The Event
This webcast is of an event being held by the Metropolitan Regional Group of the Australian College of Education at Ryan Hall, Nudgee College, Brisbane, Queensland on Wednesday July 29 1998 from 4-7pm. The afternoon will be chaired by Associate Professor Neil Dempster.

The Metropolitan Regional Group of the Australian College of Education is keen to bring educators together to hear about how recent developments in Vocational Education and Training are affecting our schools. What are the realities of Vocational Education and Training in schools - for teachers, for students, at the system level?

Professor Alan Cumming will speak about Vocational Education and Training from the policy perspective. Professor Cumming led the Task Force that culminated in the publication of Coordinating Diversity (1996). Is the reality matching the vision? Practitioners from schools including a Head of Department, Coordinators, and a classroom teacher will speak about the impact that Vocation Education and Training is having in their school.

Instructions
You will need to ensure that you have at least Real Audio 5.0 Player on your computer.  You download the FREE Real Audio 5.0 Player from the Real Audio web site. Follow the instructions at the site and install the player on your computer.

Once you have installed the player, click on one of the test files below to ensure that your player works.  You may need to adjust the volume on your computer to hear the sound at a suitable level. It is recommended that you connect your sound card to a ghetto blaster, boom box or some other audio device that will allow you to amplify the sound.  This is particularly so if you are using a laptop computer.

Real Audio Test Files

• Introduction File - sound only
• You're a Natural - Part 1 - sound only
• You're a Natural - Part 2 - sound and grayscale video
• Combined File - Introduction (sound only) and You're a Natural Part 2 (sound and grayscale video)

Real Audio Live Broadcast
The Live Broadcast - 29th July 4.00pm - Completed
This event was broadcasted successfully. People in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, , Nurioopta, Brisbane, Cairns and Hervey Bay listened to the broadcast.

The saved file of broadcasted event can be listened to at any time by accessing the saved file. You must have the Real Audio Player installed. If at any time during the broadcast the audio stream should stop, click the Play button on your Real Audio display again to restart the audio stream.

The Speakers

• Emeritus Professor Alan Cumming, Dean, Faculty of Education, QUT Email: a.cumming@qut.edu.au

• Ms Leah Richards (HOD Senior Schooling, Dakabin SHS) - PowerPoint slides are available during this presentation. You may choose to view the slides during Ms Richard's presentation

• Mr. Paul Christensen Cleveland SHS lmnpac@redland.net.au

• Ms Sandra Harrington / Mr. Terry Donahue (VET coordinators, Nudgee College)

Acknowledgements
This event was made possible due to collaboration by the following organisations:

Faculty of Education, QUT

oz-TeacherNet

The Australian College of Education - Metropolitan Regional Group

The Australian Student Traineeship Foundation

The Aussie SchoolHouse

The Netride - David Potter

ACER - Juli Rush