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yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 16 November 2007
12:55 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> VET Cert 1</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are thinking of incorporating VET Cert 1 into our year 7
to 9 IP course so the students come out of it with an outside
qualification. Have any schools out there been down this track? What has been
your experiences? Any ideas or examples about how to do it.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of ken price<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thu 15/11/2007 9:50 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Yr7-10it] alan kay
notes and quotes</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>There are some classic quotes and ideas there Bill. Thanks for
compiling them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If only this sort of vision could be magically transferred to all
educational leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I especially like the two quotes on how to predict the future: invent
it, or prevent it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Some recent discussions suggest that that different people have
different views on which is the best approach...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Cheers, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>kp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ken Price<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>President, TASITE<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 11/15/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bill
Kerr</span></b> <<a href="mailto:billkerr@gmail.com">billkerr@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>my alan kay VITTA presentation outline is here (slides, notes, history,
annotated reference)<br>
<a href="http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/alanKay+talk" target="_blank">http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/alanKay+talk</a><br>
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Some nice alan kay quotations here: <br>
<a href="http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/alanKay" target="_blank">http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/alanKay</a><br>
eg.<br>
"Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions
of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just
done by brute force and thousands of slaves" <br>
<br>
-- <br>
Bill Kerr<br>
<a href="http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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