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Just letting you know about the fabulous keynote speakers at the VITTA
Conference on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th November. On the Monday we
have Larry Nelson who focuses on helping to fulfill the promise of
technology in Primary/Secondary education. He leads Microsoft's
Worldwide Primary/Secondary Education strategy within its Public Sector
Business unit. Nelson also served as acting Executive Director of the
Global Education & Learning Community (GELC, which is now known as
Curriki) a community of educators, learners and committed education
experts who are working together to create quality materials that will
benefit teachers and students around the world. Curriki is an online
environment created to support the development and free distribution of
world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. <br>
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On Tuesday we have Tim Costello who is speaking about Leadership in a
Global Village. Tim Costello is recognised as one of Australia’s leading
voices on social justice issues, having spearheaded public debates on
gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance
abuse. Since February 2004, as Chief Executive of World Vision
Australia, Tim has also been instrumental in ensuring that the issues
surrounding global poverty are placed on the national agenda. His
keynote on Leadership is part of the Leadership strand that is also
happening throughout Tuesday program.<br>
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There are also afternoon keynotes happening with Craig Welsh from Animal Logic on Monday and Adam Brice on Tuesday. <br>
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Craig is the Lighting and Effect Supervisor for Animal Logic. He has
been working in the field of visual effects for over 15 years. He joined
Animal Logic as a Senior Lighter in 2003 and is now the company’s
Lighting & Effects Supervisor, driving the final look of
commercials, visual effects projects and animated features for the
company. <br>
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Adam is an Assistant Principal at Ringwood North PS in the eastern
suburbs of Melbourne. He has developed a number of engaging programs
that provide students with real life learning opportunities, while
improving results and positively impacting upon the school community. He
has established a wide range of projects, from the iSchool.net.au
podcast site through to ''Movie Magic', a program that won the Victorian
Department of Education's Excellence Award for Most Innovative
Curriculum in 2006.<br>
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More info about the Conference on http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo/<br>
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FREE Bus Tour on Wednesday December 1 <br>
An opportunity for our metropolitan and regional colleagues to
participate in an ICT Bus Tour event with a networking lunch and a
chance to get a behind the scenes look at many aspects of ICT in our
society.<br>
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This is a full day FREE event with a sponsored lunch and refreshments.
This professional learning provides an insight into the exciting ways in
which ICT is shaping our contemporary world and is relevant for primary
and secondary teachers. Venues are ICT @ NEC - The Different Facets of
IT, Mulgrave, Innovations @ Melbourne Uni, Parkville and Technology in
Sports, at the Sport Museum.<br>
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Registration for this event is essential on
http://www.vitta.org.au/conference2010/ and choose the option under
Conference extras. This event is proudly sponsored by the Department of
Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD). <br></div></div></body></html>