[Year 12 SofDev] sofdev Digest, Vol 66, Issue 2 ITA Classes
Russell Quinn
QN at boxhillhs.vic.edu.au
Fri Sep 10 10:21:46 EST 2010
The history at Box Hill High has been
a nearly full class of ITA and an SD class
of around 10-15. This year is the reverse
and we don't know why - except in SD there
are quite a lot of back row students who have
attention spans similar to their IQ. Previously
this type of student has gone for ITA. It is
a bit odd. I cannot say for next year, the
numbers are not all in yet.
Regards,
Russell Quinn
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Technology Pathways Briefing
15 Sep 2010
As part of the Multimedia Victoria ICT Careers in Schools program, The Australian Industry Group will host a free briefing focusing on the range of technologies that make huge contributions to our community.
Technology Pathways
Our three key note speakers will cover the following topics:
1. Desalination ? what does it take to produce fresh water from salt water and how good is it really? We will be told of some of the diverse technologies used in this process.
Speaker: TBC
2. Biometrics, Video Analytics, Security Solutions ? what do these terms really mean and what underlying technologies enable society to benefit from them. NEC will show you their secrets.
Speaker: Lance M. Heather, Senior Manager - BioMetrics/Video Analytics /Security Solutions, NEC
3. Understand how the RSPCA, with their new animal shelter, reduced water consumption by 35% and expect much larger savings ? around 80% and saw energy consumption rise only 5%. Understand how they applied simple technologies to achieve these results .
Speaker: Greg O?Brien, Executive Manager - Corporate Services, RSPCA
Venue:
Australian Industry Group
20 Queens Road (Opposite Albert Park)
Melbourne
Cost : Free
For more info: http://www.vitta.org.au/events/event/technology-pathways-briefing
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Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] McKinnon classes 2011
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It's really odd!
ITA, which has run continuously *forever* with good numbers has barely
scraped a class together for next year by combining year elevens and twelves
into one small ITA class.
SD, which has only run every 3 or so years (with a small cohort when it did
run), is nearly over-subscribed.
There don't seem to be any clear local causes for such a great change of
attitude (e.g. changes of teachers or big changes in middle-years IT
offerings) so I can only put it down to either something in the water, or
the changes to the study design.
To be fair, I haven't heard kids explicitly blaming the ITA study design,
and for some reason they seem dead keen on programming in our year 10 Info
Systems elective. My year 11 IT classes have been dead quiet for 2 weeks
with the kids busily coding in VB6. Last year I had to beat them with
chairs to finish the VB material... this year I can sit up the front folding
paper aeroplanes and clipping my toenails while they beaver away and sort
out problems within their own ranks.
Odd!
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Mark Kelly
Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
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Moderator: IT Applications Mailing List
Korma: the philosophy that what you get out of a curry depends on what you
put into it.
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From: Margaret Iaquinto <Margaret.Iaquinto at stleonards.vic.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] McKinnon classes 2011
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Same thing at this school. More kids in SD than ITA for 2011. The Year 10 programming elective has always run so that's not the factor.
But this school has had enrolments be as low as 5 for ITA and as high as 19 (this year) in ITA.
Yep. It's odd.
Maggie
Margaret Iaquinto
Information Technology Coordinator
St Leonard's College
Brighton Campus
t (+61 3) 9909 9300
x 529
www.stleonards.vic.edu.au
Alternate email: maggie at iaquinto.net
>>> Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> 9/10/2010 9:00 AM >>>
It's really odd!
ITA, which has run continuously forever with good numbers has barely scraped a class together for next year by combining year elevens and twelves into one small ITA class.
SD, which has only run every 3 or so years (with a small cohort when it did run), is nearly over-subscribed.
There don't seem to be any clear local causes for such a great change of attitude (e.g. changes of teachers or big changes in middle-years IT offerings) so I can only put it down to either something in the water, or the changes to the study design.
To be fair, I haven't heard kids explicitly blaming the ITA study design, and for some reason they seem dead keen on programming in our year 10 Info Systems elective. My year 11 IT classes have been dead quiet for 2 weeks with the kids busily coding in VB6. Last year I had to beat them with chairs to finish the VB material... this year I can sit up the front folding paper aeroplanes and clipping my toenails while they beaver away and sort out problems within their own ranks.
Odd!
--
Mark Kelly
Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
VCE IT Lecture notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Mailing List
Korma: the philosophy that what you get out of a curry depends on what you put into it.
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