[Year 12 SofDev] Brilliant VITTA conference - congratulations to all who worked on this outstanding event

[Kevork Krozian]

Hi Folks,

  Sorry to lumber you with cross posts BUT ...

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.

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.

 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. 

 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.  


 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.


  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. 



Signing off from this great love in

Warm Regards


 

Kevork Krozian
IT Manager , Forest Hill College
k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
http://www.fhc.vic.edu.au
Mobile: 0419 356 034