[Year 12 IPM] IT in VELS
Rod Kendall
rod.kendall at overnewton.vic.edu.au
Mon Jun 5 20:04:31 EST 2006
Dear All
IT is a discreet subject area. ICT is a tool for the delivery of
curriculum (by Teachers and Students). Below is an agreed definition and
understanding that we have come to at my school. IT CANNOT be delivered
in the curriculum, ICT skills can. If we say IT is delivered across the
curriculum, we are saying, for example, that all teachers will talk
about how a disk drive works, how an operating system is the interface
between hardware and applications. If you believe that then you are
sadly mistaken.
Do not confuse IT and ICT
VIVA IT Teachers!!
Clarifying the difference between ICT and IT
As part of the Interdisciplinary Strand in the VELS, it is understood
that ICT underpins all other domains. 'Information and Communications
Technology, as an interdisciplinary domain, focuses on providing
students with the tools to transform their learning and to enrich their
learning environment'. (V.E.L.S 2005) 'Information and communication
technologies are the computing and communications facilities and
features that variously support teaching, learning and a range of
activities in education. Such ICT-related activities include, for
example, the use of:
* CD-ROM (eg. History) ;
* Micro-computers with keyboards (eg literacy and writing) ;
* Keyboards, effects and sequencers(eg music teaching);
* Devices to facilitate communication for pupils with special
needs( eg Special Education);
* Electronic toys to develop spatial awareness and psycho-motor
control( eg Physical Education);
* Email (eg. Writing and sharing resources);
* Video-conferencing (eg. L.O.T.E.);
* Internet-based research (eg. geographical enquiry);
* Integrated learning systems (eg. numeracy);
* Communications technology to exchange administrative and
assessment data.(QCA Schemes for Work for ICT)
Whilst ICT is a secondary tool to the primary focus of enhancing
learning in all areas of the curriculum IT (Information Technology) is a
separate and distinct subject. 'The study of Information Technology
focuses on the capacities, scope and limitations of hardware and
software, and their implications to carry out specialized
applications.'(V.C.A.A. Study Design 2006) Explicitly, 'IT capability at
school age includes:
· Understanding of how information is structured in a database;
· Skills in searching the World Wide Web;
· Understanding how computers can stimulate real processes eg
predator-prey relationship;
· Skills in using software to communicate effectively;
· Understanding how ICT can be used to control things;
· Knowledge of how to use ICT securely, with consideration to
others' feelings, privacy and ownership of material.'(QCA Schemes of
Work for ICT)
Cheers
Rod
Rod Kendall
Head of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Overnewton Anglican Community College
2-30 Overnewton Rd
Keilor VIC 3036
Direct Tel : 03 9334 0134
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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Keith Richardson
Sent: Mon 5/06/2006 6:20 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] IT in VELS
Fellow IT teachers...
I know that I sound like a broken record, but I firmly believe that we
are fighting a losing battle unless we realize one fundamental
psychological fact:
"People will venture into 'dangerous risky new difficult territory'
(read IT for non-IT teachers) ONLY if THEY feel a NEED for it."
So unless that happens, GIVE UP!
So then, my embattled and threatened and frustrated friends, our task is
to 'deviously' develop strategies and machievellian tactics to achieve
our ultimate goal - force the non-IT teachers into a desperate
need-state that only we can satisfy. How you do it is up to you - maybe
how you did it would be a great story to share here - but do it we must
or our time of opportunity will fade away.
I look forward to reading exciting true-life scenarios from the annals
of successful IT Inspirers.
Cheers, Keith
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:06:36 +1000, fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au said:
> They see the relevance of IT in their subject areas but only as far as
> typing up a document or maybe using a spread sheet - anything else is
too
> new. I could be really mean - the problem is their complete lack of
> confidence in using computers. It is just in the way tooooooooo hard
> basket for them. I know it comes back to me as the Learning Tech
> co-ordinator that I need to go back over the same ground with them
again
> and again and again etc etc etc. They are under pressure to use
> equipment, material, resources which they just dont understand and, in
> some cases, dont want to understand. (I have a staff member who uses
> their laptop daily but is proud of the fact that they have never sent
an
> email) In some ways I sympathise with them. They are in the
predicament
> of learning what VELS is all about and then being told - oh BTW you
have
> to include interpersonal skills, thinking skills and ICT skills into
your
> English/Maths/French class. For many teachers (and I am sure this wou
> ld include some IT teachers) this is such a completely different
> mind-set from what they are comfortable with that it just gets too
much
> for them. I also feel (and this is my personal opinion so please dont
> shoot me) that as groups, it is more difficult for secondary teachers
to
> come to terms with these aspects of VELS than it is for primary
> teachers.
>
> This is why it is so fundamental to me that we really argue our case.
If
> anything, because of the new domains, dimensions included in VELS, it
is
> imperative that we keep ICT as discrete subject.
>
> I am very lucky in that I have the year 7's for a semester, have
various
> electives through our 8 to 10 vertical elective program and am running
> vce classes.
> frankm at sjcs.melb.catholic.edu.au on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:11:16 +1000
> wrote:
> >
> > Fiona,
> > No...no way...are you telling me that some teachers don't see the
relevance of ICT in their KLA? Surely not...they will all happily
integrate it into their units....won't they?
> >
> > On a serious note, Fiona, thanks for your input. I suspected this
sort of thing was going to happen...but then again, if they do not want
IT teachers teaching the basics....then....where are students going to
get their ICT skills?????
> >
> > Regards,
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:45:17 +1000
wrote:
> > > following on from this - I have had two English teachers tell me
that there is no place in their reports to include IT as a cross
curricula subject because, wait for it, it (the IT VELS) is all about
constructing web pages and things like that. When I asked them about IT
for communicating I got told they couldn't get it to apply to English!!
> > >
> > >
> > > "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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