Describe your best ICT lesson in school?

Just to go on a rant for a little bit, but when I actually did ICT it was terrible, all we learned was how to use word and excel really and pointless information about outdated computing topics.

Videos about computer aided design from the 70s, Archimedes computers, BBC Micros & network topography that no-one has used since 1925. The only reason ICT was good is that we got to mess around with the computers.
 
Crotch dodgems. Two people sit backwards on the cheap spinny office chairs, then get propelled by two "drivers" into one another. Winner is the one not on the floor in pain.

Kinda like ro-sham-bo, but not.
 
Skyfall said:
Just to go on a rant for a little bit, but when I actually did ICT it was terrible, all we learned was how to use word and excel really and pointless information about outdated computing topics.

Videos about computer aided design from the 70s, Archimedes computers, BBC Micros & network topography that no-one has used since 1925. The only reason ICT was good is that we got to mess around with the computers.
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Our ICT class was exactly the same. An utter borefest about wordwrapping or excel formulae.

It was a substitute teacher we had for a month that did the PC building exercise with us.
 
When I found porn on my teachers shared HD on his laptop. Kazaa file sharing ***! I had a quiet word with him and it safe to say I did not have to do homework again :D
 
We sat round in a circle(like in primary school), and said everything we knew and about the course and when u ran out of things to say you sat on your seat, was quite fun and we learn something.
 
POD: We don't have a load of spare toasters in the ICT office though. Plus last time I looked, there were no toaster related questions in the exam paper.
 
Teach them how to make a game in Flash or something.

ICT sucked. Most of the students knew more than the teacher did.
 
Our best lessons were always when the bloke would just walk off and leave us to do whatever.
 
Our teacher wrote a 'who wants to be a millionaire' game for us that we played for revision. It has a shed load of questions in it, so you couldn't really just learn the answers to the specific things that came up. He had one for GCSE IT and computing AS and A2. There were random facts thrown in, funny pictures etc. The life lines all worked too, which was funny.

Do you think you're good enough?

The best people in our sets started with some basic programming / web design, according to their preferences when they'd done a task.
 
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Kemik said:
Teach them how to make a game in Flash or something.

ICT sucked. Most of the students knew more than the teacher did.
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I would, and do teach other classes Flash and game design, but in a way it's wasting time, they have two exams in May/June, so really need it focused on those.

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Will give the millionaire game a shot, am not bad with Flash. Cheers.
 
monkeysmith said:
We don't have a load of spare toasters in the ICT office though. Plus last time I looked, there were no toaster related questions in the exam paper.
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Shame, I'm sure I had this question in my paper:

Describe the benefits of using a toaster to cook bread, rather then an open fire.
 
If you finished all your work you were then allowed to play a tunnel game. Not sure which game it was, but you had use your mouse pointer and avoid the edges while everything moved. If you could get of x amount you could go early :p
 
Burnsy2023 said:
That's a) difficult for the level they're at and b) bloody expensive in licensing costs
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I teach Flash to year 8's, and it is difficult. At that year they are happy with basic tweening. GCSE level they would need to know quite a bit to be impressed.

We are lucky at the school, site license for CS3 Master Edition.
 
monkeysmith said:
I would, and do teach other classes Flash and game design, but in a way it's wasting time, they have two exams in May/June, so really need it focused on those.

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Will give the millionaire game a shot, am not bad with Flash. Cheers.
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Sometimes classes have to be boring. Unfortunately you don't make the course specification, so you have to teach what 'the man' wants you to teach them. Ultimately it is a compulsory class that 80% of the students wouldn't have taken. You need to get them to pass or you look like a bad teacher. Just tell them that if they work hard and pass you will buy them a chocolate bar.
 
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