Welcome to Slide to Open ~ digital learning

The Grandstand, Flemington Racecourse

Mon 23 Nov | Tue 24 Nov | Wed 25 Nov

Sun 22 Nov - Preconference workshops

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The 2009 VITTA Annual Conference and Expo is shaping up as the best ever. With over 350 submissions in 2009, the range and diversity of sessions is vast, and lights up the spectrum of ICT in education.

Conference Opening

VITTA is pleased to announce that the Hon John Lenders MP Minister for Information and Communication Technology will be opening Slide to Open ~digital learning, VITTA Conference 2009

Concurrent Conferences and Events

We have sessions for teachers delivering the core VCE and VET curriculum in both the Information Technology and the Multimedia domains, sessions on VELS, and a conference within a conference for primary teachers, music teachers and Early Years. The Principals and ICT Leaders conference program will include pre-conference sessions with certifications of completed modules. The conference will continue to provide exclusive seminars and workshops with Larry Johnson, Steve Hargadon and Sandy Phillips.

Why participate?

• Over 200 speakers - Diverse range of sessions for all educators
• Explore the latest technologies to enable digital learning best practice in class and across all school processes - netbooks, iPods, blogs, digital tablets, multimedia, mobile and wireless technologies, robotics and more...
• Update knowledge and requirements for the specialist IT Studies and VCE VET Interactive Digital Media
• Learn about exciting ways to implement the interdisciplinary strands of VELS and enquiry based learning
• New to 2009 sees the introduction of a music stream for teachers wishing to utilise digital learning with music P-12
• Network with colleagues and ICT experts
• Extend your professional and personal understanding of ICT in teaching and learning
• Learn about the latest global, national and local ICT curriculum developments
• Learn of new intiatives promoting ICT careers
• Get up to date with ICT leadership and technical initiatives
• Wii Idol Final competition takes place Tuesday November 24 ~ Join in the Fun
• So You Think You Can Rock? Come to the finals on Wednesday afternoon to finish the conference celebrations
• Inaugural Technicians' Conference
• Check out the Conference Expo - over 60 exhibitors who can assist the school's decisions in implementing ICT
  infrastructure and elearning plans