Apologies for the cross posted and duplicate messages. <br><br>Our decade is drawing to a close .. I had so dreamed that by now we would fix the planetary climate control system and make inroads to poverty . was it wrong for me to hold these dreams of a united vision?<br>
<br>I am a member of a conference team made up of talented IT educators
from primary, secondary and tertiary sectors .. some from the country,
some live in the city .. just like you all They all share the vision of
doing something 'wow' that brings together friends from around
Australia. As I get to know them and like other teams I have worked with, I am increasingly impressed by their
passion for making this event work and now share their dream. I frown at
anybody that is too quick to pour scorn, quarantine and isolate their hard work or just belittles the efforts they put in. Anybody who volunteers to work for a subject association gets my thumbs up. Read my tag line below .. it is people that matter.<br>
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At the Melbourne ACEC2000 conference,10 years ago, Dr Bernard Holkner spoke as a keynote about an idea and story about sharing messages with small text boxes
to connect people. With groups pumping money into multi-media upgrades. It was our burning questions discussions around this topic poured the
foundation for the social networking that has since, revolutionised
the Internet and our thinking about how it can be used in our
professional lifes and teaching / learning practice. I have been going over the past notes I scribbled on papers presented by Tim Kitchener and Paul Chandler that helped to focus my thinking about what I was doing. Things I learned at NECC2008 from the study tour that I attended with Jo, Jill and Renee, I am still kicking around in my blog.<br>
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What role will you play to help help us weave together new stories beyond 2009?
What will you take from and where will you be in 10 years
time? What dreams will you share with the next generation of educators? <br><br>I look forward to meeting up with many of you at <a href="http://www.acec2010.info/">http://www.acec2010.info</a> in Melbourne next year and to everybody, have a safe, Merry Christmas and a happy summer solstice.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br clear="all"><br><div style="text-align: center;"></div>
<br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>