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Your students have a good grasp of applications? Count yourself lucky!
I have been teaching IT for ages and if I had a dollar for every time a
student told me they had skills *when they really didn't*, I'd be
rolling in moolah and living la dolce vita in the Caribbean!<br>
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Robert Minato wrote:
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<title>Re: [Yr7-10it] Year 7-10 IT structures</title>
<font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Prior
to 2007, all our yr7 classes did 2-3 periods a week for a semester.
This year, it is expected that IT is integrated into other subjects. We
have found that students arrive here with a good grasp of applications.
The yr7 do one or two periods intro to IT mainly to familiarise
non-apple students with the mac system. IT is available as electives at
yr9.<br>
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Rob<br>
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-- <br>
Robert Minato<br>
Technology Leader<br>
Catholic College Wodonga<br>
1 Bowman Crt<br>
Wodonga 3690<br>
02 6043 5546<br>
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On 11/10/07 8:58 PM, "Colin SUTTON" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oz.sutton@gmail.com"><oz.sutton@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12px;">Hi all<br>
<br>
My school, Montmorency SC, has NO compulsory ICT!<br>
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A student can go through 6 years of schooling here and do NO formal IT.<br>
<br>
No other school I have ever taught in (2 in Vic, 3 in QLD and 4 in the
UK) have ever had this! <br>
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It seems unbelievable that in the Information Age students are not
formally taught ANY ICT.<br>
<br>
They have to learn another language, do wood, metal, cooking and sewing
- useful and even essential - but the ONE thing none of them can avoid
is ICT! <br>
<br>
Sure, many can play games and surf to sites, but they are not formally
taught a wide range of other useful or essentail skills.<br>
<br>
Schools I have taught in elsewhere had at least one semester of ICT at
Year 7 (Yr 8 in QLD as secondary starts in Yr8). <br>
<br>
Most had an elective system that required them to do at least ONE or
more units at 8/9 or even again in Yr 10.<br>
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Comments anyone?<br>
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Regards<br>
<br>
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