<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">VITTA Conference 2009</span><br><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Slide to Open - digital learning<br>Monday 22 - Wed 23 November<br>Grandstand, Flemington Racecourse<br><br>Sessions filling fast so <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conference2009" target="_blank">register now!</a><br>Registration prizes: For each week that registrations are open, one lucky delegate will win one of these fabulous prizes: </span><font face="Arial" size="3">netbook, iPod nano, Blue Snowball USB
microphone, digital pen note-taker, Nintendo Wii console, iPod Touch
and a Flip digital camcorder, Kindle 2 e-book reader, and more!</font><br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>The VITTA conference will commence on Monday 23 November 2009 with distinguished keynote speaker Larry Johnson setting the scene for a three day program of inspiring presentations, hands-on workshops and special events. <br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Seven ways technology is unfolding, everywhere we look</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'</span><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Larry Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, New Media Consortium</span><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">After nearly a decade of tracking the evolution of emerging technology as part of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project, Johnson has uncovered seven clear patterns in the evolution of technology that can only be seen over time. While the technologies and practices seen in the Horizon Reports are being implemented in ways that reflect local constraints and challenges, it is clear that these underlying patterns are at the heart of how learning, work and play are evolving worldwide and in every sector of education.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Many of the things highlighted in past Horizon Reports have already become quite commonplace; others are still unfolding, converging and morphing. While the currents and eddies of emerging technology are complex, it is clear that what the Horizon Project has been detailing are developments fueled by these seven profound channels of change.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Join Project Founder Larry Johnson as he outlines the pathways of innovation and technological evolution that he believes are deeply impacting how we think about our world, and how we teach, learn, create, and even communicate.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Larry Johnson</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
is Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium (NMC), an
international consortium of nearly 300 world-class universities,
colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies dedicated
to the exploration and application of emerging technologies. Larry is
an acknowledged expert on the effective application of technology to
learning, research, and creative expression, and has worked extensively
to build common ground among universities, museums and schools across
North America and in more than a dozen other countries.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't miss out on this important professional learning opportunity.</span><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conference2009" target="_blank">Hurry, register now!</a><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br>___________________________________<br><br>Bridie Mackay<br>Senior Project Officer<br>VITTA<br>T: +61 3 9495 6836<br>F: +61 3 9495 6834<br>E: bridie@vitta.org.au<br>Suite 209, 134-136 Cambridge Street<br>PO Box 1099<br>Collingwood, VIC, 3066<br>Australia<br><br>Slide to Open ~ digital learning<br>VITTA Conference 2009<br>Mon Nov 23 - Wed Nov 25<br>Grandstand Flemington Racecourse<br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>