[Year 12 IT Apps] [Year 12 SofDev] McKinnon classes 2011

[Mark KELLY]

I do remember  seeing some unimpressed expressions on the faces of
prospective 2011 ITA candidates when they saw a summary of the new ITA
course... the sort of look when you find you're getting toasted peanut
butter sandwiches for Christmas lunch...


On 10 September 2010 09:42, Harper, Glenda J <
harper.glenda.j at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Same here at Carwatha
>
>
> Glenda Harper
> Educational Leader
> Carwatha College P-12
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> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Margaret Iaquinto
> Sent: Fri 10/09/2010 9:14 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] McKinnon classes 2011
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> Same thing at this school. More kids in SD than ITA for 2011. The Year 10
> programming elective has always run so that's not the factor.
>
> But this school has had enrolments be as low as 5 for ITA and  as high as
> 19 (this year) in ITA.
>
> Yep. It's odd.
>
> Maggie
>
> Margaret Iaquinto
> Information Technology Coordinator
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> Alternate email: maggie at iaquinto.net
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> >>> Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> 9/10/2010 9:00 AM >>>
> It's really odd!
>
> ITA, which has run continuously forever with good numbers has barely
> scraped a class together for next year by combining year elevens and twelves
> into one small ITA class.
>
> SD, which has only run every 3 or so years (with a small cohort when it did
> run), is nearly over-subscribed.
>
> There don't seem to be any clear local causes for such a great change of
> attitude (e.g. changes of teachers or big changes in middle-years IT
> offerings) so I can only put it down to either something in the water, or
> the changes to the study design.
>
> To be fair, I haven't heard kids explicitly blaming the ITA study design,
> and for some reason they seem dead keen on programming in our year 10 Info
> Systems elective. My year 11 IT classes have been dead quiet for 2 weeks
> with the kids busily coding in VB6. Last year I had to beat them with chairs
> to finish the VB material... this year I can sit up the front folding paper
> aeroplanes and clipping my toenails while they beaver away and sort out
> problems within their own ranks.
>
> Odd!
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager
> McKinnon Secondary College
> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
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-- 
Mark Kelly
Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
VCE IT Lecture notes: http://vceit.com
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Korma: the philosophy that what you get out of a curry depends on what you
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