Sounds like a great tour with some good learning opportunities to share back in the classroom .. thank you for organising this :-)<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 July 2010 16:28, Bridie Mackay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bridie@vitta.org.au">bridie@vitta.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hurry, don't miss out on this great experience to see the ICT Industry in action!</span><br></p><p>Have you ever wondered what career paths are available in the ICT
industry? The ICT Week Industry Bus Tour, to be held on Friday July 30,
will see 40 ICT and Careers teachers from around the state conduct site
visits at several locations throughout Melbourne. Each location will
provide a different insight into the ICT industry. This could be you -
Register now!<br>
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Download the<a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/documents/item/390" target="_blank"> Itinerary </a>here.</p>
<p>A preliminary itinerary is provided below (please note that this is subject to change).</p>
<p><b>8:00am</b> Registrations @ VITTA</p>
<p><b>8:30am</b> Departure</p>
<p><b>9:00am</b> Site Visit 1 <a href="http://www.nicta.com.au/" target="_blank">National ICT Australia</a>
(NICTA) is Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Centre of Excellence at The University of Melbourne (includes morning
tea)</p>
<p><b>10:30am</b> In Transit Industry Speaker 1</p>
<p><b>11:00am</b> <a href="http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing</a>,
Swinburne University dedicated to fascination in the Universe through
research and education including Astronomy Visualisation, Star &
Planet Formation, Pulsars, Globular Clusters, Supermassive Black Holes,
Galaxy Evolution and Big Bang Cosmology <br>
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<b>12:00 pm</b> In Transit Industry Speaker 2</p>
<p><b>12:45 pm</b> Site Visit 3 <a href="http://infotech.monash.edu/about/projects/museum/" target="_blank">Monash University Caulfied</a> Includes Lunch, Computer Games (with Andrew Owen) and computer museum tour – lunch provided</p>
<p><b>2:15 pm</b> In Transit Industry Speaker 3</p>
<p><b>3:00 pm</b> <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/screen_worlds.aspx" target="_blank">Screenworlds</a> @ <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/" target="_blank">Australian Centre for the Moving Image</a> (ACMI) Federation Square </p>
<p><b>4:15 pm</b><a href="http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/signal/Pages/Signal.aspx" target="_blank"> Signal Creative Arts Centre for young people</a> Signal is Melbourne’s first arts studio dedicated to people aged 13 to 20</p>
<p><b>5:15 pm </b>Return to VITTA</p>
<p>The day will not only be a fun introduction to possibilities in the
ICT industry, but also a great way to network with colleagues and
industry representatives.</p><p>Register online at <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/ict-industry-bus-tour-applications-open" target="_blank">http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/ict-industry-bus-tour-applications-open</a></p>
<p><br></p><p><br></p><br><br>___________________________________<br><br>Bridie Mackay<br>Senior Project Officer<br>Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association<br>T: +61 3 9495 6836<br>F: +61 3 9495 6834<br>E: <a href="mailto:bridie@vitta.org.au" target="_blank">bridie@vitta.org.au</a><br>
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