August 2008

APAN26 Sustainable Networking
4 August 2008 – 8 August 2008
Queenstown, New Zealand
The Asia Pacific Advanced Network Consortium meeting is Asia Pacific’s foremost event for showcasing advanced broadband networking applications and technologies for research and education.
APAN26 will explore how ICT developments and advanced networks are changing research and collaboration in the Asia – Pacific region – and contributing towards environmental, regional and operational sustainability. This event is an opportunity for New Zealand’s education and research sector to connect with power users of advanced network applications and services.
Luke Paardekooper
luke@paardekooper.co.nz
+ 64 4 5684576
+ 64 4 568 4563 (fax)
http://www.karen.net.nz/apan26/

Whatever!
8 August 2008 – 8 August 2008
Auckland
Presented by Mark Treadwell. The new opportunities made possible by the internet offer educators the chance to radically change their learning and teaching pedagogy.
Sue Maloney
info@learningnetwork.ac.nz
(09) 835 0912
(09) 835 0918 (fax)
http://www.learningnetwork.ac.nz

Free NZ Teacher Seminar and Field Trip in Second Life
10 August 2008
Glidden Campus
You've heard of Second Life the online virtual world... no one can explain it, it has to be experienced. Now is your chance to go on a guided virtual field trip to SL see it for yourself.

Find out how SL works and how citizens interact with it and each other, explore and experience a range of islands/regions and discuss the educational possibilities of SL.
Time: 4.30pm beginning at Second Life's Glidden Campus (225 218 25)

For more information about how to get online with SL and/or to register for the seminar please contact Konrad 'Konrad Snoodle' Konlechner; email kkonlechner@aic.ac.nz
Konrad 'Konrad Snoodle' Konlechn
kkonlechner@aic.ac.nz

Wild Asia (G)
13 August 2008 – 13 August 2008
7:00 pm
Creatures of the Thaw: As winter's icy fist unclenches, spring brings new life to an array of fascinating freshwater inhabitants in the water – blessed regions of Asia's north eastern corners.
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1764828

ExperiMental (G)
17 August 2008 – 17 August 2008
4:30 pm TV3
Irreverant, amusing, and always entertaining, ExperiMental travels the world in search of the craziest experiments ever performed and challenges the scientists responsible to repeat their bizarre experiments in front of the camera. Although the experiments may seem silly, many of them have played an important role in genuine scientific research and some of them have ultimately led to surprising scientific breakthroughs or real world applications. http://www.tv3.co.nz/Programmes/Reality/ExperiMental/tabid/531/Default.aspx?showid=3D15315

Impact (PGR)
17 August 2008 – 17 August 2008
9:35 pm Prime
Reality series examining real – life cases where a victim goes through a sudden moment of impact and uses re – enactments, computer animation and interviews to show how the human body reacts and victims can fight against
the odds to survive and recover.

Earth Report: Blast
19 August 2008 – 19 August 2008
7:10 pm
In the Philippines fishermen kill their catch with explosives – and Jojo de la Victoria was shot dead for trying to stop them.
http://www.tve.org/earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=3D18
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Privacy Awareness Week
24 August 2008 – 30 August 2008
Nationally
Privacy Awareness Week is an annual promotion by the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) group which includes privacy commissioners from Australia (including New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory), Canada (including British Columbia), Hong Kong, Korea and New Zealand.The week is an opportunity for governments, business, schools, and individuals to promote privacy awareness.
http://www.privacyawarenessweek.org/paw/

RED – August North Island Bus Tour
25 August 2008 – 29 August 2008
Leaves from Auckland
The North Island Bus Tour is offered four times throughout the year. Each bus tour begins with all participants meeting at Renaissance Auckland at 8:30am on the Monday. On Monday to Wednesday, the participants will visit two schools a day. In the evening there is a debrief where the highlights of the day are noted and discussed. Thursday is spent at a single school and on Thursday evening the tour travels to another to stay the night and then make a final wrap up on Friday.
Sarah Bayliss
s.bayliss@red.co.nz
(09) 968 3739
(09) 968 3650 (fax)
http://www.red.co.nz/bustrips.htm