Kevork is right .. in the end it is a win for the team. He has inspired me again with a great session about the splendid work he does at his school!<br><br>Karl Fisch has contacted us, asking to publish the video interview online. Coolies :-)<br>
<br>Once back at school, we nicked all the desks from a room and lined them up in the corridor to make a giant slide to move the 75+ computer boxes from the truck and back to the labs. .. Even if I am now sore all over for moving so many boxes, it was a sight to see them all slide back into their place. My voice has gone and school reports beckon quietly from a corner of my laptop. I have enough strength left to move my fingers and type .. aghhh, to find the will.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br>PS: Apologies all for the proxy error that broke the Internet for session one .. after a last min patch, it slipped into the final image before it was deployed to all the workstations. My bad.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/27 Kevork Krozian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kroset@novell1.fhc.vic.edu.au">Kroset@novell1.fhc.vic.edu.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Folks,<br>
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Sorry to lumber you with cross posts BUT ...<br>
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I think we can agree the VITTA conference was fantastic with an amazing professional setup, excellent organisation, a diverse number of speakers, subjects and ideas to inspire, take back to our schools and use to improve our teaching.<br>
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On behalf of everyone there my thanks to the VITTA committee, the EO Renee , Adrian , Phil , Antonia , Denise, Roland , Ros, Lisa, Mia, and the list just goes on and on and I will apologise for not naming all the others but you know who you are.<br>
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For the majority who attend. walk in, sample the offerings, and walk out, the effort that goes behind the scenes into this type of event may not be so obvious. How many for example, know that Phil was at the airport at 4 am or thereabouts to pick up the keynote Derek Robertson who came from Scotland especially for the conference ? and others gave up their weekends and time to help make Derek as comfortable as possible for the 2 weeks or so he was here. These folks are teachers just like the rest of us with marking, reports to write and families to look after.<br>
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Consider also that Roland packed up and shipped a whole lab of PCs from his school ( that he had to then take back and reimage, reinstall ) to help deliver a few hands on sessions just to make it a little more meaningful for all attending. He could have demonstrated Scratch and Python on his laptop , but he wanted to " make a difference " as he often describes in an almost throw away fashion his legendary work ethic.<br>
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For all you workers behind the scenes and all the attention you paid to every little detail such as the reaction of a delegate at a particular moment to a simple detail like the agenda for one event or session, and how you may have taken things to heart, a sincere thank you for all your efforts.<br>
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It makes me proud to say I work with and belong to such a dynamic, professional fraternity ( and sorority ) of wonderful teachers and fabulous human beings.<br>
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Signing off from this great love in<br>
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Warm Regards<br>
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Kevork Krozian<br>
IT Manager , Forest Hill College<br>
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