I think VCAA would be wise to exploit this trend in the 2015 study design by offering a VCE Computer Game Development sequence with web programming and multimedia components.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 September 2010 10:23, Mann, Warrick D <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Mann.Warrick.D@edumail.vic.gov.au">Mann.Warrick.D@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I have just seen our numbers for next year as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Unit 1/2 = 14 (this year – 22)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Unit 3/4 = 9 (this year – 5)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Year 10 is interesting though.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Game Design = 25</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Web Design = 19</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Web Programming = 16</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cheers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Warrick Mann</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Traralgon College</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark KELLY<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 10 September 2010 9:59 AM<div class="im"><br><b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br></div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] McKinnon classes 2011</span></p><div><div></div>
<div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Do you know where they're going instead?</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 10 September 2010 09:46, Brendyn Hancock <<a href="mailto:BHancock@nagle.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">BHancock@nagle.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mark</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Was just about to post this same discussion. We seem to be all re-visiting this.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Nagle has an enrolment of 950. 2011 classes have just been drafted. Unit 1-2=8 students, Unit 3-4=1 student.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Interesting to note we can only raise 2 classes of 25 student for a term elective of gamemaker in Y10 as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Trends are trending away from us...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cheers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">B</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Brendyn Hancock</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">ICT Manager</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Nagle College</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark KELLY<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 10 September 2010 9:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List; Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] McKinnon classes 2011</span></p>
</div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">It's really odd! <br><br>ITA, which has run continuously <b>forever</b> with good numbers has barely scraped a class together for next year by combining year elevens and twelves into one small ITA class.<br>
<br>SD, which has only run every 3 or so years (with a small cohort when it did run), is nearly over-subscribed.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>Odd!<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085<br>School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253<br>
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<br>Korma: the philosophy that what you get out of a curry depends on what you put into it.</p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><br><br>Scanned by Sonar. <br>Date: 2010-09-10 09:46:22.971<br>
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