[senit] ICT Qualifications

Hi

May I encourage you all to start thinking 'outside the box'!

Why get sucked into working towards qualifications when if you get  
enthused and are good at something all sorts of opportunities for  
enjoyment and work follow.

The education system at the moment is leading to so much feeling of  
failure that for many it needs to be avoided.

I will gladly teach him Flash using phone and the online tutorials  
that I've made - www.tygh.co.uk/menu.html .

Get him to look at :

http://www.myulverston.co.uk/flash/talks.html
where I enthuse on video, with many illustrations, about Flash, the  
exciting multimedia software that can be used in so many different  
projects with children from 4 to 15

and www.tygh.co.uk/students

I've just started working on a very exciting project with other  
teachers to put animations to music.

http://www.myulverston.co.uk/flashlessons/pentmusic1.html

I'm finding that the curriculum and exam courses are totally missing  
the point of education and that it needs to lift and encourage  
students to want to achieve something for themselves.

Many teachers and students are getting switched off education in  
Britain by unimaginative targets set by people like Dave Hassel at  
Becta who just want to manage the system.

If you want to enjoy your education you have to go to Thailand who  
have a people-oriented curriculum!

Geoff

> Hi
>
> Does anyone have any ideas for ICT qualifications that would be  
> suitable for
> a year 9 boy choosing his options? He is severely athetoid and has
> communication difficulties which severely limit his computer access  
> and
> recording speed. He attends mainstream school and is academically  
> capable of
> following a GCSE ICT curriculum. The difficulty lies with  
> completing the
> volume of work within the time allowed alongside the range of other  
> subjects
> he wants to study. Any suggestions for other appropriate  
> qualifications he
> might pursue? Asdan Key Skills ICT springs to mind [level 3?] or  
> ECDL or
> Dida?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ian
> Ian Butterworth
>
>