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<DIV>Hi Ros,</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm a bit perplexed. Are you the driver of Moodle and don't have admin
access? </DIV>
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<DIV>Phil Brown</DIV>
<DIV>Oxley College</DIV>
<DIV>9727 9917<BR><BR>>>> Meadows.Roslyn.M@edumail.vic.gov.au 22/6/2005
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hello
all</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>After reading about some
of<BR>your forays into Kahootz I decided to check it out tonight - there are
tutorials<BR>and examples on the website www kahootz.com.au.(teacher resources
link)<BR> (Sorry Greg) I think I will give it a go with my new year 8's
next<BR>semester (only 2.5 weeks away!)</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meanwhile I have finally got Moodle to
work<BR>- I had to<STRONG><STRONG> beg</STRONG> our intranet administrator (a
library<BR>technician) to allow me to create my own courses - before yesterday
all I could<BR>do was edit my profile and post to a forum!! I have created
courses for<BR>each subject I teach, also for each year level and the House
system, and have<BR>uploaded lots of resources etc. As Big Kev would say "I'm
excited" ! I can't<BR>wait for a few others to catch on.</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>A BIG worry if Info Tech is integrated
and<BR>not a stand alone subject - we have to email our reports to the edumail
address<BR>of the person who prints them out and late last week another staff
member was<BR>telling me she was overjoyed that she had finished her reports the
night before,<BR>but still hadn't emailed them because she had problems logging
onto edumail when<BR>she got to school that morning. I asked her why hadn't she
emailed them from<BR>home using her private ISP and she said "but they have to
be sent to edumail so<BR>I can only do that from school can't I?" And to think
these people might be<BR>teaching IT as part of their SOSE or English allotment
in the near future!!!! To<BR>me this is totally scary. And I believe that these
non IT teachers would<BR>find it scary too - and certainly not approach
the teaching of ICT with anywhere<BR>near the enthusiasm of the IT
teachers who live, breath and eat their<BR>subject for
dinner!</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I find it totally
unbelievable,<BR>that considering ICT is an area that is expanding
exponentially, that<BR>VELS does not make ICT at least as important as either
English or Maths. Even we<BR>as a group are constantly having to update our
knowledge - how many of<BR>us had even heard of blogs, wikis, moodle
etc say two years ago? Surely to be<BR>adequately prepared for the future our
students need a more extensive grounding<BR>in ICT. Australian companies are
subcontracting programming to Indian companies<BR>because of a shortage of
skills and the rate of pay here, and the Indian<BR>companies are
subsubcontracting the same work out to Chinese companies. And the<BR>reason
these countries can do this programming? - because they began massive
ICT<BR>education campaigns when they realised that it was the way of the
future<BR>and one way to improve their economies. So more Aussie dollars
go offshore.<BR>We will be left in the wilderness if our students are not given
these<BR>skills.</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Enough griping!</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a wonderful wonderful
holiday<BR>everyone, thank you for all your emails - one of my favourite
(relaxing) parts<BR>of the day is getting home and reading through everything
that comes to me via<BR>the edulists.</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Cheers<BR></DIV><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr>Ros Meadows<BR></DIV><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr>TONS<BR></DIV><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr>Bentleigh SC<BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B><STRONG></B><A
href="mailto: ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</A><BR>on
behalf of Marshall, Graham F<BR><B><STRONG></B>Wed 22/06/2005
7:23<BR>PM<BR><B><STRONG></B>Year 12 Information Technology Processing and
Management<BR>Teachers'Mailing List<BR><B><STRONG></B>RE: [Year 12 IPM] Re: OT
Kahootz and<BR>7-10 IT<BR></FONT><BR><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Greg,</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Used your training material before and
it<BR>was<A href="http:// fantastic."> fantastic.</A> Any help with Kahootz will
be<A href="http:// great."> great.</A></FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>My year 8/9/10 are enjoying the<BR><A
href="http://program.">program.</A></FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Graham Marshall -
Bayswater<BR>SC</FONT><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>
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<BR><BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B><STRONG></B><A
href="mailto: ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</A> on
behalf of<BR>Greg Bowden<BR><B><STRONG></B>Wed 6/22/2005 12:15
PM<BR><B><STRONG></B>Year 12<BR>Information Technology Processing and Management
Teachers'Mailing<BR>List<BR><B><STRONG></B>Year 7 - 10 Information Technology
Teachers' Mailing<BR>List<BR><B><STRONG></B>[Year 12 IPM] Re: OT Kahootz and
7-10<BR>IT<BR></FONT><BR><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><< ?fontfamily>><< ?param Arial>> Hello
everyoneFurther the discussion<BR>a couple of weeks ago about the structure of
IT in the 7-10<A href="http:// curriculum."> curriculum.</A> I’ m<BR>wondering
what schools are doing with<A href="http:// Kahootz."> Kahootz.</A> It seems to
me to be a program<BR>that lends itself to being taught in a stand alone IT
class then used by other<BR>KLAs once students know how to use it<A
href="http:// properly."> properly.</A> I can’ t see KLAs at my
school<BR>providing much class time for the learning of<A
href="http:// Kahootz."> Kahootz.</A> I’ ve just started<BR>teaching Kahootz to
a year 8 IT class and I am hoping at the end of the unit one<BR>of the other
teachers of the class will set a project using<A href="http:// Kahootz.">
Kahootz.</A> I must<BR>confess to also having a personal interest in<A
href="http:// Kahootz."> Kahootz.</A> I’ ve developed a teaching<BR>unit for it
and I am trying to decide whether it is worth the time and effort to<BR>send a
flyer to schools (not much use if not many schools have started to use<BR><A
href="http://it).">it).</A> So any feedback on your opinions of Kahootz and its
use would be helpful<BR>(e-mail me off the list if you<A
href="http:// prefer)."> prefer).</A> If you would like to have a look at
some<BR>sample pages of the Kahootz unit they can be viewed at<<
?color>><< ?param<BR>0000,0000,FFFD>><A
href="http:// www.gct.com.au"> www.gct.com.au</A><< ?/color>> - then
follow the Kahootz<BR><A href="http://link.Greg">link.Greg</A> BowdenICT
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