[Year 12 IPM] ITA (

Fri Mar 3 13:20:13 EST 2006

Nick, I guess that like some other teachers on the list, you are probably feeling the tension of the stuggles of our subject, study design changes and other pressures.

An college has found himself teaching something other than his beloved Information Technology subject. I know that a decade ago he spent hundreds of hours in his own time to secure this new subject tag and many more keeping his skills up to date. An offer to work together through the details of the new study design was politely turned down. I feel for his anguish and frustration giving due respect and dignity to his work teaching a generation of students the things that mattered to us all in the ways that we know best.

I salute the efforts by all my colleages who have given up so much of their free time to study, relearn, share, contribute and collaborate. We can each, only do our best .. wishing for a fair and reasonable outcome when the dust settles and the next group of students moves in. (line up at the door please)

Regards Roland

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Axaris <na at willihigh.vic.edu.au>
To: "Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers' Mailing List" <ipm at edulists.com.au>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:54:27 +1100
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] ITA ("IPM 2007") summary

Hi Margaret I did but unfortunately family took precedence over anything 
else with the arrival of a little lad last year and the dramas of 
pregnancy beforehand.
Quite a few people expressed their concerns and opinions and the new 
course just does not reflect that.
Sorry if it sounds harsh but the reality is we will not get any large 
influx of interested students with the new "old" course and I will be 
sad to see the demise of the IT program across the state due to lack of 
student numbers.

Lawson, Margaret wrote:
> Nick
>
> Did you volunteer to be part of the process? I can vaguely recall a call
> of interest at some point?
>
> Margaret
>
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>
> I'm with Zach.
> More of the same crud that has seen dramatic drops in numbers across the
>
> state.
> It seems the eggheads who planned the "new" course live in the dark
> ages.
>
> Zach Alexakos wrote:
>   
>> I haven't received my copy of the study guide yet, (another top down 
>> approach?) and am somewhat bewildered by Mark's summary.
>>
>> After all the razzle dazzle about IPM becoming more multi-media 
>> inclusive, eg: iMovie, GarageBand, etc...Mark's 'pleasure document' is
>>     
>
>   
>> more of the same.  Spreadsheets, Databases, etc... hey wasn't this 
>> supposed to be the start of the revival in VCE IT numbers around the 
>> state by making the course more exciting and interesting?
>>
>> Must check the membership of those advisory boards between the first 
>> study guide draft and the now official guide.  Something obviously 
>> happened while I wasn't watching...
>>
>> Zach Alexakos
>> Nth Geelong SC
>>
>>
>>
>> At 03:16 PM 2/03/2006, you wrote:
>>     
>>> Attached for your planning pleasure is a Word doc summarising the key
>>>       
>
>   
>>> knowledge, key skills and outcomes for what I'm calling ITA ('IT 
>>> Applications')
>>>
>>>
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>>> McKinnon Secondary College
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