[Year 12 IT Apps] No ITA at McKinnon in 2012

[Mark KELLY]

Since there's no prerequisite for ITA or SD, we regularly got kids enrolling
even if they didn't do IT since year 7... and that is a challenge to get
them up to speed!

On 20 October 2011 10:05, Paul Golub <golupau at santamaria.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> we've never run SD here always ITA.
> Next year there is NO ITA as we didn't run Units 1 and 2 this year.
> First time ever, that I can remember, there will be no Year 12 IT of any
> kind.
>
> We will be running Units 1 and 2 next year. Roughly 16 students.
>
> Regards
> Paul Golub
> Santa Maria College
> 50 Separation Street
> Northcote 3070
> Ph: 9488 1674
>
>
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Mark KELLY kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:30:10 +1100
> To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List"
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> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] No ITA at McKinnon in 2012
>
> Hi all.
>
> As I feared, ITA didn't get enough enrolments to run in 2012 - for the
> first
> time in about 15 years.
>
> Strangely enough, Software Development *is* running - and before this year
> it hasn't run for 3 years.
>
> Actually, I'm kind of relieved since SD is more interesting anyway, and ITA
> seems old, dry and tired. Perhaps it's just because I've been teaching it
> since forever, or it may be that the new study design is partly to blame -
> and yes! normal forms, I AM looking at you.  And I'd also put some blame on
> the freakishly large and long U4O1 - my kids were exhausted at the end of
> that.
>
> After a hiatus this year, Units 1&2 return to McKinnon in 2012, and since I
> have barely looked at them it will be another fun year compiling resources
> for those units.
> If the ITA embargo continues and SD continues to run, I may craft units 1&2
> to be heavy on programming to better funnel kids into SD in the following
> year.
>
> Do you guys know what units will run at your places next year?
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
> McKinnon Secondary College
> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
> Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
> kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
> VCE IT Lecture Notes: http://vceit.com
> Moderator: IT Applications Edulist <http://www.edulists.com.au/>
>
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>
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-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
VCE IT Lecture Notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Edulist <http://www.edulists.com.au/>

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