<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">Join a Professional Learning Network</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">In 2009 VITTA will be establishing regional professional learning networks [PLNs] for the teaching and learning of ICT K-12. These networks will support teachers who cannot readily access the professional learning activities that VITTA run in Melbourne.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">Initially, VITTA is targeting key people in 10 regions in Victoria, two regions in Tasmania and Fiji to assist with the setting up of PLNs. Ideally, VITTA would like two people to run each network.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">If you want to be involved you could initially help arrange the first meeting of a PLN and invite teachers and educators in your area to the meeting or if you don't want that level of involvement, you could just get included on a mailing list for when the PLN in your region gets started.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">VITTA will be also circulating information about the PLNs through Edulists and its publications asking for those who are interested in either joining the PLNs to contact the interim leaders or being an interim leader of any PLNs without leaders attached.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">The first PLN meeting for each region [Term 1, 2009] would be to assess interest levels, define leadership, decide on frequency of meetings, location of meetings and possible topics and speakers.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">The VITTA Professional Learning Office will support the PLNs in their set up and ongoing operations. This support cover some outside presenter as well as assistance with network planning.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">While each PLN will have autonomy in direction and organisation, they will have to report on their activities for VITTA once per term. Professional Learning Networks will be able to access the professional learning resources of the VITTA Office. PLN leaders will be invited to attend network planning support sessions in Melbourne.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">Still interested? VITTA hopes to welcome you on board soon. Contact the VITTA Office for expressions of interest as an interim PLN leader. Mark Richardson will be the key contact. A FAQ sheet on the PLNs is available, contact Mark for a copy.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; color: rgb(0, 80, 176); "><span style="color: #000000">Email: <a href="mailto:mark@vitta.org.au"><span style="text-decoration: underline">mark@vitta.org.au</span></a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">Phone: VITTA Office 9495 6836</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Futura; ">Mobile 0404 460 845</div></body></html>