[English] o/t: the VIT associated with spam email?

[Max Duthie]

Hello stephen,

Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 3:12:29 AM, you wrote:

smoa> Hi all,

smoa> This strange email arrived today .. did anyone else get one?

smoa> --
smoa> From: Victoria Institute of Teaching <pdi.vit.vic.edu.au at xmr3.com>
smoa> To: stephen at melbpc.org.au 
smoa> Date:   Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:53:00 -0400 
smoa> Subject:   PDI - The Right PD Choice 

smoa> <snip, a very large graphic, which i declined to download>

smoa> "As a teacher you constantly reflect on your knowledge and look for new
smoa> ways to engage your students in learning. Professional development is an
smoa> integral part of the ongoing commitment to being a better teacher.

smoa> Pdi is the new online search engine that makes choosing PD easy. With the
smoa> most powerful database of PD providers in Australia, you can search by
smoa> course, subject, content or provider. Searching is simple and Pdi connects
smoa> you directly with providers.

smoa> All the PD on Pdi references the standards of professional practice and
smoa> principles of effective professional learning - your assurance of quality
smoa> and relevance. To make the right PD choice, enter Pdi now."

smoa> <snip, another two large graphics, also declined>

smoa> <end of email>
smoa> --

smoa> So it appears the VIT are somehow associated with badly-written spam-email.



If you read Circular 7/2008 from VIT you will get a better idea of
what PDi is. I must confess, the eMail confused me as well (and i was
at a briefing recently where it was mentioned ! :( )

Not sure about VIT and Spam, possibly just poorly worded releases to
inform teachers of new developments.

Max Duthie

                           mailto:mduthie at ncable.net.au