Few, Quick Questions (IT Subject)?

[abd123]

is it hard without units 1/2?
is it doable?
whats the easiest and hardest part of IT?

Helps Appreciated

[Deadshot]

It is a pretty easy class. However, you really need to know your stuff to do well.

I am sure that anyone that is hardworking would be able to latch on to units 3+4 without 1+2.

The hardest area? Really depends on who you are; I personally find anything to do with excel to be "hard". That's just me.

But that is the only area of the course that I have found to have any sort of difficultly behind it.

Good luck with your subject selection!

[jkarsz]

I am doing units 3&4 currently.

Last year I started IT 1&2, i was the only student doing IT 1&2, I had to do it through Distance Education.

I found this very easier and kinf od a waste of time. As i was doing CISCO CCNA. I dropped IT 1&2 and currently doing IT APP 3&4 and getting A+ on every SAC.

You don't really need it. The only use it will have is like getting use to the programs like excel and access and making smallers tasks ( outcomes), which then in 3&4 are much bigger and called SAC'S.

If you need anyhelp please don't hesitate to ask!

[Lasercookie]

I'm doing IT Applications without Units 1 & 2 this year.
Well I did do some of the excel stuff for Unit 1, as I started off the year doing Unit 1, but the school decided to move me up into IT Applications in the first couple of weeks (luckily I got in before the deadline for changes to enrollments).

So yes, it is do-able without Units 1&2. I've been doing really well in my sacs (I've dropped 2 marks the whole year - excluding the U4O2 sac because I haven't gotten the results back for that). So yeah, I haven't been in anyway disadvantaged by not doing year 11 IT. Of course, how I go study-score wise will depend if I screw up the exam - but that wouldn't be due to my lack of not doing Unit 1&2.

The subject is pretty easy. The hardest part is staying motivated enough to do the work. There really isn't anything in the course that I've found difficult. Web design is pretty simple - HTML and CSS is pretty simple (I threw in a bit of Javascript as well). Databases are fairly straight forward and spreadsheets are easy as well. Some of the theory stuff takes a bit to get your head around (I couldn't get my head around Normalisation at first) but most of the theory really isn't technical stuff anyway.

The SACS are long and involved. You have to plan out your time and make sure you stick to it during the sac. The theory segments of SACS are easy. You can think over stuff between the classes as well, as the sacs do go for at least 5 to 9 sessions. I went through most of the year without doing all that much homework (class time is pretty relaxed for IT). The exam is really the only reason I was prompted to finish the textbook and do other study. I feel kind of guilty for neglecting the subject, but I reckon I've managed to achieve a good understanding of the course.

To be honest - I don't like IT Applications. It's a very dull course. You do website design and databases in Unit 3 and then we did spreadsheets for U4O1 and the final outcome is theory questions on computer security and ethics. I'll be doing Software Development next year (managed to convince enough people to do it) and if your school offers it, I'd try to do that. While it still looks pretty bland, it definitely looks to be a better and more challenging course than IT Applications.

[ExamStorm]

You certainly don't need to do units 1 and 2.
..although it can help at times if your teacher assumes knowledge from the previous year.

In saying this IT Applications is not an overly difficult subject to pick up as long as you apply yourself!

[iamscott]

IT Applications certainly doesn't require Units 1 and 2. I'm currently doing it this year as my Year 11 3/4 subject, and it's fine.

The SACs are easy. Technically, they require little skill to complete. So long as you are confident with basic computer skills and research you'll be fine. Perhaps the hardest part of the course would, like laseredd said, be the theory. This is because of the poor IT 3/4 book design and the very very dull course.

[Lasercookie]

IT Applications certainly doesn't require Units 1 and 2. I'm currently doing it this year as my Year 11 3/4 subject, and it's fine.

The SACs are easy. Technically, they require little skill to complete. So long as you are confident with basic computer skills and research you'll be fine. Perhaps the hardest part of the course would, like laseredd said, be the theory. This is because of the poor IT 3/4 book design and the very very dull course.

The work you have to do in sacs is really easy, but you have an incredibly small period of time to work in. You can't afford to slack off for even a minute in sacs - most of my "study" for sacs was really just working out a detailed timetable in which I would complete the stuff in.