[Year 12 IPM] Basic IT Skills

[sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au]

We're in the middle of starting this ourselves. 

My interests are thinking skills and web design. I'm developing a program from 7 to 10 that tries to deal with the structured nature of web documents. We will try to use the idea of outlining ideas via web authoring (visualising thinking skills). We are looking at how we can incorporate concept mapping in the mix using software (CMap tools) and post-it notes, crayons, butcher's paper etc.

So far this is a glint in my eye and a few notes written in Amaya (the W3C's free authoring tool that I'm assessing).

Laurie

frankm at sjcs.melb.catholic.edu.au on Sat, 20 May 2006 14:25:04 +1000 wrote:
> 
> Dear Fellow IT Teachers,
> We are currently in the process of working out what we (IT) will be offering in our vertical curriculum structure, that begin in year 8 and finishes in year 10.
> 
> We are planning to introduce a "foundation" semester length IT unit into year 8 that would address many of the basic VELS ICT skills. We see that this as an effective way of preparing students to utilise ICT in other KLAs more effectively. With such a unit, IT teachers would be able to teach the required foundation (basic) skills in a consistent manner. Ideally one would rather have this type of unit in Year 7, but curriculum restructuring last year lead to computer studies beng deleted from the year 7 curriculum.
> 
> I am wondering if you have set up such a unit in your school, perhaps in years 7 or 8 or even 9. Also, I am currently evaluating how the book 'Practice IT' book 1 (new edition) could fit into such a programme. For example, if you have experience in the use of Practice IT, how many units from the book have you found you can complete in a semester?
> 
> I welcome any ideas/suggestions you may in this matter. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
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> Frank Merlino
> St. Joseph's College
> 135 Aphrasia St
> Newtown, Geelong, Vic
> Australia, 3220
> (03 52 268100)
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Laurie Savage
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Student Assessment/Reporting & Tracking
Pascoe Vale Girls College
Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AU  9306 2544