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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> James GIBNEY<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 3/12/2008 12:57 PM<BR><B>To:</B> yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> ICT in year 9<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>this year I have been fortunate enough to be on a Teacher Professional Leave program with three other staff members looking at reworking our year 9 program. We get one day off a week. As ICT coordinator I am interested in how schools incorporate ICT into their Year 9 program. For ICT we currently have a standalone program for each year 9 class which runs for one semester of 2 periods a week. The software covered is PowerPoint and Access with some Dreamweaver/Flash if we get through all the work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am interested in how other schools have structured their year 9 ICT program and the following questions:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- the value of ICT as a standalone subject or taught within other faculties</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- use of EWBs, gaming consoles, tablets and other hardware/software in the classrom</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- class sets of laptops and managing them</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- other ideas</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any information on or off list would be appreciated as would any discussion or opinions. If you have a particularly impressive program and you are amenable I would like to come along and have a look.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I look forward to the flood of ideas and suggestions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James Gibney</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>St Helena Secondary College</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>