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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Ha<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 28 May 2015 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] A research question...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree with David, it all comes down to relevance and engagement.&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have over 60% of our Year 9 boys co-hort taking up an ICT elective, but the girls numbers are trailing behind.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We do 'Web Development' and another subject called 'Think ICT' in Year 9, and 'Game Making' in Year 10.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Michael Ha</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Physical Education<br>
Penleigh and Essendon&nbsp;Grammar School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 28 May 2015, at 9:36 am, Howard, David &lt;<a href="mailto:dhoward@stmichaels.vic.edu.au">dhoward@stmichaels.vic.edu.au</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">It is all down to making the courses relevant and exciting for students. They don&#8217;t want to be doing excel and access. They want to be creating solutions that they see as relevant
 to them. If you can pitch a subject where they can see it being beneficial for their future you will get numbers.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Our numbers are strong and continue to be strong. I have around 30-40% of the Year 9 co-hort who go through the elective subjects. I think that is massive.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">&lt;Wraight&gt;, Timothy J &lt;<a href="mailto:wraight.timothy.j@edumail.vic.gov.au">wraight.timothy.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Year List &lt;<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 28 May 2015 9:24 am<br>
<b>To: </b>Year List &lt;<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Year 12 SofDev] A research question...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 very effectively in many areas of education as a learning tool and I think many people think that this means students are &#8216;learning&#8217; ITC. &nbsp;But it needs to be remembered that it is just a tool in these situations, used to help impart knowledge and skills of
 what ever the subject matter is, but you are not learning about it. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 about how the book is made, where the paper came from, and the processes involve in producing it. &nbsp;Yet in our curriculum we have areas in which students learn about these things, they learn about natural resources in science and humanities, they learn how
 to work with materials such as paper and produce things in art and technology subjects. &nbsp;I believe it is exactly the same with ITC, there is nothing wrong with it being increasingly used as a tool throughout the curriculum but it still needs to be studied
 seperately, so that students can gain understanding of how it works, what makes it up and where it comes from. &nbsp;Not only that, studying ITC seperately means that they will be able to use it more effectively when they use it in other subjects. &nbsp;One of the biggest
 problems I see these days is students (and teachers!) know how to use ITC really well as long as it works as intended. &nbsp;As soon as something goes wrong they are lost, because they have no deeper understanding of it to be able to troubleshoot!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pasco Campus<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">On 28 May 2015, at 8:33 am, Kent Beveridge &lt;<a href="mailto:kbeveridge@stbc.vic.edu.au">kbeveridge@stbc.vic.edu.au</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 non importance. Many staff, new young graduates included, give my observations that they feel they 'know it all' and hence don't see the importance of a standalone subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On 27 May 2015, at 11:15 pm, Tracey Hubert &lt;<a href="mailto:traceyhubert@gmail.com">traceyhubert@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 curriculum and the implications for schools and teachers. In the Donnely and Whiltsire review, they propose that IT remain a general capability and the standalone subject be scrapped or made optional. One of the arguments is there are not enough suitably qualified
 teachers and that it can be taught across the disciplines. They obviously miss the point that ITC != computational thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 at all, not even in VCE. No electives in Year 9. Nothing. I had a look at the overall statistics for VCE IT apps and VCE Software Development and saw enrolments are significantly down from their 2000&#8211;2001 peak. During the online PD for the new VCE subjects,
 Paula Christophersen mentioned they have increased this year by 10%, but it still seems quite low given the ubiquity of tech and the push for STEM subjects in general.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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