eVALBEC
May 2005
VALBEC: Active, Informed Committed Practitioners
This is the electronic newsletter of the Victorian Adult
Literacy and Basic Education Council sent on the first of each month to over 800
practitioners.
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IN THIS ISSUE OF e-VALBEC:
1. Portraits and Visions: keeping
the learner in sight – 2005 VALBEC Conference
2. Creating Digital Stories in 1 hour or less - Still some vacancies
3. VALBEC AGM and Twilight Forum – June 1
4. NCVER Research project
5. Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme
6. Back copies of Fine Print - Free
7. Contacts database
8. Unsubscribe?
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1. Portraits and Visions: keeping the learner in sight – 2005 VALBEC Conference
May 20, 2005 at the William Angliss College, Melbourne
Registrations continue to roll in with interest
from Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania and all over Victoria.
See the program at http://www.valbec.org.au and
follow the links. You can also register online or download a registration form or
click this link <mailto:conf@valbec.org.au?subject=Send_2005_Conference_RegForm> and
we’ll email you a registration form as an attachment.
Registrations received
after May 13 cannot be guaranteed a place at the conference.
Program changes
Unfortunately Anne Paterson,
TAFE NSW Access and General Education Curriculum Centre has had to withdraw her
presentation "Capturing their lives - Captivating the learner"
It will be replaced by Daryl Evans “Histories…and displays”
A practical workshop on display and literacy with applications to the classroom
and adult literacy organisations. More details at http://www.valbec.org.au
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2. Creating Digital Stories in 1 hour or less - Still some vacancies
Friday 6 May from 1pm to 4 pm. at Lab 3000, Level 3, 257 Collins
Street, Melbourne
There are still a small number of vacancies on this workshop. This
is no charge for VALBEC members for this workshop but booking is essential and numbers
are strictly limited.
Would you like to learn how to put together a digital
story in 1 hour or less? Come along to this session and learn the fundamentals to
get you going. You will walk away with a digital story. We will also discuss how
you can use digital storytelling as part of your classroom teaching.
Participants need to bring some digital photos (these can be related to something
you are doing in the classroom, or your own personal photos). You can also bring
music on CD (if you wish, although we will have some for you to use) and a sense
of enthusiasm to have a go!
The Practical Matters session will be conducted by Debbie Soccio from Victoria University.
RSVP to Debbie Soccio at 9919 8762 or email debbie.soccio@vu.edu.au
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3. VALBEC AGM and Twilight Forum – June 1
Wednesday 7 pm on June 1st, 2005 at Kew Neighbourhood
House, 2-12 Derby St, Kew. Melways 46 D5
Light supper provided
Twilight Forum
Guest Speaker
: Dr. Bev Campbell
AGM
Members
are invited to attend and hear reports on the 2004 VALBEC year and elect their
representatives for the coming year. Formal notice of meeting and nomination forms
will be sent to all financial members in the next few days.
VALBEC Committee
nominations
Thinking about taking a more active role in VALBEC?
We are keen
to bring some new blood onto the committee. Are you a committed, active and informed
practitioner? Do you enjoy engaging in dialogue with colleagues over a meal and
a glass of wine? Do you have strong ideas about how the adult literacy, basic education
and numeracy fields have evolved and should continue to develop?
Then consider “stepping up” to join the VALBEC committee at the AGM.
Call one of the committee to discuss what is involved in being on the VALBEC committee:
Lynne Matheson 93477072,
Fran O’Neill 9269 8304,
Ann Haynes 92698381
Robyn Hodge 96520719
John Radalj, 52250788
Pauline O’Maley 93720675
Sheryl Sinclair 57236119
Jacinta Agostinelli (overseas Term 2)
Debbie Soccio 93042830
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4. NCVER Research project
TAFE NSW Access and General Education Curriculum Centre
have been funded by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
to research "The current and future professional development needs of the
language, literacy and numeracy workforce" and are currently sending surveys
to various stakeholders in the field. The VALBEC committee response can be seen
at http://www.valbec.org.au.
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5. Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme
Proposed Programme Changes for 2006 – 2008 Tender
Consultation
VALBEC was represented by Lynne Matheson at the forum held in February and a response
was sent and subsequently acknowledged by DEST. See our web site http://www.valbec.org.au for
the VALBEC response.
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6. Back copies of Fine Print - Free
A limited number of copies of Fine Print back to late
1999 are available to members. You can view most copies online via our web page http://www.valbec.org.au and
then send us an email indicating precisely which issues you want. There is a limit
of four issues per member at this stage.
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7. Contacts database
Have you got someone on the phone asking for a literacy
class for a friend who lives in Altona?
Has one of your students moved and wants to know what classes are available near
Bendigo?
Remember the popular and much used VALBEC contacts list? This current online version
is available and just two clicks away. Keep this link on your favourites / bookmark
list or minimise it so that it is there on the desktop for quick access.
http://valbec.org.au/contacts/index.html
We continue to update this list so check that
your provider details are correct. Use the online form to update your information.
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eVALBEC is the monthly electronic newsletter of (VALBEC) the Victorian
Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council.
E-mail: info@valbec.org.au
Web: http://www.valbec.org.au
Postal: Box 861 Springvale South VIC 3172
Ph: 03 9546 6892