<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><br><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">VITTA Conference 2009</span></font><br>
<div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Slide to Open - digital learning<br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1875"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2361">Monday</span></span> 22 - <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1876"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2362">Wed</span></span> 23 <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2363">November</span><br>Grandstand, Flemington Racecourse<br><br>Sessions filling fast so <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1877"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2364"><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conference2009" target="_blank">register now!</a></span></span><br>Registration prizes: For each week that registrations are open, one lucky delegate will win one of these fabulous prizes: </span><font size="3" face="Arial">netbook, iPod nano, Blue Snowball USB
microphone, digital pen note-taker, Nintendo Wii console, iPod Touch
and a Flip digital camcorder, Kindle 2 e-book reader, and more!</font><br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>The VITTA conference will commence on <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1878"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2365">Monday</span></span> <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1879"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2366">23 November 2009</span></span>and
on <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2367">Wednesday</span> distinguished keynote speaker Steve Hargadon founder of
Classroom 2.0 will speak about "School 2.0 Where we're headed and what
to do about it" as part of a three day program of inspiring
presentations, hands-on workshops and
special events. <br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#003300"><font color="#003300"><font color="#003300"><p><font color="#003300">The founder of Classroom 2.0, the director of the K12 Open Technologies Initiative at the Consortium for School Networking ( <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2368"><a href="http://www.k12opentech.org/" target="_blank">CoSN</a></span> ), and the Community Manager for LearnCentral.org. Steve is an expert in educational technology,
and is passionate about Web 2.0, social/educational networking, Free
and Open Source Software, computer reuse, and computing for low-income
populations. He runs the Open Source Pavilion and speaker series for
the NECC, CUE, and T+L shows, is the organiser of EduBloggerCon, hold a
series of free workshops (Classroom 2.0 LIVE) to help educators learn
about the educational uses of the participative aspect of the Web, and
runs interviews series at FutureofEducation.com and Conversations.net. </font></p>
<p><font color="#003300">He is the Emerging Technologies Chair for NECC, a regular columnist at School Library Journal, and blogs at <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2369"><a href="http://www.stevehargadon.com/" target="_blank">www.SteveHargadon.com</a></span> .</font></p></font></font></font><br><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't miss out on this important professional learning opportunity.</span><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1880"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2370"><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conference2009" target="_blank">Hurry, register now!</a></span></span><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><br>-- <br><div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2371">jo@vitta.org.au</span><br>W: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2372"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vitta.org.au/">www.vitta.org.au</a></span><br>Suite 209, 134 - 136 Cambridge St,<br>PO Box 1099<br>Collingwood, VIC, 3066, Australia<br><br>Slide to Open ~ digital learning<br>VITTA Conference 2009<br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2373">Mon</span> <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2374">Nov</span> 23 - <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2375">Wed</span> <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2376">Nov</span> 25<br>Grandstand Flemington Racecourse<br><br>Follow us on </font><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2377"><a href="http://twitter.com/vittaconference" target="_blank"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Twitter</font></a></span></div></div><br></div><br><br>-- <br><div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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>Slide to Open ~ digital learning<br>VITTA Conference 2009<br>Mon Nov 23 - Wed Nov 25<br>Grandstand Flemington Racecourse<br><br>Follow us on </font><a href="http://twitter.com/vittaconference"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Twitter</font></a></div></div><br></div></body></html>