[Year 12 SofDev] Please thank Mark Kelly for all he has done for us

Tue Feb 5 09:03:33 EST 2013

Many thanks Kevork!

And thank you to all those who have fluffed up my self-esteem to
embarrassing proportions recently.
Nothing I provide comes from a vacuum: everyone here has helped feed each
other with information, news and wisdom.  I rely on you guys.

Regards
Mark

On 5 February 2013 08:04, Kevork Krozian <kevork at edulists.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Mark,****
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> I put together a Python and Raspberry Pi student workbook comprising some
> 10 learning activities plus assessments ( lest we stray from teaching ,
> learning *and assessing* ) for my Cert IV students last year. ****
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> To begin the cycle of “Thank You Mark” it is coming your way in a special
> gift wrapped package J****
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> Speak soon****
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> Kevork Krozian****
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> Edulists Creator Administrator****
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> www.edulists.com.au****
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> tel: 0419 356 034****
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Sunday, 3 February 2013 1:15 PM
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> *Cc:* Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List; Year 12 IT
> Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Please thank Mark Kelly for all he has
> done for us****
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> Golly.  This is like watching one's own funeral ceremony, with special
> interest from those at the back who turned up just to make sure I was
> really dead.  :-)****
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> Yes, folks, at 55 I have had enough of ethos, powerful learning, E5, VELS,
> Australian Curriculum, immersion, curriculum review, "making a profound
> difference in the precious lives of each and every student we have the
> honour to teach", being accountable, jumping at the sound of bells like a
> champion Pavlovian stunt dog, attending hour-long meetings that could have
> been replaced by a one-paragraph email, dealing with adolescent
> bush-lawyers who know only their rights and not their responsibilities,
> settling disputes about which year 7 took something from another year 7's
> pencil case, marking endless SACs, and driving to and from work with the
> headlights on during cold, wet winters .****
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> Ah, the memories.****
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> I will now have time to do stuff like writing "Buckets of Knowledge" for
> ITA and SD (focusing on the tricky bits that everyone gets confused about),
> and a Jumbo Collection of multchoice questions, perhaps as an app.****
>
> And for years I've been planning on converting vceit.com from static HTML
> to CMS... now I have time to choose a platform (perhaps Joomla or Wordpress
> - whichever is easier to convert to.)  And learn MySQL.****
>
> And I want to play with Python on my Raspberry Pi... which sounds pretty
> odd, if you don't know them both.****
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> And if, on a Wednesday night at 10pm I suddenly get a craving to re-watch
> an entire season of 'Breaking Bad' just so I can work out if Walter
> actually poisoned Brock with ricin - I WILL. 'Cos I CAN.  The thrill may
> wear off after a while, so then I'll satisfy my lifetime desire to get a
> part-time job at a hardware store selling hammers.  Nothing else: just
> hammers.  Sweet.****
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> But most of all while in my Gentleman Of Leisure mode, I will be strolling
> down the sand at Bonbeach in the sun thinking kindly of you all sculling
> your coffee, grabbing your laptops and whiteboard markers and running off
> to double year 10 while you KNOW that it's a beautiful day outside and that
> at least one person is CERTAINLY strolling down the sand at Bonbeach
> thinking of you.****
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> I do thank Kevork for his gracious message and noble sentiments.  He
> really is one of the nicest people in The Real World (TM) as well as the IT
> community.****
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> Have a rich and rewarding year, everyone!****
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> Regards,****
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> Mark K****
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> On 3 February 2013 09:33, Kevork Krozian <kevork at edulists.com.au> wrote:**
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> Hi folks,****
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>   It may or may not be entirely in the public sphere that our very special
> colleague Mark Kelly has decided to retire from the day to day pleasures of
> teaching teenagers in the school system.  He stresses this is retirement
> from the Department and not from our community for which we are grateful.*
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> It would fill many pages to itemise all that Mark has done for us to help
> with our VCE IT teaching, assessment and exam preparation. ****
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> So how do we do justice to all this selfless giving, hundreds and hundreds
> of hours of preparation to make available web content that we can just lift
> and use in class ?  We certainly cannot repay Mark for all he has done but
> in our own way express our thanks for his assistance, moral support and
> ever present community contribution to support everyone in their day to day
> challenges of delivering a fast changing IT curriculum.****
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> Please feel free to express your thanks here and also detail how Mark’s
> help has influenced and supported your work as a teacher. ****
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> Kind Regards****
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>  ****
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> Kevork Krozian****
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> Edulists Creator Administrator****
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> www.edulists.com.au****
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> tel: 0419 356 034****
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> -- ****
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> Mark Kelly****
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> mark at vceit.com****
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> http://vceit.com****
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> --
Mark Kelly
mark at vceit.com
http://vceit.com
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