[Year 12 IPM] OT: VELS ICT

[Roland Gesthuizen]

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I worry if I hear any group devalue any of the interdisciplinary domains
such as ICT as being any less important in a school curriculum. I am very
sure that the term interdisciplinary wasn't intended to mean 'integrated' or
'in-between'.  Similarly, the term 'discipline' wasn't intended to replace
subject areas. Lesley is right, we should focus on the standards and help
colleagues raise the bar so that they can engage students with meaningful
and suitably ICT challenging activities (not just bigger slideshows or more
eye candy). I agree that it is going to be hard to see where the 'basic
knowledge fits in'.

I still have a mental model of three threads that weave their way together
and recall somebody saying that schools can still organise thier activities
to best suit their local needs .. this means that ICT may or may not be
taught as a standalone subject. Paula has a good slide on the VITTA website
that illustrates this.

Regards Roland

On 02/11/06, Geraldine McKenna <gmckenna at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>  With Year 12s now finished I have some time to look at VELS, particularly
> as it applies to our Year 7 level IT course. In looking out our current
> report where we have an outcome relating to the students knowledge of
> hardware and software concepts / components, I was wondering where such
> 'knowledge' fits into the VELS course. Given that ICT is not a discipline, I
> cannot see how basic knowledge of computers (which students are usually
> lacking in) fits into ICT for Visualising thinking, creating or
> communicating? Can anyone help with this question?
> Geraldine McKenna
> Avila College
> Mt Waverley
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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