[Yr7-10it] Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] acec2010 - closes today

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Awesome to meet up with everybody at Jeff's Shed this week! Sorry that there
were no more free iPod touches to hand out for the late registrations
although you still ended up hearing what many reckon is Gary Stagers best
ever keynote address! I still have an image of an IWB bear waving a chainsaw
stuck in my head .. that and music by the black eyed peas on the boppy
closing number.

I was delighted to discover that #ACEC2010 turned out to be the number one
hashtag in Australia for a couple of days, betting records set even by Hey
Hey and Q&A ..  there is a goldmine of great information buried amongst
thousands of posts so even if you didn't go, make sure you explore this for
links, ideas and reflections. Academics can also browse the papers that were
presented at the conference.
     http://acec.info

Check out some of the interesting artwork by ECAWA president Robin. He did
some freehand doodles and photos during the conference on a notepad,
coloured them in on his laptop on the flight home then tossed them into
Flickr when the plane landed in WA! It was great to meet up with him and
learn some of his artwork secrets so watch out at future meetings when I
squint my eyes, lick my pencil tip and start to scribble an caricature of
your image :-)
     http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinhutton/

ECAWA will host the 2012 conference so watch this space.

Regards Roland

Disclaimer: I was a member of the technical team and ICTEV organising group.
No one person can pull off an event like this .. it takes an entire village.

On 9 April 2010 07:37, Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au> wrote:

> I've been at ACEC2010 this week, helping out in that way that I do at
> these kinds of events. Today's the last day.
>
> There've been many discussions - some of you might have seen the twitter
> stream http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23acec2010 Good to see some of you
> there, sorry to miss those who couldn't make it.
>
> The leadership forum on Tuesday was all about the National Curriculum,
> and there were notes of disappointment from some of the voices about the
> lack of ICT in that vision as it stands. Alan November had the crowd
> fired up on Wednesday. Yesterday, Sylvia Martinez got 'em thinking and
> Adam Elliot inspired laughter and reflection on the nature of a digital
> profession. What will today bring?
>
> Gary Stager and Chris Betcher will keynote today. And the conference
> will close with a handover ceremony to ACEC2012 in Perth.
>
> The National conference on computers in education won't be back to
> Melbourne for a while...  Last time it was here was 2000. How much has
> changed since then, how much will change in the next decade?
>
> Whether teaching with computers, or about computers, mobile devices,
> virtual communities, networks, clouds, nanocomputing, quantum computing,
> biotech and wearable gadgets...  The dialogue at these events is just
> the tip of the iceberg.
>
> If you've got a moment this morning, why not head to Jeff's shed, get an
> expo only ticket and join us for lunch?
>
> Or perhaps join the NING... http://acec2010.ning.com/
>
> The conference proceedings are available online now at
> http://acec2010.info
>
> --
> Donna Benjamin          ACEC2010: Digital Diversity Conference
> web & tech committee    Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
> http://acec2010.info    6 - 9 April 2010
>
> Already coming? http://acec2010.info/wear-it-on-your-sleeve
>
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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