[Year 12 Its] Improving the status of VCE IT subjects

[Jack Matthews]

Dito…….but with bourbon

I have also been on the drink myself being 3:39 in the morning.……….this is 
evident with my lack of “sssss” at the end of System’sssssss’ and 
need’ssssssss’.

Oh well, so is life (it is Friday)

PS: From Yarram Secondary College



>From: margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
>Reply-To: "Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing 
>List"<is at edulists.com.au>
>To: "Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing 
>List"<is at edulists.com.au>
>Subject: Re: [Year 12 Its] Improving the status of VCE IT subjects
>Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 23:26:27 +1000 (EST)
>
>Hey Jack
>
>You make some relevant points, and having just finished the
>re-acceditation process for IS and IPM for 2007, it might be wise to file
>this away until the next process begins for future reference.
>
>It might be just me, but I make my IS kids work for their marks. I would
>not consider the curriculum I deliver a bludge, but it might just be the
>way that I interprete the current study design ....
>
>But before I start to respond to your yearning for a more mathematically
>challenging IS Syllabus ... what school are you from?
>It isn't listed in your LavaLife bio? (However, I was impressed with the
>quality of the sexy singles)
>
>:)
>
>Margaret
>(From St. Michael's)
>
>PS.  I might add a note of caution, there has been Gin present this
>evening ...
>
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I am a relatively new teacher and am rather disappointed in the current
> > VCE
> > IT subjects, in particular the content taught in Information System.
> >
> > In my opinion there need to be a new subject titled something like
> > ‘Computing fundamentals”.
> >
> > I have found that there are many students that want to learn the 
>technical
> > aspects of computers,  including Programming, Binary computation,
> > circuits,
> > SQL, Network communication (packets), Hexadecimal, octal,
> > encryption/sorting
> > algorithms, general problem solving etc.
> >
> > Not only would these be good offering for students and future university
> > courses; It would also be relatively easy to examine.
> >
> > In my opinion, IT studies in general are dumbed down which is the reason
> > students don’t even need IT at year 12 to enter a IT course at 
>university.
> >
> > It is generally considered by teachers and students alike to be an easy
> > bludge subject.  And yes, it is!!  Having worked as a programmer in
> > industry, this really annoys me, as I know I have worked tiresly on a
> > programming problem for days.
> >
> > A simple example exam question might be: Displaying the hex output of a
> > packet sniffer and an ASCII chart, then get the students to interpret 
>the
> > protocol used, information sent etc.  A more mathematical approach needs
> > to
> > be taken.  “Correct / Incorrect”, none of this interpretive stuff that
> > seems
> > to be continuously presenting itself in IT Systems exams.
> >
> > I know personally that I have many students that are capable of 
>completing
> > such a course.  I would love to see an IT course that is comparable in
> > difficulty to Physics, in other words ‘challenging’!
> >
> > What do others think?
> >
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