<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Dear Edulist subscriber (sorry for crossposts)<br><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><strong>Visual literacy</strong></span>
is something all students and teachers need to be familiar with.
Students can produce digital visual content in a few minutes with our
mobile devices but is it great content? Mobile phones, flip cameras,
iPhones and the iPod Touch are all pervasive and visual information is
everywhere online. The importance of being visually literate cannot be
overstated. It is for this reason that VITTA is conducting the 1 in 1
competition again this year. Find out how you can use the creation of
digital content to teach Visual Literacy with mobile technologies in
your classroom.</p><p><br></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Who is this for?<br>
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<p>Teachers of any subject and any year level can incoprporate thye
teaching of visual literacy though mobile devices into their classes.
It is especially suitable for teachers of Secondary English and
humanities students and all primary students.</p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><strong>About 1in1</strong></span><br>
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The task: to create a 1 minute video using a mobile phone or mobile
technology. 1in1 is a video competition for teams of school students.
1in1 is a challenge for school students to work closely together in a
team to plan, film, edit and create a short video. Teams plan their
video, film it, then edit it on computer so that it is just 1 minute
long. The final product can be a video or animation</p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><strong>Aims of 1in1 Competition</strong></span><br>
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1in1 is a challenge for school students to work closely together in a
team to plan, create and film a short animation. It is also about
active participation, problem solving, creative thinking, (as, for, of)
learning in multimodal ways and having fun.</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><strong>Date</strong></span>: Thursday March 18, 2010<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><strong>Time:</strong></span> 4:30pm to 6:30pm<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><strong>Venue</strong></span>: VATE Training Room - Suite 201, 134 Cambridge Street, Collingwood Melways Map Ref: MAP 2C, E9<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><strong>BYO:</strong></span> Laptop<br>
<br><br>More information and registration <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/visual-literacy-with-mobile-technologies" target="_blank">here</a><br>Register here: <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/visual-literacy-with-mobile-technologies" target="_blank">http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/visual-literacy-with-mobile-technologies</a><br><br><br>-- <br><div><div>Jo McLeay<br>VITTA Professional Learning Officer<br>T: +61 3 9495 6836<br>F: +61 3 9495 6834<br>M: +61 (0) 402 087 017<br>E: jo@vitta.org.au<br>W: www.vitta.org.au<br>Suite 209, 134 - 136 Cambridge St,<br>PO Box 1099<br>Collingwood, VIC, 3066, Australia<br><br><br>Bookmark <a href="http://vitta.org.au/events/category/training-events" target="_blank">VITTA's Professional Learning Program 2010</a><br><br>Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/VITTALearning" target="_blank">VITTALearning</a> on twitter<br></div></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></body></html>