Slide to Open ~ digital learning Media stream

Catch the rhythm, channel your expression, music and multimedia meets digital learning

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Slide to Open ~ digital learning Media stream VITTA Annual Conference and Expo 2009
This year the Slide to Open ~ digital learning conference will be alive with hands-on sessions with a music focus. For music specialists and non specialists alike Slide to Open will explore the diverse ways in which digital technologies are helping primary and secondary teachers implement multimedia and music in cross disciplinary learning areas. The VITTA Conference will introduce well respected local, interstate, international keynotes and presenters who will discuss media education and lead practical workshops using the latest cutting edge technology and contemporary learning.

Keynotes:

Monday November 23 at 2.00pm in the Forum

Lee Whitmore

Distinguished educator, author, clinician and keyboardist, Lee has been a leading advocate for the integration of technology in arts education for nearly twenty years. Lee is an author for Alfred Publishing’s Music Tech Series, a complete curriculum for music composition and recording for secondary school students. In addition to founding SoundTree, a division of Korg, Lee also served as adjunct faculty member at Columbia University Teachers College, VP for Education at Cablevision Systems Corporation (1999-2002), and treasurer for the Technology Institute for Music Educators (www.ti-me.org, from 2001-2008).

Lee Whitmore, Ed.D., is director for education market solutions for Avid Technology, the established leader in creative digital media, from video to audio and music. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, Lee is responsible for Avid’s educational strategy, relationships and partnerships, throughout the world. Prior to working in market solutions, he was the education technology and sales director for Sibelius Americas, a part of Avid.

Tuesday November 24 at 2.00pm in the Forum

Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey providing information on musical education and the national curriculum. Ian Harvey is the Executive Officer of the Australian Music Association. He administers the wholesale, retail of music products that supply to the public an schools. Associate members include piano tuners, private music studios, software developers and other active music bodies, such as TOAN or ABODA.

Wednesday November 25 at 2.00pm in the Forum

Dr Steve Dillon

Creative Engagement: Making sense of media through Creative ensemble performance

Dr Steve Dillon is Project leader for the Australasian Cooperative Research Centre for Interaction design (ACID) Network Jamming Research Creating new instruments and ways of learning for media performance. He is founding director of the save to DISC (Documenting Innovation in Sound Communities) Research Network which examines and documents the qualities and relationships between music, meaning, cognitive and social benefit, health and well being. Steve is a senior lecturer in Music and Sound and music education in the Faculty of Creative Industry, Queensland University of Technology. His research focuses upon meaningful engagement with music making in schools and communities. http://www.jam2jam.com/ <http://www.jam2jam.com/> http://www.savetodisc.net/ <http://www.savetodisc.net/> "

There are 38 sessions over the three days with practical sessions in MACs and PC labs for hands on workshops.

Experience the new Sibelius 6, Pro Tools, podcasting, Avid Media Composer, Open source and music resources on a shoestring, digital music worksheets, backing tracks, learning to use the interactive whiteboard for music classes, music teaching with iPods, Jam2Jam, online collaborative music applications and much more…

Learn, share and enjoy while building networks with colleagues.

Go to www.vitta.org.au/conference 2009

Proudly sponsored by AVID Technologies,
Proudly supported by : AMA, Amuse, DEECD, AISV, ATOM, ASPA, VAGTC, SLAV, PixelEd, TLF