VOLUME 2 : NUMBER 31 : AUGUST 03, 1984 „ AUG - 9 1984 CANADA MANPOWER INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAM Mr. Jack Cooper, formerly the Executive Director of the Occupational Training Council, is now on site. He is one of the provincial Canada Manpower Industrial Training Program Coordinators working on the development of job experience and training packages with employers in the City of Vancouver. He is presently working in the O.L.I, office, located adjacent to the Ministry of Labour office. HWR VCC-VANCOUVER VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE VACATION LIBRARY I will be on vacation from 1984 August 7-17, inclusive. During my absence, Dr. Lamoureux will be acting in my stead. HWR JOB OPPORTUNITIES WI - Laundry Attendant (Receiving Department) tentatively 15 hours per week. Apply in writing by 1984 August 08.• LANGARA CAMPUS - Clerk Typist I-II (Student Records Section - Evening Division) - Hours of work: Monday to Thursday - 14:00 - 22:00, Friday 8:30 - 16:30. Apply in writing by 1984 August 06. BETH HENSON'S RETIREMENT Tickets for Beth Henson's retirement dinner, to be held m the WI Dining Room on 1984 August 21 at 18:00, are now available. Please see Kim Cabral if you would like one. The menu for this gala affair is: Avocado Pear with Crab Consomme with Sherry Rib Eye Roast, Yorkshire Pudding Fresh Vegetables and Potatoes in Season French Pastry Coffee The bar will be open for wine. TICKETS, $12.50 per person. KC I^INCOU^ER COMMUNITY Vancouver Vocational Institute £ COMPUTER AWARENESS PROGRAM In addition to the computer awareness program applicants already registered, I am pleased to report that the following have also signed up: Fern Reed Fiona McComb Morris Defeyter Jan Kotaska Pat Smith Moreah Hamend Wynn Hicock Gabriel Ferron Ann Ashcroft Business Registration Services Power Engineering C.E. Post-Basic Nursing Health Services Medcom Business Food Trades Nursing Shirley Simms Nursing Barbara Parker Rene Jolicoeur Parveen Jiwani Nursing Dave Wooding I .M.S. Food Trades I.M.S. If you wish to sign up, please give Brian Dwyer a call at local 238. MEL LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS The following books are now available in the Library: North American Radio-TV Station Guide Bowker/Bantam 1984 Complete Sourcebook of Personal Computing The Handbook Handbook Programming the Z-80 Dental Implants Modern MOS Technology PHOTOCOPIER IN ROOM 220 Departments that do not have photocopying facilities may use the photocopying machine presently situated in the Program Development Department (Room 220). Access to this room is by obtaining the key from Carole Hector. The machine may be used to copy up to a maximum of ten copies per original. Items requiring more than ten copies should be sent to campus printing. BD COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD The WI has just received a Community Service Award from the Canadian Red Cross. The Blood Donor Clinics held at the WI have contributed greatly toward replenishing the blood bank at various times. GC FOOD TRADES Too many dishes are removed from the Food Trades Department and not returned. If this continues, the cost of food will be affected. Please keep an eye on each other and remind everyone that tableware should be kept in the Food Trades Department. AS COURSE PACKAGES - O.L.I. Effective 1984 September 30, all orders of 20 copies or more per item will qualify for a 15% discount if 60 days' lead time is provided. The lead time will allow O.L.I, to consolidate printing and, consequently, to offer this discount. Anyone planning large orders for January should place them by the end of October. MEL CONTINUING EDUCATION TELEPHONES C.E. Office Private line 682-5844 V.V.I. Local (252) Keith Dunbar Millie Anderson Corinne Ladd Roger Schofer Ruta Stanbury Career Awareness Office V.V.I, local (253) John Chinack Ita Clenachan Margaret Dechenne Career Start Program Office (located in Rooms 307, 308 and 309) Private line 683-7755 V.V.I. Local (254) Frances Long (Cromie after Sept. 1) Sandra Moore Greg Miller Jennifer Murphy In addition, in the near future, the Post Basic Nursing Group will be occupying the former Program Development space. KD WORLD CONGRESS ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY CALL FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS THE EVENT The World Congress on Education and Technology, in Vancouver, Canada, May 22-25, 1986, will consider the implications and impact of technology on education and society in general. Up to 10,000 educators, technologists, government representatives, philosophers and futurists are expected to attend. THEMES In order to facilitate