[Year 12 IT Apps] No ITA at McKinnon in 2012

[Paul Golub]

Hi Mark,

we've never run SD here always ITA.
Next year there is NO ITA as we didn't run Units 1 and 2 this year.
First time ever, that I can remember, there will be no Year 12 IT of any kind.

We will be running Units 1 and 2 next year. Roughly 16 students.

Regards
Paul Golub
Santa Maria College
50 Separation Street
Northcote 3070
Ph: 9488 1674



-----Original message-----
From: Mark KELLY kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:30:10 +1100
To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List" itapps at edulists.com.au, "Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List"sofdev at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] No ITA at McKinnon in 2012

Hi all.

As I feared, ITA didn't get enough enrolments to run in 2012 - for the first
time in about 15 years.

Strangely enough, Software Development *is* running - and before this year
it hasn't run for 3 years.

Actually, I'm kind of relieved since SD is more interesting anyway, and ITA
seems old, dry and tired. Perhaps it's just because I've been teaching it
since forever, or it may be that the new study design is partly to blame -
and yes! normal forms, I AM looking at you.  And I'd also put some blame on
the freakishly large and long U4O1 - my kids were exhausted at the end of
that.

After a hiatus this year, Units 1&2 return to McKinnon in 2012, and since I
have barely looked at them it will be another fun year compiling resources
for those units.
If the ITA embargo continues and SD continues to run, I may craft units 1&2
to be heavy on programming to better funnel kids into SD in the following
year.

Do you guys know what units will run at your places next year?

-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
VCE IT Lecture Notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Edulist <http://www.edulists.com.au/>

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