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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Don't miss out on these exciting Professional Learning opportunities in March! </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>VITTA presents:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Copyright & Digital Citizenship</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questions about ethical practices in the use of ICTs and new ethical dilemmas resulting from this use abound. Sandy Phillips has presented at conferences across Australia and internationally – addressing educational issues including the “Responsible and ethical use of online spaces”, cybersafe practices, the use of Web 2.0 resources for teaching and learning and the use of online resources to get students to create, think and communicate. She is passionate about the authentic use of digital technology to get students to think and be creative and its capacity to connect them to a Global world.<br>This session will update your knowledge of Australian copyright law, ethics and the opportunities and responsibilities of teachers in the digital age.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Presenter: Sandy Phillips<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: 4:00 - 7:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Venue: Williamstown Primary School, Cecil Street, Williamstown Victoria 3016<br>Melways Map: Melway 56 C10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/certificate-of-emerging-technologies-copywrite-digital-citizenship">Registrations</a> open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Integrating Blogging</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Blogging has a highly motivational impact on students where they are engaged in communicating information. Presenter Matthew Limb is passionate about helping students to create a positive digital footprint and interact safely as active members of the global community. He has seen many benefits from blogging with his primary classes.<br>In this session, Matthew will discuss how he is using blogging to improve student learning outcomes in literacy and numeracy, create a classroom community and develop students’ intercultural understandings. Through attending Matthew's presentation, educators will learn:<br>•How to get started with blogging<br>•The many benefits of blogging<br>•How to incorporate blogging into the curriculum<br>•How to address internet safety issues<br>•How to use blogging to flatten classroom walls and build global connections and projects<br>•Some of the web 2.0 tools that can be incorporated into blogging<br>•Tips for better blogging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Presenter: Matthew Limb<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHEN: Wednesday, 20th March 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHERE: Venue:The Gallery, Williamstown Primary School, Corner of Parker and Electra Streets, Williamstown, 3016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/integrating-blogging">Registrations</a> open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Visual Literacy: Adobe Photoshop - Part 1 </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Engage your students with the exciting visual literacy techniques taught and explored by Chemere Birkensleigh in this session. Chemere brings her skills and experience as a Melbourne digital artist developer into the classroom to show you some basic and more advanced techniques used in the media industry with Adobe Photoshop. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In this first of two workshops, you will learn about image size and resolution; how to use masks to reveal and hide different parts of a layer in a non-destructive way to edit your images; adjust image properties so layers look like they belong together; how to colour match and tone using hue and saturation; transform objects with scale, flip and skew; and pushing the design to add emotion to your images by exaggerating colour, size or perspective. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is for secondary teachers and is an introduction to the 6in6 Adobe design competition coming up for students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Part 2: May 2, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>When: 21 March, 2012 4.30-6.30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where: TBA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Presenter: Chemère Birkensleigh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Registrations open soon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Game Maker Gurus</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Why Game Maker? Making games with Game Maker is a lot of fun and allows you to create professional looking games within very little time. Do you want to gain confidence in programming skills, graphics, music and create engaging gameplay to help your students (and you) showcase your talents?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>VITTA and experienced teacher Nat Bradshaw present a practical session of learning where you will explore Game Maker in order to learn, inspire and engage. This workshop will assume no prior knowledge but will introduce any teacher with previous experience to some new techniques. Game Maker's simple drag and drop interface is friendly enough to use with as young as Year 3, but through its powerful scripting language, it is suitable right up to Year 12 and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This workshop will assume no prior knowledge but will introduce any teacher with previous experience to some new techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Presenter: Nat Bradshaw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHEN: Wednesday, 21st March 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHERE: Venue: Melbourne High School, Forrest Hill, South Yarra, Melway Map Ref: 2L J 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/game-maker-gurus">Registrations</a> open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>6in6 Image Editing</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enhance your toolbox with this image editing workshop in preparation for digital imaging across all curriculum areas. Images created from readily-available devices such as a mobile phone, digital camera or video camera can be used to show the elements of quality, design, visual appeal and composition. Then be creative in how you present these images and support your students to compete in this year's 6in6 digital photography competition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This session presented by Denise Mendham is designed for Primary teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHEN: Tuesday 24 May, 2011 from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHERE: Glenroy West Primary School, York Street Glenroy<br>Melways reference: Map 16 E2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/6in6-image-editing-3">Registrations</a> open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Mobile Technologies in the Classroom</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nathan Jones, acknowledged as an Apple Distinguished educator, is passionate about teaching with e-learning and mobile devices and sharing with teachers ways mobile technologies - netbooks, iPads, iPod Touches and iPhones - can enhance learning in the classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A hands-on learning session with mobile devices providing an exploration of useful apps for learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Presenter: Nathan Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: 27/2/2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Venue: Williamstown Primary School, Cecil Street, Williamstown Victoria 3016<br>Melways Map: Melway 56 C10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/certificate-0f-emerging-technologies-mobile-technologies-in-the-classroom">Registrations</a> open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Looking forward to seeing you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>VITTA Office</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>