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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Anthony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">While I don&#8217;t have any electives to offer you, programs that incorporate usability and human-focused topics, including human-computer interfaces have appeal to females. I also have a book, edited by Julianne
 Lynch, titled <i>Gender and IT: ongoing challenges for computing and information technology education in Australian secondary schools
</i>(2007) that I&#8217;m happy to lend you.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Paula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Paula Christophersen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Curriculum Manager, Digital Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">(03) 9032 1724<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">0407 043 110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
 [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anthony Sullivan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 10 July 2014 9:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> itapps@edulists.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Year 9 &amp; 10 Electives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are planning to start offering IT electives at both Year 9 &amp; 10 at our school starting in 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At present we don&#8217;t have any IT offerings at these Year levels &#8211; although Year 10 students may select Unit 1 &amp; 2 IT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I&#8217;m looking at offering 2 electives at each year level &#8211; and each elective would run for a semester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I&#8217;m hoping people might forward to me the types of electives that they run at their school and in particular the types of electives that have proven popular<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Also I&#8217;m keen to offer at least one elective that would be appeal to female students to try and increase the ratio of boys to girls studying IT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Any help would be appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Anthony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Anthony&nbsp;Sullivan</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><br>
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