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This year I piloted Units 1 and 2 of the new study design. It's much
more fun to teach than previous IT study designs and student learning
was much deeper. I presented a session at the VITTA conference in which
I shared what I learned from teaching these units. A copy of my slide
show is attached (900kb) for those interested. The links on the slides
are to examples of student work and learning activities. I can't upload
these because of the number and file size but am happy to talk to
people about the course by phone or email. Two of the slides display
concept maps of the courses. I found it much easier to map the units in
this new study design as there is only one repetition of topic.<br>
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Merry Christmas to all,<br>
Charmaine Taylor<br>
work phone: 9744 7366<br>
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:taylorc@sunburydowns.vic.edu.au">taylorc@sunburydowns.vic.edu.au</a><br>
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Andrew Grimshaw wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial">Hi all</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">I am teaching yr 11 IT for the first time
next year (with 25 kids!)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">anyway i have just started having a look at
it and thinking about the curriculum</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">i have produced a course outline (both for
myself and for the students) - see attached</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">I would appreciate any feedback on it from
others who have or are teaching units 1 and 2 </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">in particular unit 2 outcome 2
(networks) seems fairly dry -- any1 got any ideas to jazz it up?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">I was thinking of some practical component
using old PCs or something - anybody tried something like that?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">overall thought the course looks pretty fun -
lost of room for the kids to express themselves and be creative </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">andrew grimshaw</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">colac college</font></div>
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