[Year 12 IPM] IT in VELS

[frankm at sjcs.melb.catholic.edu.au]

Fiona,
No...no way...are you telling me that some teachers don't see the relevance of ICT in their KLA? Surely not...they will all happily integrate it into their units....won't they? 

On a serious note, Fiona, thanks for your input. I suspected this sort of thing was going to happen...but then again, if they do not want IT teachers teaching the basics....then....where are students going to get their ICT skills?????

Regards,
Frank




fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:45:17 +1000 wrote:
> following on from this - I have had two English teachers tell me that there is no place in their reports to include IT as a cross curricula subject because, wait for it, it (the IT VELS) is all about constructing web pages and things like that.  When I asked them about IT for communicating I got told they couldn't get it to apply to English!!
> 
> 
> "Michael Warden" <warden.michael.d at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:30:18 +1000 wrote:
> > Here is my 2 cents worth....
> > 
> > IT teachers should teach a Year 7 introductory course specialising in:
> > 
> > 1). Effective File management procedures.
> > 2). Word Processing of reports, letters and resumes suitable for "High
> > School" level using suitable templates etc.
> > 3). Effective Web Page authoring so students can (create) and/or edit their
> > own web sites with suitably-formatted text, images and hyperlinks.
> > 4). Spreadsheets to show students how to enter and select data to create
> > effective graphs.
> > 
> > No offense to any Eng/SOSE/Math/Sci teachers, but they may not have the
> > necessary expertise and knowledge of correct layout/formats to effectively
> > instruct the students.
> > 
> > Any comments.....
> > 
> > 
> > 
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