<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Friday 10th August 2007<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dear Systems Engineering Teachers,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>At a recent DATTA (TEAV) workshop help for Systems Engineering Units 2 & 4 it was suggested that a site be setup to share resources relevant to teaching Systems at the Secondary level.</DIV><DIV>I volunteered to setup and manage the site which has been organised through edna: <A href="http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go">http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">Education Network Australia (</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;"><B>edna</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">) is Australia’s leading online resource collection and collaborative network for the education and training community.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">To become a member of the VSET forums (2 at present) you will need to register with edna if you are not already registered (free).</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>You will need to Register with edna Groups, and the best</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>way to do that is to direct them to </I><A href="http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#002BF0"><I>http://www.groups.edna.edu.au</I></FONT></A><I> and</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>then to click on Register. They will be required to confirm that</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>registration by email.</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>Once you have registered and the group is made available, you</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>will be able to access it by going to</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1469"><I>http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1469</I></A><I> and inputting the</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>invitation key.</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>The invitation key is VSET</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>Edna expect all Group members to comply with netiquette as defined in our</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>Conditions of Use.</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>These can be found at</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=28343"><I>http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=28343</I></A><I> and a link</I></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>is displayed in your "welcome" section.</I></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV>I have set up two forums for discussion and to upload and download resources. We have some great worksheets already.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV>The two forums are:</DIV><DIV>Systems Engineering VCE Units 1-4</DIV><DIV>Systems and Electronics Years 7-10</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There is a 10mb upload limit which should give us plenty of scope for contributing material to the forums.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Neville Young from Glen Waverley has got the ball rolling with a wonderful contribution to date. Thanks Neville. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks also to Adriana Agosta from DATTA for her assistance with getting the site started.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hope you can join the team at VSET and make this edna Group a successful one.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yours sincerely</DIV><DIV><BR> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Peter A Ward</SPAN></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Physics / Systems Engineering Teacher</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Euroa Secondary College</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><A href="mailto:ward.peter.a@edumail.vic.gov.au">ward.peter.a@edumail.vic.gov.au</A></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>