[Year 12 IT Apps] Re: Teaching ITA to Yr 11s

Sat Dec 1 20:40:54 EST 2007

Beyond boredom, class numbers, sequence and timetable blocking .. would
anything stop a year 11 student who did ITA unit 3 and 4 from doing IT Unit
1 and 2 in year 12?

Just thinking outside the box (cube, sphere or bucket) ..

Regards Roland

On 30/11/2007, Robert Hind <robert at yinnar.com> wrote:
>
>  This obviously changes over time as the universities, through VTAC,
> change their requirements and as the VCE changes. The VICTER 2008 manual,
> the one current for students in year 12 this year states that (pages 7 and
> 8):
>
> "no more that two IT studies. . . can be included in the Primary Four. . .
> . IT studies include: VCE Information Systems; VCE Information Processing
> and Management; and VCE VET Information Technology." So it would seem that
> students doing both this year have been able to count both towards their
> ENTER and this seems to continue into the future - at least up to 2010.
>
> Of course this VICTER was written before ITA and SOD started as the VICTER
> is written for year 10 students planning their courses, ie for this year's
> year 12s the VICTER 2008 was written in 2005.
>
> Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
> Ex Traralgon and Ashwood
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* DRADR at whc.vic.edu.au
> *To:* itapps at edulists.com.au
> *Sent:* Friday, November 30, 2007 2:59 PM
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] Re: Teaching ITA to Yr 11s
>
> Debra
> I don't believe this is correct. The Victer 2010 publication (available
> from the Career's teacher) page 8 indicates that you can use either IPM or
> ITA and Info Systems or Software Development in your ENTER calculations.
>
> Ray Drady
> Western Heights College
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *McDonald, Debra A1
> *Sent:* Friday, 30 November 2007 1:59
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] Re: Teaching ITA to Yr 11s
>
>  here is the problem with that.... the students can only use the score
> from either ITA or SOD to assist them in getting into the university as I
> had a student who tried both and it was rejected...
>
> hope yours had better luck.
>
> cheers
> Debra McDonald
>    Network Manager
> Lyndhurst Secondary College
> Cranbourne
> (03) 5996 0144
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Rattan, Kushum L
> *Sent:* Fri 30/11/07 1:29 PM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] Re: Teaching ITA to Yr 11s
>
>  I offered IPM(ITA) in one year and Info Systems(SOD) in the second to
> overcome this problem.
> Kushum Rattan
> IT Co-ordinator
> Gisborne Secondary College
> Phone: (03) 5428 3691
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
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> On Behalf Of Meadows, Roslyn M
> Sent: Friday, 30 November 2007 12:00 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] Re: Teaching ITA to Yr 11s
>
> Get them doing a first year uni IT subject???
>
>
>
> Roslyn Meadows
> ICT Coordinator
> Head of Assessment and Reporting
> Bentleigh Secondary College | 9579 1044 | 0412 614 062
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au <itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au>]
> On Behalf Of Russell Edwards
> Sent: Friday, 30 November 2007 11:37 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Re: Teaching ITA to Yr 11s
>
>
> On 30/11/2007, at 10:53 AM, Meadows, Roslyn M wrote:
> > I think what Kent and Roland mean is that you just enrol your Year
> > 11's
> > into the 3/4 unit, so they do ITApps SAC's and the exam, and at the
> > end
> > of the year they have one year 12 subject up their sleeve.
>
> Oops, my mistake! That sounds much more sensible, although what do you
> do with the kids who want to do 2 years of IT?
>
> Russell Edwards
> Whittlesea Secondary College
>
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