[Year 12 SofDev] VITTA Conference 2008: Last Minute Session Announcements - Don't miss out!

[Lisa Chadderton]

*Shift Happens ~ technology alone will not save us
VITTA Annual Conference 2008
Rydges Bell City, Preston
Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 November
www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo*

With just over one week remaining before the VITTA Annual Conference begins
for 2008, VITTA is gearing up for its best conference yet. We've had a
flurry of registrations and last minute additions to the program including
two not to be missed sessions outlined below:

Tuesday 25 November 11:50am
*2318 - **BrainPOP in the Promethean Activclassroom - Steve Brazier
(Promethean)*
Founded in 1999, BrainPOP (www.brainpop.com) creates animated,
curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. Our
award-winning online resources include BrainPOP, for grades 3 and up and
BrainPOP Jr., for grades K-3. Our newest resource, BrainPOP Educators,
features free tips, tools, and best practices by and for our teacher
community.
Ideal for both group and one-on-one settings, BrainPOP is used in numerous
ways, from introducing a new lesson or topic to illustrating complex subject
matter to reviewing before a test.

Wednesday 26 November 11:50am
*3318 - Making a 1:1 Successful - Jeff Mao (Learning Policy Director, Maine
Learning and Technology Initiative)*
Jeff Mao is the Learning Policy Director for the world's largest and  highly
successful school 1:1 laptop initiative in the state of Maine  USA. In this
session Jeff will share lessons learned from the challenges they've faced
along the way, and how they manage to keep smiling with over 40 000
concurrent users!  Gain valuable insights into hardware, software, learning
platforms, useful applications and capacity building for new teaching and
learning practices.

We're really pleased to welcome both Jeff and Steve to the program and
invite you to register for these sessions online at
www.vitta.org.au/conference. Any delegates who have already registered and
wish to change their preferences can simply contact the VITTA Office on the
details below.
Don't forget that all registrations during the month of November go into the
draw to win a 1.5" Digital Pocket Photoframe valued at over $70! This great
little gadget will assure that you're never without your favourite shots
again.

Other great features of the VITTA Conference include:

   - The Nintendo room - packed full of fun and educational games that you
   can utilise in the classroom including the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS


   - The Expo - with over 60 exhibitors offering a range of educational and
   technical products


   - Sun Microsystems Networking/ Internet Lounge - a bank of computers so
   you can check your email and browse the web!


   - Prize giveaways - from Electronic Whiteboards to a Nintendo Wii, to
   Apple iPods and laptop computers you could be a lucky winner!


   - Over 200 fantastic presentations to choose from covering all aspects of
   ICT in education


For more information visit the VITTA website
www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfoor contact the VITTA Office on +61 3
9495 6836. We look forward to seeing
you all there.

Regards,
VITTA Conference Team
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Lisa Chadderton
Senior Project Officer
VITTA
P: +61 3 9495 6836
F: +61 3 9495 6834
M: 0402522596
E: lisa at vitta.org.au
W: www.vitta.org.au
Suite 209, 134-136 Cambridge St
PO Box 1099
Collingwood VIC 3066
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