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[Donna Benjamin]

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From: "Robin Hutton" <robinhutton at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, 9 October, 2009 9:41:57 AM GMT +10:00 Canberra / Melbourne / Sydney
Subject: [echalk] ACEC2010: Digital Diversity - Registration is now open!

To all echalkers from Robin Hutton President of ECAWA. 
The following just came in and looks like being a fantastic conference. Get out you calenders and put in the dates and get your travel permissions early. 









Dear Colleagues, 



ACEC2010: Digital Diversity 
Tuesday 6 - Friday 9 April 2010 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 
http://acec2010.info 

The Australian Computers in Education Conference is on again and ICTEV is delighted to announce that bookings for ACEC2010: Digital Diversity have now opened. The ACEC2010 is the biennial conference of the Australian Council for Computers in Education will be hosted by ICT in Education Victoria in April 2010. 

This comprehensive conference program delving into ICT enriched learning anywhere, anytime best practice, will be of interest to all educators and leaders throughout the Australian education sector. For conference program updates visit http://acec2010.info from mid October to follow the evolving program as it is finalized. Be part of ACEC2010: Digital Diversity. 


The four day conference program features an abundance of sessions, on-site educational visits, countless trade exhibits and the highly regarded leadership forum, which in April 2010 will focus on the national curriculum and ICT, all of this will take place in the brand new and very impressive Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. 

Program at glance 
Tues 6 April: 
Pre-conference hands-on workshops and the Leadership Forum focusing on the national curriculum and ICT 
Registration, Welcome Cocktail Party and opening of the Trade Expo 

Wed 7 - Fri 9 April: 
300 Presentations from Australian ICT leaders and classroom practitioners, including 35 hands-on workshops and 75 refereed papers from academics and educational on-site visits. 

Thurs 8 April: 
Conference dinner, Victory Room, Etihad Stadium 

Keynotes: http://acec2010.info/keynotes 
Sylvia Martinez, President of Generation YES, advocating student involvement in education reform through technology. Prior to joining Generation YES, Sylvia oversaw product development, design and programming for consumer software, console games and educational games at several software publishing companies. 

Alan November , Technology and Learning Magazine named Alan one of the nation’s 15th most influential thinkers of the decade. In 2001, he was listed one of eight educators to provide leadership into the future by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse. 

Gary Stager , Executive Director of The Constructivist Consortium, for 27 years Gary Stager, an internationally recognised educator, speaker and consultant, has helped learners of all ages on six continents embrace the power of computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self expression. 

Adam Elliot, Academy Award winning director of films such as Uncle, Cousin , Brother , Harvie Krumpet and the recently released Mary & Max. Adam’s world famous claymation will a be highlight to educators who are interested in using this technique with young Australians in their classroom. 

Tom March , ‘Bright Ideas for Education’ 

Chris Rogers , MIT Boston 

‘ On the Couch with Jeff Richardson ’ ABC, ‘The Coodabeens’ 

Conference ticket options 
Early Bird Ticket: $660 (Early Bird expires 28 February 2010) or Individual Day Tickets: $250 per day. Conference tickets are available online from http://acec2010.info 

Why you will want to act soon! 
1. If you register for the conference by 30 October 2009, you will go into the draw for two free tickets to the conference dinner. 
2. You are able to book the full conference at Early Bird rates. 
3. Don’t miss out on your preferences, take the Early Bird option and book into what you want to see. 

Warm regards 










Michelle Cox 

ICTEV Executive Officer 

michelle.cox at ictev.vic.edu.au 

www.ictev.vic.edu.au 




ICT in Education Victoria Inc 

Professional Teachers' Association 

Statewide Resources Centre, Level 2 Room 10 

150 Palmerston Street, Carlton Victoria 3053 

Ph: 03 9349 3733 Fx: 03 9349 5356 





















Don't forget - ACEC2010: Digital Diversity conference 6-9 April 2010 www.acec2010.info 

For 30 years, ICTEV has been dedicated to the support of Victorian teachers and initiatives by introducing and developing strategies for the use of the computer in the classroom, and to use ICT tools in appropriate and effective ways for the development of student outcomes. 







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Robin Hutton Network Manager Warwick SHS. President of The Educational Computing Association of Western Australia 
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