Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education

is pleased to invite all members to:

The 2008 QSITE Annual General Meeting

Friday 29 February 2008, 7:00pm

Anglican Church Grammar School, Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane.

Nicholls Theatre in the Stanley and May Smith Science Centre.

The 2008 QSITE AGM Agenda will include:

Confirmation of State Office Holders

Launch of the new QSITE website

Announcement of the 2007 QSITE Award Winners

Special motion to incorporate into the Rules (constitution) the new class of members - Corporate

Also featuring...

Keynote address by

Dr Margaret Lloyd

Senior Lecturer in the School of Maths, Science and Technology Education,

Queensland University of Technology:

"What's happening with IT in the Senior Phase of Learning?"

Extract... Each state and territory in Australia offers specialist IT studies in the senior secondary curriculum. Since the start of the millenium, however, numbers in these subjects have been falling and the gender disparity has been increasing.

This presentation will outline student participation in these subjects in Queensland as well as in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Consideration will also be given to the experiences of Year 10 students as recorded in MCEETYA's (2007) reporting on the national ICT Literacy Testing and being investigated in a current major research study.

Given the national importance of IT in the context of the digital education revolution, the circumstance of falling numbers in these subjects is of major concern. Redressing this free fall should be a goal of educational systems across Australia and a major consideration in the framing of new (state or national) curriculum offerings in IT.

Dress: smart casual

RSVP: 20 February 2008

Enquiries: QSITE Secretariat, p: 07 5429 5214, e: secretary@qsite.edu.au