriculum (CAPS). Siyavula will work with volunteers to translate it into Afrikaans, and if all goes according to plan, it will be printed and distributed by the Department of Basic Education, for all government schools to receive free of charge in 2014, as they did in 2012 and 2013 – see http://everythingmaths.co.za/ and http://everythingscience.co.za/.

All their textbooks have been collaboratively authored by a community of volunteers – educators, academics and professionals. These inspired volunteers seek to make this knowledge freely and openly available to all learners and educators in South Africa. They are released under an open copyright licence, which allows others to legally distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon their work, even commercially, as long as they credit Siyavula for the original creation. This is similar to open source software, in that anyone is encouraged to download, copy, share and distribute our books legally at no cost. It also gives educators the freedom to edit, adapt, translate and contextualise them. The textbooks have their own websites – see http://everythingmaths.co.za/ and http://everythingscience.co.za/, and are available via mobile phone, on Mxit, and are downloadable for free as a PDF. They also have workbooks for Natural Sciences and Technology for Gr 4-6: http://www.thunderboltkids.co.za/

Date: Saturday 17 August 2013

Time: Please arrive promptly at 08h30. The day will finish at 17h00, followed by supper for everyone that attends.

FIRGA lab (room S203), Engineering Faculty, Stellenbosch University. A map can be accessed here. Between Electrical & Electronic and Civil Engineering, enter the large glass doors and go up one level. There will be signs to guide you.

Before the translation day we will email you your username and password for the translation website – Transifex – with your first assignment, as well as our translation tutorial. We will provide refreshments and food throughout the day, followed by supper for everyone involved.

Interested? Please register at http://siyavulatranslationday.eventbrite.com/ and remember, the names of all the volunteers will be listed in the book!

More information:

Website: http://www.siyavula.com/

E-mail: bridget@siyavula.com

Telephone: 021 469 4771

[INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY SIYAVULA]

Is jy lus om jou taalkundige tande te slyp, jou breinspiere te rek en een dag van jou tyd te gee aan ‘n opvoedingsprojek met ‘n verskil? Sluit by ons op Saterdag 17 Augustus in die Ingenieursfakulteit aan, en help deur ‘n hoofstuk van ‘n oopbron skoolhandboek na Afrikaans te vertaal.

Siyavula is ‘n sosiale onderneming en uitvloeisel van die Shuttleworth Foundation en glo in mededeelsaamheid, gemeenskap, samewerking en toeganklikheid. Deur tegnologie in te span streef hulle daarna om die hoogste kwaliteit gratis opvoedkundige hulpbronne te skep.

Al Siyavula se handboeke is ‘n spanpoging deur ‘n gemeenskap van vrywilligers, waaronder opvoeders, akademici en professionele mense. Hierdie geïnspireerde vrywilligers se doel is om kennis vrylik beskikbaar te stel aan alle leerders en opvoeders in Suid-Afrika.

Dit word vrygestel met ‘n oop kopiereglisensie, wat beteken dat ander dit wettiglik kan versprei, meng, verander en voortbou daarop, selfs kommersieël, mits hulle Siyavula krediet gee vir die oorspronklike werk. Die beginsel is soortgelyk aan oopbron-sagteware deurdat enigiemand aangemoedig word om die boeke wettiglik af te laai, te kopieer, te deel en te versprei – heeltemal gratis!

Opvoeders het ook die vryheid om dit te redigeer, verander, vertaal en kontekstualiseer. Die handboeke het hul eie webwerwe – kyk by http://everythingmaths.co.za/ en http://everythingscience.co.za/. Dis ook beskikbaar op selfone, MXit en aflaaibare PDFs, asook in gedrukte vorm.

Hangende goedkeuring sal al die handboeke gedruk word deur die Departement van Basiese Onderwys en na alle openbare skole versprei word in 2014. Die onderwysdepartement het verlede jaar en ook vroeër vanjaar van Siyavula se handboeke gedruk en na alle openbare skole versprei – voorwaar ‘n opwindende gebeurtenis vir opvoeding in Suid-Afrika.

Die hoofstukke word aanlyn vertaal dmv ‘n webwerf, Transifex en in hanteerbare dele opgedeel sodat ‘n enkele persoon nie alleen verantwoordelik is vir die vertaling van ‘n reuse deel nie. Wanneer ‘n vrywilliger klaar is met sy opdrag, is hy welkom om ‘n bykomende opdrag te begin. Die hele proses sal tydens die geleentheid deur Siyavula bestuur word.

Die vakke wat vertaal gaan word is:
– Gr 12 Fisika
– Gr 12 Chemie
– Gr 12 Wiskunde (beperkte hoeveelheid)

Datum: Saterdag 17 Augustus 2013

Tyd: Stiptelik 08h30. Die dag loop tot `n einde om 17h00, gevolg deur aandete vir almal wat bywoon.

Plek: FIRGA laboratorium (kamer S203), Ingenieursfakulteit. Vir `n kaart kliek hier. Stap deur die groot glas deure tussen Elektriese en Elektroniese Ingenieurswese en Siviele Ingenieurswese, een vlak op en kyk uit vir die aanwysings wees wat jou lei na die lokaal.

Sien jy kans? Registreer by http://siyavulatranslationday.eventbrite.com/ en onthou alle vrywilligers se name sal tot die lys van medewerkers voor in die boek gevoeg word!

Enige vrae moet assseblief gestuur word aan bridget@siyavula.com.

[INLIGTING VERSKAF DEUR SIYAVULA]

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Lend a hand, won’t you?Sit `n bietjie handjie by toe?

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Do you still remember the tv ad where the central character is a wonder woman who manages to do everything perfectly, including making great sandwiches with the advertised margarine? “Jy’s `n ster Linda Fourie!”

My point? (yes, there is one) Well, this week we can also say to the IT service desk and IT admin staff, “Jy’s `n ster!”, because last Wednesday they sacrificed their lunch to, like the well-known Linda Fourie, make sandwiches for charity.

Quinton, Cheslon, Jurgen, Pablo, Marianna, Charnelle and Mandy lend a hand at Golden Key’s Toasties for Tummies, an annual initiative where Golden Key volunteers make 100’s of sandwiches for the less fortunate.

Read more Toasties for Tummies and Golden Key on their web site.


Mandy Wanza	Mariana Fourie & Cheslon Faroa	Quinton Luiters

Photos: Jurgen Moolman

Wie onthou nog die tv-advertensie waar die sentrale karakter `n wondervrou was wat alles kon doen, onder andere wonderlike toebroodjies kon maak met die geadverteerde margarien. “Jy’s `n ster Linda Fourie!”

My punt? (ja, daar is een) Wel, ons kan die week ook vir die IT diensentrum en IT adminpersoneel sê “Jy’s `n ster!”, want verlede Woensdag het hulle hul middagete opgeoffer om, soos die befaamde Linda Fourie, toebroodjies te maak ten bate van liefdadigheid.

Quinton, Cheslon, Jurgen, Pablo, Marianna, Charnelle en Mandy het ingespring en hand bygesit by Golden Key se Toasties for Tummies, `n jaarlikse inisiatief waar Golden Key vrywilligers help om toebroodjies te maak vir minderbevoorregtes.

Lees meer oor Toasties for Tummies en Golden Key op hul webwerf.


Mandy Wanza	Mariana Fourie & Cheslon Faroa	Quinton Luiters

Fotos: Jurgen Moolman

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