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VCE Informatics Questions and Discussion
Aaron:
--- Quote from: JO101 on February 08, 2017, 01:31:47 am ---It was good...40+ SS. Mark Kelly helps
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Indeed :) Congratulations on your 40+
JordanM-VCE:
--- Quote from: JO101 on February 08, 2017, 01:31:47 am ---It was good...40+ SS. Mark Kelly helps
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My teacher put a photo of Mark Kelly photoshopped as jesus up on the classroom wall we used the website so much.
scanz_:
--- Quote from: JordanM-VCE on February 15, 2017, 11:10:03 pm ---My teacher put a photo of Mark Kelly photoshopped as jesus up on the classroom wall we used the website so much.
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Unfortunately it seems that Mark Kelly is giving up on Informatics... :( :'(
Read the 21st of February entry at his website: http://vceit.com/wp/newsblog/
Aaron:
--- Quote from: scanz_ on February 28, 2017, 06:32:44 pm ---Unfortunately it seems that Mark Kelly is giving up on Informatics... :( :'(
Read the 21st of February entry at his website: http://vceit.com/wp/newsblog/
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He is so right though. It is dry. Computing in general is dry. Algorithmics is the only breath of fresh air going around, and only 12 schools statewide offer it. I recently completed a Bachelor's degree in IT and the course content taught is somewhat distanced from what is actually taught at university level now. I really hope for the sake of Computing's future that the entire SD & Informatics courses are completely rewritten and dragged back into line with what university and industry expects. It feels old, it is old. This is the VCAA's fault - so schools can't really be blamed for VCE content.
You really have to ask yourself why enrolment numbers are low..... some reasons:
* Dry content
* Penalised for taking the subject (via scaling and moderation)
* IT/Computing is perceived as 'difficult', much like the perception of maths to the regular student.
* Lack of emphasis on computing/coding/even STEM in the junior/middle years (7-10). It really puzzles me why some form of IT is not compulsory at year 7 & 8, just like english & maths are. Giving students an iPad and saying they've addressed IT (instead of actually running classes) in those years is just not right.
scanz_:
--- Quote from: Aaron on February 28, 2017, 06:39:25 pm ---He is so right though. It is dry. Computing in general is dry. Algorithmics is the only breath of fresh air going around, and only 12 schools statewide offer it. I recently completed a Bachelor's degree in IT and the course content taught is somewhat distanced from what is actually taught at university level now. I really hope for the sake of Computing's future that the entire SD & Informatics courses are completely rewritten and dragged back into line with what university and industry expects. It feels old, it is old. This is the VCAA's fault - so schools can't really be blamed for VCE content.
You really have to ask yourself why enrolment numbers are low..... some reasons:
* Dry content
* Penalised for taking the subject (via scaling and moderation)
* IT/Computing is perceived as 'difficult', much like the perception of maths to the regular student.
* Lack of emphasis on computing/coding/even STEM in the junior/middle years (7-10). It really puzzles me why some form of IT is not compulsory at year 7 & 8, just like english & maths are. Giving students an iPad and saying they've addressed IT (instead of actually running classes) in those years is just not right.
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I completely agree with you.
VCAA desperately needs to overhaul the entire VCE Computing course.
It is a bit annoying though, as Computing seems to be one of VCAA's lower priority subjects.
Maybe if they paid a little attention to the course, they would see how badly this course needs to be rewritten.
Hopefully, with the change of the high school curriculum, it will mean that VCAA does pay attention to this potentially amazing subject (if they make coding compulsory in Year 7)
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