[Yr7-10it] Brilliant VITTA conference - congratulations to all who worked on this outstanding event

[Roland Gesthuizen]

 Kevork is right .. in the end it is a win for the team. He has inspired me
again with a great session about the splendid work he does at his school!

Karl Fisch has contacted us, asking to publish the video interview online.
Coolies :-)

Once back at school, we nicked all the desks from a room and lined them up
in the corridor to make a giant slide to move the 75+ computer boxes from
the truck and back to the labs. .. Even if I am now sore all over for moving
so many boxes, it was a sight to see them all slide back into their place.
My voice has gone and school reports beckon quietly from a corner of my
laptop. I have enough strength left to move my fingers and type .. aghhh, to
find the will.

Regards Roland

PS: Apologies all for the proxy error that broke the Internet for session
one .. after a last min patch, it slipped into the final image before it was
deployed to all the workstations. My bad.

2008/11/27 Kevork Krozian <Kroset at novell1.fhc.vic.edu.au>

> 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
>
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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