[Year 12 IPM] VITTA Annual Conference 2006 --- CallforPapers -NOW
OPEN
Keith Richardson
keithcr at fastmail.fm
Sun Apr 30 20:23:00 EST 2006
Well, it is Comedy Festival time, out there in the real world.
Keith
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:48:46 +1000, "Maggie Iaquinto"
<IAQUIM at bialik.vic.edu.au> said:
> Maybe Keith can organise a new category in 3in6 ...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Zach Alexakos
> Sent: Sun 4/30/2006 11:36 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] VITTA Annual Conference 2006 --- CallforPapers
> -NOW OPEN
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> Is the Education Union actually doing anything about this sort of stuff
> or are we just going to have another strike day to keep Kim Beazley in as
> Opposition leader? The whole VELs reporting system is a joke- if we
> don't understand how it works so much for making it simple for parents to
> understand.
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> I still can't get my head around awarding C grades for students where we
> once awarded A grades and then awarding A grades for students that should
> be two year levels ahead of where they're at despite them not having any
> exposure to the curriculum at that year level. Unbelievable.
>
> Time for that Monty Python dvd.....
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> Zach Alexakos
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> At 09:37 AM 30/04/2006, you wrote:
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> Never let it be said that Education got in the way of Politics - just have a look at the way VELS and the new student reports are being implemented!
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> Regards
> Robert T-A
> Brighton SC
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Zach Alexakos <mailto:alexakos.zach.z at edumail.vic.gov.au>
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> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing List <mailto:ipm at edulists.com.au>
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> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 7:49 PM
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> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] VITTA Annual Conference 2006 --- Call forPapers -NOW OPEN
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> Seven years ago I was able to lobby the support of the Manager of the Commonwealth Bank (and I am talking about THE Manager of the CBA here), to sponsor an educational share trading program for interested schools, (in the thousands of dollars). The Victorian Education Department didn't want to know about it. A few months later we were given a mouthful from a consultant, (paid a six figure sum by the department), telling us that we needed to be integrate education with industry ie:pathways to education. (Work that out!)
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> Just goes to highlight that the Education Department and associated bodies are about Politics rather than Education.
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> Zach Alexakos
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> At 06:39 PM 29/04/2006, you wrote:
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> How apporpriate.
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> A conference titled "Imagination, Creativity & Thinking" just as we enter a new study design where Databases and Spreadsheets are mandated.
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> Mark Scott
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> Luther College
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> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Kevork Krozian
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> Sent: Sat 29/04/2006 5:51 PM
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> To: Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing List
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> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] VITTA Annual Conference 2006 --- Call for Papers -NOW OPEN
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> Hi Folks,
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> Apologies for duplcates of this message.
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> VITTA Annual Conference 2006
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> November 20-22, Flemington Racecourse
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> Call for Papers - NOW OPEN
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> ICT Educators from primary and secondary schools, tertiary institutions,
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> sector authorities, business and industry are invited to participate in
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> building the program of Victorian Information Technology Teachers
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> Association's 2006 Annual Conference.
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> Conference Theme - ICT: Imagination, Creativity & Thinking
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> ³Young people need to develop the creative skills needed in the workplace
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> of the future. Fast-moving technology and global communications call for an
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> ability to produce creative solutions to complex problems. Creative teaching
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> practices can help develop and release students¹ creativity, increasing
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> their ability to solve problems, think independently and work flexibly.²
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> (DfES, UK, 2005)
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> Creativity is moving up the school agenda. As it does so, the emphasis is on
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> creative thinking applicable across all curriculum areas. It promotes
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> originality, collaboration and creative spaces. For children to be creative
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> they need stimuli. These may include curriculum, technologies or buildings
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> that stimulate expressive responses, but may also include difficult,
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> real-life problems that require creative thinking to solve.
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> Creativity involves thinking or behaving imaginatively. Part of the
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> challenge of creativity for both teachers and students is the willingness to
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> explore the unknown, to be innovative, to *risk-take¹ and to collaborate
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> between classes and schools.
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> Consider the levels of creative opportunity in your school or classroom.
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> ? What can you do to encourage creativity in your own practice and in your
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> students¹ learning?
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> ? Can the school environment and your classroom be changed to promote
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> creativity and imagination?
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> ? Can the organisation of the school day be altered to promote creativity
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> and thinking?
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> The innovative three-day conference program is designed to provide attendees
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> with a variety of lecture style presentations, demonstrations, hands-on
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> computer sessions and trade show demonstrations, incorporating best practice
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> teaching and learning. There are many opportunities for presenters to
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> effectively communicate their ideas and share innovative practices.
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> Abstract submissions are now being accepted - simply log in to your VITTA
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> account to submit. If you do not already hold a VITTA web account, you will
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> firstly need to activate an account.
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> To submit your abstract for this years conference, please go to
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> http://www.vitta.org.au/c4p < http://www.vitta.org.au/c4p <http://www.vitta.org.au/c4p> >
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> Submissions close May 30th
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> Enquiries: VITTA ph 9495 6836, conference at vitta.org.au
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