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Netbooks and the Global Teacher Project
 In order to assist teachers to maximise the potential of the Netbooks Trial in Victorian schools to support student learning, teachers are encouraged to participate in online collaborative activities and/or projects with other schools involved in the trial. These projects would enable teachers to communicate and collaborate with schools in different parts of the state knowing that the same core set of applications is available to the students involved. An **Expression of Interest form** is available    for teachers who would like to establish an online collaborative project with other schools involved in the Trial. The aim is to provide authentic and rich learning opportunities for students in which communication and collaboration are central. As the coordinators of their project, applicants are required to describe the rationale for the project, how other schools could be involved, the ICT to be used, links to VELS, including Literacy and Numeracy, and the type of support desired. The Global Teacher project will provide the project coordinators for up to three projects with support and guidance throughout the project as outlined below:
 * Make available at least one face-to-face meeting at the school location and ongoing online support to establish and develop their project
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">This support may involve planning, technical assistance for setting up a blog, wiki or other collaborative space, assisting schools to connect to other schools or other negotiated support
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Provide support to the project coordinator to thoroughly scope out the project with a specific focus on a VELS integrated approach
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Two after school visits per project for purposes of developing rich collaboration with a strong curriculum focus and providing face-to-face professional learning opportunities.

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Expressions of Interest close **Friday, April 3, 2009**. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">