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<div dir="ltr">No I.T. Unit 3/4 classes here at all next year (same as last year)! We have only three boys wanting to do SD next year, so they'll be doing it by Distance Ed. - such a shame, I just got my 'Satisfactory' for SD unit 4 :-)
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Cheers,</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Liz.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Elizabeth Wells.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Melton Christian College.</font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY [kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 20 October 2011 9:30 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 SofDev] No ITA at McKinnon in 2012<br>
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<div>Hi all. <br>
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As I feared, ITA didn't get enough enrolments to run in 2012 - for the first time in about 15 years.
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Strangely enough, Software Development *is* running - and before this year it hasn't run for 3 years.
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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>
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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.
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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>
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Do you guys know what units will run at your places next year?<br clear="all">
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Mark Kelly<br>
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>
McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253<br>
<a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
VCE IT Lecture Notes: <a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a><br>
Moderator: <a href="http://www.edulists.com.au/" target="_blank">IT Applications Edulist</a><br>
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<font size="+0">Want a good time? Call 0112358. Ask for Mr </font>Fibonacci.<br>
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