<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear Colleagues,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Please forgive the cross post and intrusion into the lists. The VITTA Conference is coming up early in August. The strength of the conference is always the program – it is a conference by teachers for teachers. As you know, the Committee of Management continues to provide a free day's registration for presenters. We very much hope that you will consider submitting a paper.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">I would like you to join our international keynote, Yong Zhao from Michigan State University, Greg Whitby, Executive Director of the Parramatta CEO and futurist Craig Rispin and many others. With dedicated strands for VCE IT, digital citizenship, Middle School and Primary ICT, our program is the strength of the conference. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; "><br style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">A major highlight of the VITTA conference is the extensive expo with over 60 exhibitors providing a diverse range of educational products and services. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">There will also be a fully catered social networking hour for attendees that will put delegates present in the running for our great prizes on both Monday and Tuesday.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><br style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><br style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">We invite you to submit your paper <b>no later than than next Tuesday April 17. </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/callforpapers2012">http://www.vitta.org.au/callforpapers2012</a></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000ee" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">For those attending as delegates, the beginning of Term 2 is the time to put in an application to attend the conference with your Professional Learning Coordinator. The conference is early Term 3 this year.</font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: Calibri; "><br style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: Calibri; ">Best wishes for Term 2 and I look forward to seeing you early August.</span></div><div><div style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(26, 124, 207); font-size: xx-large; font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri" size="4"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri" size="4"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(28, 100, 206); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Phil Callil</span></font></span></font></span></b></p></font></b></font></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 18px; "><div><div style="font-size: medium; "><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><b><br></b></span></div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; ">President and Conference Director 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Victorian IT Teachers Association (VITTA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Australia’s largest ICT in Education organization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; "><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.vitta.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; ">VITTA Conference 2012 – “Reign of the Cloud”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; ">August 6 and 7, Caulfield Racecourse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; 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