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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear TEAV
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This year’s
annual TEAV Conference, themed <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Linking
Learning, Thinking and Doing” </I>is taking place at
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Northland</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Secondary</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">College</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friday 11<SUP>th</SUP> and
</B></SPAN><st1:date Year="2007" Day="12" Month="5"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saturday
12<SUP>th</SUP> May 2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. We are
currently in the process of contacting those that may be interested in <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">presenting workshops </B>that align with
the theme on either of these two days. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">TEAV aims to
target those educators passionate about technology, who can ignite enthusiasm
and inspire other educators and students with astounding ideas and innovative
approaches. Workshop presenters will gain free entry to the conference on
their presentation day, have their name published in the conference booklet and
will also receive a certificate for their work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">TEAV is now
seeking proposals for workshops that address the <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Linking Learning, Thinking & Doing”
</I>theme. Theoretical lecture style workshops are welcome, however practical
“hands on” workshops are highly encouraged. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">TEAV is ideally
looking for workshop proposals that will address the
following:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Encouraging
student thinking and learning by putting technology into
action<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Projects that
demonstrate the changing nature of Technology Education<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adopting
multidisciplinary practices in the technology classroom<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Projects that
promote innovative thinking and design in technology
education<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -39pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">School projects
that inspire and showcase inventiveness in engineering<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -39pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Projects that
stimulate and support creatively in the school setting<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -39pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Making
connections between students, materials and products<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -39pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Planning &
creating a safe and effective Technology workspace at
school.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This year’s
conference promises to be a great opportunity to learn, network, discover new
resources and ideas emerging from industry and, of course, to catch up with
fellow technology educators and to even meet new ones. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Workshop
proposal forms are available at <A
href="http://www.teav.vic.edu.au/">www.teav.vic.edu.au</A> and please be sure to
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">email proposal forms back to <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><A href="mailto:eo@teav.vic.edu.au"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U>eo@teav.vic.edu.au</U></SPAN></A></I>
by </B></SPAN><st1:date Year="2007" Day="9" Month="3"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March
9<SUP>th</SUP> 2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I sincerely hope
that you can be involved in the TEAV Conference this year and I look forward to
working with you very soon.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kind
regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adriana Agosta</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Conference Organiser</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Technology Education Association of
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Victoria</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><st1:Street><st1:address><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">150 Palmerston
Street</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CARLTON</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>VIC<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3053<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">p.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 9349 1538<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">f.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 9349 5391<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">e.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
href="mailto:eo@teav.vic.edu.au">eo@teav.vic.edu.au</A></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
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(I realise some of you may have already received this email from other lists.
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