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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone (and apologies for the cross posts),<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Andrew Parsons, who was at the VITTA conference last year,
has passed the following information on to me that I thought might be
interesting to some of you:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Microsoft Australia invites you to attend
the <b><span style='color:red'>Teacher and Faculty Training Day</span></b>,
held at Deakin University. This <b><span style='color:red'>free</span></b>
technical training day is jam-packed full of information that will help you
understand technologies that are used by a large component of the business
world and how you can help your students come to grips with them and be
prepared as they enter the workforce. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>The morning session introduces you to <b><span
style='color:red'>.NET</span></b> and core programming concepts that can be
used as a basis for building teaching content for your own students as well as
going into the reasons why it's important to include .NET and C# as part of
your curriculum. Over the space of three hours, you'll learn how .NET works and
how it can be used to create programming projects for Windows, web browsers,
mobile phones and even Xbox consoles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>The afternoon session will cover <b><span
style='color:red'>Windows Presentation Foundation</span></b> (WPF), a new way
of creating programs that have innovative user interfaces and experiences and
is the same technology used to provide Silverlight on web browsers. The three
hours includes an introduction and definition of core WPF concepts and, like
the morning session, will include pointers on how to build coursework from what
you'll hear on the day. <b>All attendees of the WPF session will receive a copy
of WPF-in-a-Box</b>, a complete resource guide to learning and using Windows
Presentation Foundation, including hands on labs, links and resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>In addition to these two technical training
sessions and the WPF-in-a-Box kit, Microsoft will also highlight the various
programs that are in place to provide you and your students <b><span
style='color:red'>free</span></b> software and curriculum resources so that
you're best armed to gear up to teach programming with Microsoft technologies,
and give you some ideas on how to integrate social awareness into the
curriculum to inspire and encourage technical innovation in your class
attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:red'>Places are limited</span></b><span
lang=EN-AU> - don't miss out on this opportunity to skill up on .NET and WPF
and be prepared to teach these crucially important business development
technologies to your students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>What: Teacher and Faculty
Training Day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Where:
Room <b>HD3.008/HD3.009</b>,Deakin University, Burwood Highway, Burwood,
VICTORIA 3125<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>When: <b>Monday,</b> <b>March 30th 2009</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>
Session 1: .NET
9:00am-12:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>
Session 2:
WPF 1:00pm-4:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>RSVP: March 26th 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>To register your attendance, visit the
following event website and enter your details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><a
href="https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=236693&linvitation">https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=236693&linvitation</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Adrian
Janson, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>VITTA
President<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Director
of ICT, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Melbourne
High School, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Forrest
Hill, South Yarra 3141 Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Phone:
03 9826 0711 International: +61 3 9826 0711<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Fax: 03
9826 8767 International: +61 3 9826 8767<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>E-mail: <a
href="mailto:janson.adrian.a@edumail.vic.gov.au">janson.adrian.a@edumail.vic.gov.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>School
WWW: <a href="http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au/">http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>My WWW: <a
href="http://www.adrianjanson.com.au/">http://www.adrianjanson.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Blog: <a
href="http://jansona.edublogs.org/">http://jansona.edublogs.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Delicious: <a href="http://delicious.com/adrianjanson/">http://delicious.com/adrianjanson/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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