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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have already posted this to the Yr.11 IT
teachers list, but this may also be of interest to some of you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>VITTA and ICTEV have been working for some
time and putting together a resource to support the VCE IT Unit 2 programming
folio (primarily), although this resource could be used across a number of
subjects and year levels.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The SiMERR project is a national project
that seeks to explore ways in which professional development materials can be
distributed to rural and regional areas. Our focus for this project has
been on the VCE IT Unit 2 programming folio – as we knew that this would
be something which teachers in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></st1:place>
would be particularly focused on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The web site is below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://simerr.vitta.org.au/index.html"
title="http://simerr.vitta.org.au/index.html">http://simerr.vitta.org.au/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On the site, you will find six VB.Net Express
Edition tutorials and their solutions – that have been created to be
undertaken by students in order (although the order can be changed, if you
wish). They gradually introduce students to particular concepts in a way
that will hopefully be very accessible and interesting. In addition to
the tutorials, I am in the process of creating multimedia presentations that
work through each of the programs step by step. These presentations are
large in size, but can be downloaded and placed on your school network for your
students to access.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please feel free to make use of this
material freely – the only request that we have is that once you have
used / examined the materials, you fill out a brief survey (the link is on the
web-site) that will give us some feedback on how useful you have found the
resource and any suggestions you might have for additional resources such as
this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In addition to the survey, if you would
like to email me to let me know what you think of the materials – that
would be great!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Cheers,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:navy'>Adrian Janson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>VITTA President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Director of ICT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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