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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Please see the message below from the ACS Foundation with a special offer for schools.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>In conjunction with National ICT Careers Week (NICTW) a number of industry partners of the ACS Foundation have indicated that they are willing to have their staff come and talk to groups of secondary students about careers in ICT. In order to facilitate these visits, we are now seeking an indication from teachers, careers advisors and schools who may be interested in such visits.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>We are looking to having a website where such interest can be indicated in the future, in the meantime any school should send an email to <a href="mailto:john.ridge@acsfoundation.com.au">john.ridge@acsfoundation.com.au</a> and we will facilitate the introduction to the industry partners and the visits. The people who will be conducting the talks will be a combination of recent graduates and staff who are familiar with careers in ICT.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>__________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Bridie Mackay<br>Senior Project Officer<br>Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association<br>T: +61 3 9495 6836<br>F: +61 3 9495 6834<br>E: <a href="mailto:bridie@vitta.org.au">bridie@vitta.org.au</a><br>Suite 209, 134-136 Cambridge Street<br>PO Box 1099<br>Collingwood, VIC, 3066<br>Australia<br><br><b><i>Join us for the 2011 VITTA Annual Conference ~ Leading and Learning from the Edge</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>29-30 August 2011<br><a href="http://vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo">http://vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>National ICT & Careers Week Celebrations at Federation Square<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Presented by VITTA and the Australian Computer Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Wednesday 27 July 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="http://www.ictweek.vitta.org.au">http://www.ictweek.vitta.org.au</a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>