[Yr11 Information Technology] work request and some thoughts aboutIT..Kent.

Litsa Tzelepis htzelepis at msj.melb.catholic.edu.au
Sun Feb 10 12:09:39 EST 2008 

beautifully said kent. :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Beveridge" <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au>
To: "Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List" 
<yr11it at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:39 AM
Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] work request and some thoughts 
aboutIT..Kent.


> Let me put it like this...
> My style of teaching has changed significantly recently due to a range of 
> factors, some forced, others voluntary. Due to a lack of high level skills 
> in some of the software we use nowadays, in many respects, I now source 
> materials to enable the students to achieve a level of learning that 
> allows them to feel they have, and are, moving forward with the software. 
> I suppose it could be referred to as an 'adaptive' learning and teaching 
> style.
> Example..
> I lack strong skills in Flash and personally, cant stand the software, so 
> I look for sources of tutorials and examples that the students, and me too 
> to an extent, can learn and benefit from and use these in the class room. 
> VB6 programming was new to me last year but I had a programming background 
> so could apply my 'other' skills to a more recent language and that has 
> enabled me to understand the language better but, again, I do not profess 
> to have high level skills, but enough to understand about the language and 
> what it is trying to do and how it is trying to do it.
> I feel in the last 2-3 years I have taken a massive leap in my software 
> and web design skills, all via self learning as a result of having to 
> resource materials for my students.
>
> Now, about those who would like my 'program', I generally dont do single 
> lesson plans, not because I cant, but more because the students in my 
> classes have a wide range of abilities so a lesson plan for a single 
> lesson would most likely be innefective, even though some principals and 
> curriculum co-ords would say 'we want that or you're on notice!'.
> I usually have an overview of the topics I want to cover and structure and 
> general approach around this using whatever tools I have 
> available...internet, texts, other teachers and my own skills etc.
>
> Another issue we are all dealing with currently is that of VELS. Teaching 
> to cater for a cross-curricular agenda. What I am 'developing' is a style 
> of teaching within myself that tries to account for the needs of the 
> student as well of those of the school curriculum. All this while trying 
> to just survive from day to day in the jungle that is the 'classroom'. To 
> some I might be a dinosaur, to others, I am flexible...just depends on 
> which side of the fence you sit.
>
> In general, I take a topic and develop it dynamically, as I will do with 
> the digital portfolio using ideas from last years conference and adapting 
> the concept to the software and the environment in which I am currently 
> employed. My plan to do VB6 as the next topic is so that I can expose and 
> further students to programming in the hope that some may choose this path 
> for VCE and so, perhaps, offering me not only stability in subjects for 
> VCE but also further opportunity for those who take the subject...not easy 
> in our current climate of games, games and mobile phones!
>
> I am re-learning what I thought I knew every day with each student 
> question.
>
> Hard work at times, but occasionally rewarding.
>
> For those on this list who are new to IT and see me as a potential 
> resource, I'm flattered, but all I will say is this:  the software I use 
> currently is all new to me(except the boring microsoft stuff) and so I 
> just get to know some programs and then new stuff comes along that I have 
> to learn or utilize, such as Gamemaker, and Scratch, and Flash...all new 
> to me in the last 2 years and yet I have to 'teach' them. Those 
> experienced teachers reading this know EXACTLY what I mean. I wonder what 
> I will be teaching in the next couple of years?
>
> So, folks, be adaptive, prepare to make lots of mistakes, try new stuff, 
> make some more mistakes, and keep your chin up.
> No, there is no moral to this story...it is just a journey I, and some 
> others, are taking!
>
> Kent.
>
>
> Kent Beveridge,
> I.T. co-ordinator
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
> Horsham
> email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
>
> |<3|\|7  b3\/3r1D93 ?  ;-)
>
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> From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of McDonald, Debra A1
> Sent: Sat 2/9/2008 1:24 AM
> To: Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Yr11 Information Technology] Re: request for year 10 sample 
> work
>
>
> hey Kent... could you put this onto the list sight so we can all have a 
> look... it sounds interesting...
>
> cheers
>
> Deb
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Kent Beveridge
> Sent: Fri 08/02/08 2:59 PM
> To: Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Yr11 Information Technology] Re: request for year 10 sample 
> work
>
>
> Jenny, just what type of stuff are you after. My coursework is adapted to 
> the students I teach each year and the changing software to be learned 
> each year.
> Eg. I am starting with a website design/electronic portfolio/multimedia 
> task then will be doing a VB6 programming unit after that.
> I can give you what I have on those if that helps.
>
> Kent.
>
> Kent Beveridge,
> I.T. co-ordinator
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
> Horsham
> email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
>
> |<3|\|7  b3\/3r1D93 ?  ;-)
>
> Wishes and Eggs, one you make and one you break!  A bit like promises.....
> "This email and any attachments may be confidential.  You must not 
> disclose or use the information in this email if you are not the intended 
> recipient.  If you have received this email in error, please notify us 
> immediately and delete the email and all copies.  The School does not 
> guarantee that this email is virus or error free.  The attached files are 
> provided and my only be used on the basis that the user assumes all 
> responsibility for any loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or 
> indirectly from the use of the attached files, whether caused by the 
> negligence of the sender or not.  The content and opinions in this email 
> are not necessarily those of the School."
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Dempsie, Jennifer A
> Sent: Fri 2/8/2008 2:12 PM
> To: Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Yr11 Information Technology] Re: request for year 10 sample 
> work
>
>
> Thank You
>
> Will visit.
>
> Youa re the only reply at this stage.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jenny
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Laurie Savage
> Sent: Thu 2/7/2008 11:43 AM
> To: Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] Re: request for year 10 sample work
>
>
>
> You might like to visit http://moodle.pvgc.vic.edu.au 
> <http://moodle.pvgc.vic.edu.au/>  and look at the
> Year 10 course 3EEZ-FM. Login as visitor::mdl008 (m-d-el-zero-zero-eight)
> - I will keep the access active for 3 weeks.
>
> Laurie
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 09:37:11AM +1100, Thomas, Gayle J mentioned:
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Dempsie, Jennifer A
> > Sent: Mon 4/02/2008 2:01 PM
> > To: Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> > Subject: RE: [Yr11 Information Technology] Confirmation: yr11it Digest, 
> > Vol 33,Issue 4
> >
> >
> > G' Day
> >
> > Is anyone willing to share their Year 10 IT course please. Would be much 
> > appreciated and hope I can return the favour at some time.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Jenny
> >
> --
> Laurie Savage
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