[Year 12 IT Apps] Consutation - Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies

[Roland Gesthuizen]

No Mark, the students will just ho hum it and ask for a new challenge.

I ran another google hangout about this last night if anybody is interested in watching. We considered some of the broader details of this draft. Page 71 has a good outline but it misses out some of the detail. You can view the archived recording here.

http://acceln.wikispaces.com

It reminds of the changes that happened in the UK to put computational thinking (ala programming) back into the school curriculum. 

In my view, this is a well considered and forward thinking document. I think we should throw our weight behind giving feedback to VCAA to pass on.

Regards Roland

On 26/02/2013, at 2:39 PM, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> It's interesting that project management is back in a big way for the juniors. 
> Will this mean Gantt and PERT will reappear in the next VCE IT study design, I wonder?
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> On 26 February 2013 12:58, Christophersen, Paula P <christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
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> Last week ACARA released the draft Technologies Learning Area curriculum for consultation. This document comprises the draft curriculum for two ‘subjects’ as well as an introduction to the learning area. The two curriculum areas are:
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> ·         Digital Technologies  (years F – 10)
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> ·         Design and Technologies (years F – 10) .
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> In accordance with the consultation process for previous Australian Curriculum documentation, educators can provide feedback directly to ACARA via its website and/or educators can participate in a consultation session organised through the VCAA. It has been Victoria’s practice to submit to ACARA a consultation response representing the views of the three sectors (government, Catholic and independent).
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> The VCAA will shortly advertise a range of consultation sessions including face-to-face and online, using Collaborate. These sessions are a combination of ‘information giving/clarification’ and opportunities to provide feedback on the proposed curriculum.
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> It is very important to note that we are on the brink of significant developments in our field. In addition to ICT being treated as a general capability (using ICT to learn) there will be a curriculum that focuses on students learning about ICT/digital technologies, with a focus on computational thinking – Digital technologies.
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> Your feedback on this draft curriculum would be greatly valued. If you want to respond directly to ACARA you need to register and access the questionnaire and curriculum at:  
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> http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
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> I’m also attaching the Technologies learning area curriculum that includes both Design and Technologies and Digital Technologies. I will inform you next week of VCAA’s consultation schedule if you wish to participate online or in person.
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> Consultation on this curriculum concludes on 10 May.
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> Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.
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> Regards
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> Paula
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> Paula Christophersen
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> Curriculum Manager, Digital Technologies
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> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
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