[Year 12 IPM] IT in VELS

[frankm at sjcs.melb.catholic.edu.au]

Thanks Michael,
At last....someone who sees the point!!
Not only may the expertise be lacking, but how about access to IT resources, time to teach their units, interest in teaching ICT skills...not all teachers are interested in ICT skills.

It seems to me that in some schools IT teachers have simply "stopped fighting" for the place of IT as a specialist area of the curriculum. All of a sudden, Arts, maths, Engish etc teachers become IT teachers?????

Regards,


"Michael Warden" <warden.michael.d at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:30:18 +1000 wrote:
> Here is my 2 cents worth....
> 
> IT teachers should teach a Year 7 introductory course specialising in:
> 
> 1). Effective File management procedures.
> 2). Word Processing of reports, letters and resumes suitable for "High
> School" level using suitable templates etc.
> 3). Effective Web Page authoring so students can (create) and/or edit their
> own web sites with suitably-formatted text, images and hyperlinks.
> 4). Spreadsheets to show students how to enter and select data to create
> effective graphs.
> 
> No offense to any Eng/SOSE/Math/Sci teachers, but they may not have the
> necessary expertise and knowledge of correct layout/formats to effectively
> instruct the students.
> 
> Any comments.....
> 
> 
> 
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