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The DBE Circular requiring proprietary office & programming technologies: An excellent example of how not to do IT in SA schools
The document critiques the South African Department of Basic Education's circular on proprietary office and programming technologies, arguing it fails to engage young people in computer science. It recommends suspending the circular and revising the IT curriculum to focus on free and open-source technologies, fostering creativity and community collaboration. The proposed changes emphasize making the curriculum language-independent and compliant with government policies promoting interoperability.
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- 1. The Department ofBasic Education Circular requiring proprietary office & programming technologies: An excellent example of how not to do IT in education in South African schools Derek Keats, PhD derek@dkeats.com http://dkeats.com
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- 4. MINIMUM INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS (MIOS) forGovernment Information Systems Office Document formats Open Document Format (ODF) [SANS 26300]
- 5. This is 2013! Weare not getting enough young people interested in computer science and other areas of IT It is time to stop focusing on programming languages... We need to make computing more exciting!
- 6. Injecting vision intothe curriculum: Free and Open Technologies platforms Free Software (Open Source) Marymount School (New York) 7th graders designed a light kit to be an educational project for a community center in Zimbabwe. Credit: Adam Provost, 2013 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/dive-into-the-maker-movement-adam-provost Creating an exciting maker culture
- 7. Free as in freedom Learningfrom the best Collaborating Working in a community Confidence in self VALUES!
- 8. Recommendations The implementation ofCircular S9 should be suspended pending further investigation, hence the status quo remains for now During 2014-2015, the DBE examining panel needs to review the current assessment practice so as to make the IT practical paper language independent. An independent group should be appointed to review both the CAT and IT curriculum to make them more current and more exciting so as to attract learners to the subjects The revised curricula should be phased in in Grade 10 in 2016 and the IT curriculum should not have a prescribed programming language Both CAT and IT must be compliant with the Government FOSS policy and the Minimum Interoperability Standards