<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Shift Happens ~ technology alone will not save us<br>
VITTA Annual Conference 2008<br>
Rydges Bell City, Preston<br>
Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 November<br><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo">www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo</a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With just over one week remaining before the VITTA Annual Conference begins for 2008, VITTA is gearing up for its best conference yet. We've had a flurry of registrations and last minute additions to the program including two not to be missed sessions outlined below:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday 25 November 11:50am<br><b>2318 - </b></span><b>BrainPOP in the Promethean Activclassroom - Steve Brazier (Promethean)</b><br>Founded in 1999, BrainPOP (<a href="http://www.brainpop.com">www.brainpop.com</a>) creates animated,
curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students.
Our award-winning online resources include BrainPOP, for grades 3 and
up and BrainPOP Jr., for grades K-3. Our newest resource, BrainPOP
Educators, features free tips, tools, and best practices by and for our
teacher community.<br>
Ideal for both group and one-on-one settings, BrainPOP is used in
numerous ways, from introducing a new lesson or topic to illustrating
complex subject matter to reviewing before a test.<br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Wednesday 26 November 11:50am<br><b>3318 - <font color="#000099"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Making a 1:1 Successful - Jeff Mao (</span></font>Learning Policy Director, Maine Learning and Technology Initiative)</b><br>
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#000099">Jeff Mao is the Learning Policy Director for the world's largest and highly successful school 1:1 laptop initiative in the state of Maine USA. In this session Jeff will share lessons learned from the challenges they've faced along the way, and how they manage to keep smiling with over 40 000 concurrent users! Gain valuable insights into hardware, software, learning platforms, useful applications and capacity building for new teaching and learning practices.</font><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">We're really pleased to welcome both Jeff and Steve to the program and invite you to register for these sessions online at <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conference">www.vitta.org.au/conference</a>. Any delegates who have already registered and wish to change their preferences can simply contact the VITTA Office on the details below.<br>
</p>Don't forget that all registrations<span style="font-family: Arial;"> during the month of November go into the draw to win a 1.5" Digital Pocket Photoframe valued at over
$70! This great little gadget will assure that you're never without your favourite
shots again.</span><br><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Other great features of the VITTA Conference include:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Nintendo room - packed full of fun and educational games that
you can utilise in the classroom including the Nintendo Wii and the
Nintendo DS</span></li></ul>
<ul type="disc"><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Expo - with over 60 exhibitors offering a range of educational
and technical products</span></li></ul>
<ul type="disc"><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sun Microsystems Networking/ Internet Lounge - a bank of computers
so you can check your email and browse the web!</span></li></ul>
<ul type="disc"><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Prize giveaways - from Electronic Whiteboards to a Nintendo Wii, to
Apple iPods and laptop computers you could be a lucky winner!</span></li></ul>
<ul type="disc"><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Over 200 fantastic presentations to choose from covering all
aspects of ICT in education </span></li></ul>
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For more information visit the VITTA website <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo" target="_blank">www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo</a>
or contact the VITTA Office on +61 3 9495 6836. We look forward to seeing you
all there.<br>
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Regards,<br>
VITTA Conference Team<br></span></p>-- <br>______<br>Lisa Chadderton <br>Senior Project Officer <br>VITTA<br>P: +61 3 9495 6836 <br>F: +61 3 9495 6834 <br>M: 0402522596 <br>E: <a href="mailto:lisa@vitta.org.au">lisa@vitta.org.au</a> <br>
W: <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au">www.vitta.org.au</a> <br>Suite 209, 134-136 Cambridge St <br>PO Box 1099 <br>Collingwood VIC 3066<br>