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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>Invitation to attend:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><STRONG>Educational Technologies Launch </STRONG></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Swinburne University is launching the Graduate Certificate in Educational Technologies commencing 2012 and together with Keynote speaker, Tony Brandenburg, President, Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE) will address the importance of ICT professional development for teachers in schools, given the release of the National Standards for Teachers and the ICT general capabilities in the Australian Curriculum. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Date: 24 November 2011 </P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Time: 5.00pm - 7.00pm </P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Location: Hawthorn, TD121 </P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Register to attend: <FONT color=#0000ff><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/edtech">swinburne.edu.au/</FONT><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/edtech"><FONT color=#0000ff>edtech</A></FONT></A> </P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Cost: No charge </P>
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<DIV><STRONG>About the Graduate Certificate in Educational Technologies</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Arial, Geneva, Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(102,102,102); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>The significant and increasing use of educational technologies in the classroom has brought new demands and challenges for teachers in Primary and Secondary schools. The Graduate Certificate in Educational Technologies aims to provide understanding, confidence and tools for Primary and Secondary teachers to enable them to incorporate educational technologies into a variety of teaching contexts, combining a formal education with reflective and research components. Hands-on experience will allow teachers to develop a high degree of competence in the use of tools that enhance teacher capabilities and learning outcomes and promote student engagement.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Arial, Geneva, Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(102,102,102); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>The program aims to prepare teachers to meet the growing demands of educational technologies, which are available to teachers and commonly used by students and the pedagogy around their use.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Arial, Geneva, Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(102,102,102); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>To find out more about this course, please visit our <A href="http://courses.swinburne.edu.au/courses/Graduate-Certificate-in-Educational-Technologies-I135/local">website</A>. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Bianca van Meeuwen<BR>ICT Outreach Officer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Swinburne University of Technology<BR>PO Box 218 John Street </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Hawthorn 3122</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au">bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au</A> </A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>p: 9214 8768<BR>f: 9819 5993</FONT></DIV>
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