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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi everyone (and apologies for the cross posts)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have just uploaded a presentation on ICT careers to the
VITTA web site – it is about 1.3MB in size. Here is the link:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.vitta.org.au/resources/detail.php?doc_id=3140">http://www.vitta.org.au/resources/detail.php?doc_id=3140</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>One of the things that I am passionate about VITTA ‘doing
better’ is helping promote ICT careers to students in Victoria and giving
teachers as much assistance as possible to get this done. Earlier this
year we met with representatives of the Australian Computer Society in order to
find out some concrete things about the ICT industry in <st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State>
(and indeed, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>).
The information that we were able to obtain is contained in this presentation
and makes for very interesting reading!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We all know that there are opportunities in the ICT
industry, but our students are not getting the message. We are fighting a
number of battles – students still think the ICT industry is reeling from
the ‘dot-com’ crash, careers teachers and parents often give advice
that steers students away from ICT subject choices and the media is not really
aware of the needs of the industry (choosing instead to focus more ‘news
worthy’ topics such as the out-sourcing to foreign countries).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>VITTA has a number of things planned to promote ICT careers
to students. This presentation is one of the first resources we will be
providing to you. Please feel free to show this to all of your classes –
no matter the year level. Other teachers such as coordinators and careers
advisers may also wish to make use of it. I would love to get your
feedback on the presentation – and by all means, please let me know if
you find anything that can be added to it, and if you want to suggest ways in
which it can be improved.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All the best!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Adrian Janson</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>VITTA President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Director of ICT, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>T: +61 3 9495 6836<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>F: +61 3 9495 6834<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>E: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">jansona@mhs.vic.edu.au</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>M: +61(0)407 818 037<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W: <a
href="www.vitta.org.au">www.vitta.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Suite</span></font></st1:Street><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> 202</span></font></st1:address><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">134-136 Cambridge St</st1:address></st1:Street>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Collingwood, VIC, 3066, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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