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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Dear Colleagues,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>This year VITTA has merged with ICTEV to form the new organisation </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#548DD4'>Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>. We are gearing up for the 2014 inaugural DLTV Conference - <b><i>Creating New Connections</i></b>. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#333333;background:white'>With the amalgamation of VITTA and ICTEV it is not just about combining the old but also about creating the new. This includes new members, new beginnings, a new way of thinking, and Creating New Connections! By joining the dots we are making the new connections that are needed in an ever growing network of educators in the digital age. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>It is all about creating the new with an ever growing network of educators in the digital age.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>The Conference is on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July 2014 at Swinburne University, with the technical stream events concentrated on Friday. We would like to fill the day with the best topics for you and for you to steer that direction. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>So, to provide the most useful day for you we need your help and advice. We need to know what topics you are interested in, who you would like to present, what the software, hardware and management topics and other pressing issues you would like to have addressed. Perhaps there were ideas raised last year that you would like to see extended this year. The timeline however is tight!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>We hope you will be able to respond quickly to this email and let us know! By letting us know what you want, we will have the best possible starting point. If you have a topic of interest that you would like to share with your colleagues, then we would be delighted if you would tell us about it and put in an expression of interest. </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.dltv.vic.edu.au/call-for-papers"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>http://www.dltv.vic.edu.au/call-for-papers</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Swinburne is a great venue, readily accessible with a train nearby, bus and tram access and a multi-storey car park. Remember to put the date of the conference into your calendar.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>C<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>onference Information Page: <a href="http://www.dltv.vic.edu.au/2014-conference"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.dltv.vic.edu.au/2014-conference</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>I look forward to hearing from you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Kind regards,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Paul</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black'>Paul Wright</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>T: +61 3 9349 3733</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>M: +61(0)488 545 995</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Level 2, 150 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="mailto:fay.richardson@dltv.vic.edu.au">paul.wright@dltv.vic.edu.au</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Follow us on </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3900FE'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DLTVic"><span style='color:#3900FE;text-decoration:none'>Facebook</span></a> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>| <a href="https://twitter.com/dltvictoria">Twitter </a> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="http://www.dltv.vic.edu.au/">www.dltv.vic.edu.au</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><img border=0 width=318 height=94 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:E345B8C2-23FA-4521-87DA-54E9A4C1D48C" alt="cid:E345B8C2-23FA-4521-87DA-54E9A4C1D48C"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Quicksand Regular";color:#0A5283'>Supporting excellence and innovative uses of ICT in education for pre-service teachers through to principals engaged in the continuum of learning from early years to careers.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>