[Year 12 IT Apps] Year 12 Info Tech

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Here is a good link to a UK Observer article via @lindymac that resonated
with me and my thoughts about boosting the profile of computational
thinking in our schools.

Programming and Computational Thinking should take pride of place in our
schools
http://www.diigo.com/annotated/18e448bc88f295a362bf5967726506b9 (to my
Diigo annotated version)

Curious what others think of this comment about the government:

".. they're *making the same mistake as those who saw ICT as a way of
preparing kids for the world of work by training them to use Microsoft
Office – ie designing a curriculum by looking into a rear-view mirror. What
we ought to be doing is giving the kids the ability to operate in – and
perhaps help to create – industries that nobody has even dreamed of yet."*


Regards Roland

On 7 December 2011 13:12, Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au> wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 22:42 +0000, Anderson, Stuart L wrote:
> > I think it'd be impossible to separate the two areas because they have
> > grown together. There wouldn't be so many people using ICT if not for
> > business (and marketing!). They are not mutually exclusive and can't
> > be separated from each other.
>
> Computing serves purposes other than business though...
>
> eg. scientific research often has no commercial application - but serve
> medicine, population modelling - computing has even lead to outright
> disruption of business models...
>
> Then again, I could be thinking of 'business' too narrowly.
>
> :)
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - eLearning Coordinator - Keysborough Secondary College

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