[Yr11 Information Technology] Farewell

Thu Jun 7 00:38:53 EDT 2018

Dear Colleagues,

An IT and Maths position coming up at Peninsula Grammar.

Please find below details regarding a current fulltime ongoing teaching
role.  The school welcome applications from suitably qualified and
experienced teachers.

http://www.peninsulagrammar.vic.edu.au/current-vacancies.html

Please submit your application to employment at peninsulagrammar.vic.edu.au by
close of business on Friday 8* June 2018.*

Regards

Robbie

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> Awwww, thanks Kevork, and thanks to everyone else who has posted in the
> past 20 odd years... and some of those years have been very odd.
>
> Does anyone else remember the 8 years we spent with a '56 bits per second
> modem' in the study design? Ah, those happy dumb days.
>
> And Sofdev's insistence on examining only the *physical* layer of the OSI
> - the layer that had nothing *whatsoever* to do with students'
> programming in SD?
> Hehehehe. Classic VCAA sense of humour.
>
> But, Kevork,  never forget my special skill to make a *simple* idea
> *complex*.
> I'm still working on a mathematical proof of whether the number of cows in
> a paddock is 'accurate' or 'correct'.
> VCAA won't tell me, even though they use the two terms in one KK of their
> fabulous and fascinating study design.
>
> I have not lined up a successor to be the new *official* irritant for
> VCAA. Are there any volunteers?
> The job description requires a person who can be pretty annoying and
> pedantic - and tenacious.
> And the IT list will need a new moderator to keep that rowdy Litsa under
> control.
>
> Whomsoever chooses to take over might like to start by explaining to VCAA
> how they shouldn't have examined 'critical path' in the 2017 Info exam,
> since that KK was not named in the design and *clearly was not examinable*
> .
>
> I think the community needs a *team* of dedicated gadflies to keep VCAA
> focused on details and direction. It should not be one person's role.
> A dozen different annual exam postmortems would be a delight. Each one
> would give a unique insight.
>
> I will keep VCEIT.com going until the end of this study design, since I've
> already paid for the domain registration (thanks to kind financial
> contributors!)
> If I choose not to engage with the next study design I will offer the
> domain to a worthy adopter, or a team. Hey - wouldn't that be fun?
>
> I'm keen to look at the next design and decide whether to attack or
> resign. The current study design just puts me to sleep. I find it so deadly
> *dull*.
>
> I know I have annoyed many people over the years. Most of that was
> accidental.
> One cannot be consistently both passionate and inoffensive, especially
> when trying to make a major philosophical or pedagogical point while also
> running out to form assembly or year 10 IT.
> I know I sometimes mis-spoke, and spoke too harshly, and sometimes
> leveraged humour inappropriately.
> But... decision-makers sometimes need to be rubbed the wrong way to effect
> change.
>
> I publicly acknowledge that I really annoyed the royal hell out of poor
> Paula for a decade or two, but she contributed a massive amount to the
> development of the VCE IT course over many years and did sometimes quietly
> absorb points I made in public and private correspondence, especially
> regarding suggestions about draft study designs. I think she was as
> passionate as I was about getting things right.
>
> And I can't go without thanking the quiet but steadfast Kevork - 'Special
> K' - whose lists have brought us together for many years, and prevented the
> slaughter of generations of innocent newborn IT teachers..
> I know I would never have gone very far without the Edulists.
> Kevork has given us all a home in which we can feel safe and supported.
> Thanks, dad.
>
> And thanks to all of my dear siblings on the lists, especially my dear
> little sister Litsa.
>
> Adieu
> Mark
>
> I give you all the fish.
>
>
> On 7 May 2018 at 21:01, Kevork Krozian <kevork at edulists.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Dear Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> I feel as if the IT community body has lost a vital organ with your
>> departure.
>>
>>
>>
>> I know I speak for everyone when I express my gratitude for all you have
>> done for your colleagues over the last 23 years that Edulists has been
>> around and longer if we consider the various conferences, professional
>> learning days, the texts, the vceit online endless resources , sample work
>> activities, powerpoints, exam post mortems, teaching activities, and the
>> list just goes on and on.
>>
>>
>>
>> Your humour, humanity and readiness to jump in to help, day or night, has
>> made this community so much stronger and I know we will never be the same
>> without you. I always feel your special skill to make a complex idea simple
>> with humour and lots of examples was the hallmark of an awesome teacher , a
>> title you deserve without question.
>>
>>
>>
>> I wish you a well-earned rest, lots of café frappes and walks on the
>> beach as well as new passions to keep the interest and intensity in your
>> life ticking as you would like it to tick.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bon voyage and hope we can stay in touch
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevork
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* yr11it [mailto:yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *
>> Mark
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 May 2018 11:46 PM
>> *To:* Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <
>> informatics at edulists.com.au>; Year 12 Software Development Teachers'
>> Mailing List <sofdev at edulists.com.au>; Year 11 Information Technology
>> Teachers' Mailing List <yr11it at edulists.com.au>
>> *Subject:* [Yr11 Information Technology] Farewell
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>>
>>
>> It has been fun chatting for many years, but it is now time for me to go.
>>
>> I wish you all well.
>>
>>
>>
>> I won't be following any Edulist threads henceforth, but I may
>> occasionally post to Twitter, and my mark at vceit.com address is still
>> currently active.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's been a hoot.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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>> Mark Kelly
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> Mark Kelly
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