Was kind of thinking the same thing here. Would be nice to offer both ITA and IS but Rob and I had enough on our plate this year with a huge campus merger. Not sure how the numbers are panning out for 2012.<div><br></div><div>
Compared to ITA, the IS flavour does look subject with more bubbles and a twist of fun.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards Roland</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 October 2011 08:30, Mark KELLY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi all. <br><br>As I feared, ITA didn't get enough enrolments to run in 2012 - for the first time in about 15 years. <br>
<br>Strangely enough, Software Development *is* running - and before this year it hasn't run for 3 years. <br>
<br>Actually, I'm kind of relieved since SD is more interesting anyway, and ITA seems old, dry and tired. Perhaps it's just because I've been teaching it since forever, or it may be that the new study design is partly to blame - and yes! normal forms, I AM looking at you. And I'd also put some blame on the freakishly large and long U4O1 - my kids were exhausted at the end of that.<br>
<br>After a hiatus this year, Units 1&2 return to McKinnon in 2012, and since I have barely looked at them it will be another fun year compiling resources for those units. <br>If the ITA embargo continues and SD continues to run, I may craft units 1&2 to be heavy on programming to better funnel kids into SD in the following year.<br>
<br>Do you guys know what units will run at your places next year?<br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
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