[Yr7-10it] Essential skills

[Dr Paul Chandler]

It's probably fair for me to observe that there's a "difference in kind"
between what VELS refers to as a 'concept' and what I'd refer to as a
'concept'.  (That debate can either wait, or come to the fore, as may be).

Yet both approaches are driven by a transferability of knowledge and skills.

> Dear colleagues
>
> I would like to support Paul's approach of focusing on key concepts.
> This provides a foundation for transferability of knowledge and skills
> to new situations.
>
> On the VELS website, concept and skill charts have been published that
> organise the ICT standards into key concepts and skills. These provide
> the learning drivers for whatever context you choose.
>
> http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/support/domainsupport/ict/concept.html
>
> Regards
> Paula
>
> Paula Christophersen
> ICT Curriculum Manager
> VCAA
> 41 St Andrews Place
> EAST MELBOURNE 3002
> (03) 9651 4378
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Dr Paul Chandler
> Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 1:49 PM
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] Essential skills
>
> 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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-- 
Dr Paul Chandler
Research Fellow
'Multimedia grammatical design and authoring pedagogy' (Kahootz) project,
School of Education, University of New England

located at Australian Children's Television Foundation
145 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, 3065
e-mail: paul.chandler at une.edu.au
Ph: 0400 198 187
Fax: (03) 9419 0660
Skype: paul.d.chandler