[Yr7-10it] Essential skills

[Dr Paul Chandler]

I have been suggesting, for a couple of years, on and off, that we should
be should be thinking in terms of "essential concepts" rather than
essential skills.  See http://pdchandler.wikispaces.com/

If I had my druthers, I'd be building into a year 7 course a unit on the
'big concepts' of logging in (see
http://pdchandler.wikispaces.com/Logging+In as a starter).  This would be
several weeks long, possibly as long as term.  There's lots of important
skills and concepts under this umbrella, which reach into students
out-of-school lives, including aspects of internet safety.

Given my current role, I'd also be vying for a good chunk of visual
literacy; it might look like a unit on powerpoint, but it'd actually be a
unit on visual literacy.

>
> After some intensive lobbying it looks like I might be successful in
> making I.T. a core subject in year 7 with a time alllowance of 2
> hours a fortnight.
>
> My curriculum director wants to know what are the essential skills
> that a student should have achieved at year 7 level.
>
> Some essential skills could include:
> 1. File Management
> 2. Word processing skills
> 3. Powerpoint presentations
> 4. Internet safety
>
> I need to write up a proposal by the end of the week, so I was
> looking for some feedback as to what you would consider essential IT
> skills.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Joyce
>
> Joyce Tabone
> Aitken College
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-- 
Dr Paul Chandler
Research Fellow
'Multimedia grammatical design and authoring pedagogy' (Kahootz) project,
School of Education, University of New England

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