discussion, the World Congress is organized around seven themes: TEACHING AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS AND APPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING POLICY AND PLANNING THE FUTURE SOCIETY These themes will promote the face-to-face contact of a smaller meeting while encouraging the diversity of a comprehensive conference. PROGRAM FORMATS A variety of stimulating learning experiences for programs in each of the themes is being sought. Each program will be approximately 75 minutes long and will be repeated a number of times throughout the four-day event. In submitting a program proposal, the following types of formats can be kept in mind: workshop — featuring interactive participation address — a talk, followed by a question period, perhaps accompanied by a prepared paper demonstration — of a new approach forum — brief presentation, followed by discussion clinic — a "hands-on" approach to skill development debate — discussing two sides of an important question panel — different speakers, different aspects of a topic PROGRAM PROPOSAL Each program should contain the proposed title, desired learning outcomes for the session, brief outline of content, and program format. Only proposals in writing will be considered and should not be more than two pages in length. Deadline for submission is September 15, 1984. RESOURCE PEOPLE Return air fare to Vancouver, accommodation/food during the World Congress, and a small honorarium will be provided to all approved resource people. Program proposals and additional information requests should be directed to: David Rivers, Congress Director World Congress on Education and Technology 1155 West 8th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 1C5 The World Congress on Education and Technology is a project of the British Columbia School Trustees Association. EXAMPLES OF TOPICS UNDER EACH THEME TEACHING AND LEARNING CAI/CAL Teaching Programmmg/LOGO, etc. Research Teacher Education Learning Theories Disciplines — various MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY Education Administration Administrative Uses: finance scheduling communications data base office functions Curriculum Control Keeping Current EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Vocational Education Training for Employment The Future Workplace Job Creation THE FUTURE SOCIETY Technology Affecting: work leisure economy social relations environment Acceptance of Technology Social Impact INNOVATIONS AND APPLICATIONS Space Computers Communications Telidon Videodiscs Health Medicine New Initiatives/Ideas Translation Devices/Languages SPECIAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS Distance Learning Special Education Lifelong Learning POLICY AND PLANNING The Right to Privacy Education's Goals Copyright Control Technology and Creativity Values Sharing Ideas, Information and Technology Standardization Preserving Cultural Identities Global Coordination World Congress On Education And Technology THEMES TEACHING & LEARNING Theories of learning, new designs for curriculum, teaching about and teaching with computers will be discussed as this theme focuses on the interaction between the new technology and the classroom. MANAGEMENT The challenge inherent in managing new technologies affects everyone in the educational community. Administrative applications—financial reporting, scheduling, communications, data banks, office functions — will undoubtedly be explored by Congress participants. EMPLOYMENT Technology is creating new opportunities for employment and career preparation. An indepth look at these opportunities in the context of the changing workplace will be offered. THEFUTURE Congress participants are promised a crystal ball into the future, looking at how technology will affect our work, our play, culture, the environment and how we will get along with each other. INNOVATIONS Hardware and software take center stage in a world-class & TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING SOCIETY & APPLICATIONS exhibit and a variety of learning sessions designed to demonstrate innovations in technology and unique applications to education. SPECIAL NEEDS We will look at unique applications to serve the specialized needs of individuals, including the education of the physically and mentally handicapped and the use of technology as a means of bringing people together. POLICY & The effects of technology on human values and goals; questions of privacy, control and ethics in an information & INTERESTS PLANNING 4. society...these are all part of a multi-faceted dialogue aimed at "rounding out" the issues of education and technology.