<div dir="ltr">At McKinnon we have compulsory year 7 ICT lessons -2x45 min lessons a week. <div><br></div><div>We focus on how to correctly use hardware, and the different aspects of software and how to correctly chose the right software for each project. We do some sort of investigation on an ICT topic (cyber safety, research, apps, Google Apps etc) then have a project that involves another piece of software, such as sound recording, digital timelines, photo/video stories, infographic, data visualisations, and then they can choose one of these methods for their final project. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We have a large cohort of middle years and VCE IT. 2014 and 2015 we have a FULL class of year 11 IT, and then we have both IT Apps and Soft Dev run in year 12. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions! I'm more than willing to help!!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Stephanie</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Ian Fernee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:IFernee@stpats.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">IFernee@stpats.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">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font color="#000000">Sorry for the cross thread but
</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font color="#000000">I am currently in the process of reviewing our junior school IT programme for 2015 and beyond with the vision of developing skills for
senior school. Currently we do not offer a formal IT course at 7 and 8 and the subject is an elective through to year 12. We do offer some subjects at junior school that use a computer lab and address some interdisciplinary IT skills to a point but I feel
that IT specific skills and knowledge is being left behind. There is also an intent to address the declining IT numbers as reviewed in the following article about subject choices in VCE
</font><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/expertise/it-crowd-shrinking-as-vce-enrolments-plummet-20140907-10dizx.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/expertise/it-crowd-shrinking-as-vce-enrolments-plummet-20140907-10dizx.html</font></a><font color="#000000">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font color="#000000">The questions I have are:</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font color="#000000">1) What types of skills are being taught at 7 and 8?</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font color="#000000">2) What programs are being used to support this skill development or seen as essential in developing
an IT literacy?</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font color="#000000">3) Do schools with strong programming curriculum at the junior levels see an increase in VCE numbers?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font color="#000000">Thanks</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">Ian Fernee</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">Head of IT Faculty</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">St. Patrick's College Ballarat</span></p>
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