[Yr7-10it] VELS and IT

Thu Jun 8 17:49:23 EST 2006

I think part of the problem is that you, Rachael, might teach the kids in
Prep and 1 but then they may encounter a teacher or teachers who don't keep
those skills going and the kids lose it along the way. It's that ongoing
consistency that is going to ensure that by the time they get to Yr 7 they
can use something like Word effectively and not just superficially.

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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mclean, Rachelle L
Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:42 PM
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Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] VELS and IT

Although Fiona, I can't understand why the vast majority of students
wouldn't already know how to use Word at year 7 when I am teaching it to
my grade preps and 1s.

Rachelle McLean
Pakenham Hills Primary School

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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of
fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au
Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:13 PM
To: yr7-10it at edulists.com.au
Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] VELS and IT

I think this is what much of the discussion has been about Debra, namely
that IT is not being seen as a discrete subject but to be taught as part
of another subject.  If I was your elearning co-ord I would go back and
tell them to go away (or words to that effect) and then offer pd in what
skills they would like to see utilised (as opposed to taught) during a
particular semester e.g semester 1, English, year 7 - focus on microsoft
word and basic editing and formatting and this would coincide with the
year 7 being taught the correct skills in an IT class.  

If you dont discriminate between the subjects then the English class
will be spent teaching IT skills and, you then have to ask the all
important question - what are the English teacher's IT skills like -
does he/she know what tabs are? can she change the rulers using the side
margins on the screen? Can he/she explain how the school server works
and how to save corrently. Now I am going to make a statement regarding
English teachers that will probably get me hung, and to all those
computer literate English teachers out there I humbly apologise but, in
my experience, the English teachers have been the ones who have had the
most difficulty coming to terms with new technology!

Fiona Bain
LT Co-ordinator

"McDonald, Debra A1" <mcdonald.debra.a1 at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Thu, 8
Jun 2006 11:43:51 +1000 wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I may be on the outer her as it has been a while since I have read the
emails regarding VEL's as I wanted to do so at my leisure instead of
between classes, but at out school the eLearning coordinator is
apparently going to hold compulsory PD's that will instruct staff
(separate PD's for each subject area) what skills they need to be
teaching each semester and how to do this. now I have no idea on how she
is planning to do this and I think that in time she will let us know as
I will be having to assist her in instructing the school in part of this
because she is not totally proficient in all area's of IT (mainly the
basics).
>  
> what are you guys doing in the PD scheme of things for next year?? and
how are you running it?
>  
> would love to here what is going on out there.
>  
> Cheers
>  
>  
> Debra McDonald
> Network Manager
> Lyndhurst Secondary College
> Cranbourne
> (03) 5996 0144
>  
> 
>
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