[Year 12 IPM] IT in VELS

[Christophersen, Paula P]

Dear colleagues

Can I refer you to a Frequently Asked Questions segment on the VELS
website that addresses some of the concerns expressed about how/where
students acquire and apply ICT knowledge and skills in VELS (questions:
Can we still include standalone ICT classes within our school program?;
and What does interdisciplinary mean for ICT?

http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/about/faq.html#22

Hope this helps.

Regards


Paula Christophersen
(03) 9651 4378
 
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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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