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FOCUS IT/FOCUS TI
Innovative Teaching, Real Learning

www.focusit.ca/www.ictc-ctic.ca
Table of Content
 Educational
Challenges
 Canada’s Future
 Introducing FIT
 How FIT Works
 FIT Concentrations to
Jobs
 Testimonials

Educational Crisis
Disengagement crisis among learners from
traditional learning & teaching modules
“The majority of students in the upper grades are
not intellectually engaged in the classroom.”
Source: C21 Canada. “C21 Presents: Shifting Minds. A 21st century vision of public education for Canada.” May 2012.

Canada’s Future
Reinvigorating the Canadian educational system
impacts economic, social, environmental and
financial aspirations of Canadians
Multi-literate, creative and innovative
people are the drivers of the 21st Century
Source: C21 Canada. “C21 Presents: Shifting Minds. A 21st century vision of public education for Canada.” May 2012.

The Situation
 By 2016, Canada will need more
than 106,000 ICT workers
 Systemic shortage of soft skills
 Mismatch between capabilities
 Youth are not choosing ICT as a
career
 Not seen as fun, viable or profitable
 Unaware of the opportunities
available in ICT
 Canadian graduates lack the
right blend of skills to compete in
the digital economy
 21st Century Skills

What is ICT?
http://www.tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_what_is_ict.htm
 A constantly evolving term:
 “All the uses of digital technology that
already exist to help individuals,
businesses and organisations use
information.”
 “ICT covers any product that will
store, retrieve, manipulate,
transmit or receive information
electronically in a digital form.”
 Information Communications Technology

21st Century Skills
What are They:
 Solve real problems
 Engage with knowledge that matters
 Be respected
 See how subjects are interconnected
 Learn from and with each other and people in
their community
 Connect with experts and expertise
 Have more opportunities for dialogue and
conversation
How to Learn Them:
 Applied, project-based and interdisciplinary
learning
 Collaborative learning
 Inquiry and investigation
 Technology for learning
 Demonstration of competence
 Personalized learning
 Information access, analysis, synthesis and
the generation of new ideas

 Video from Code.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKIu9yen5
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Introducing

How FIT Works

Finding Your FIT
Network & Operations Support Concentration
Interactive Media Concentration
Business & Information Analysis Concentration
Software Design & Development Concentration
General Technical Competencies
General Business Competencies

FIT Creates Pathways
 FIT School – sector focus
 Career Exploration
 To University
 To College
 To Work
 To Entrepreneurship
 Industry/Work/Economic
Development
 Making Canada Strong

Business & Information Analysis
 Business analyst
 Analyst-designer
 Systems analyst
 Information Analyst
 Relationship manager
 Project Leader
 Business Architect
 Information Architect
 Quality Assurance Analyst
 Data Administrator
 User education & technical writing

Software Design & Development
 Analyst-programmer
 Applications software
integrator
 Programmer
 Software designer
 Database design
 Data Architect
 Technical Architect
 User interface designer
 Games designer
 E-commerce developer
 Technology consultant

Network & System Operations
 User technical support expert
 Help desk operator
 Problem manager
 Network planner
 Security expert
 Hardware/software platform
specialist
 Computer operator
 Mobile/wireless communications
planner & support expert

Interactive Media
 Web designer
 Web developer
 Web master
 Database administrator
 Social media developer
 Games design and
developer
 User interface designer
 E-commerce developer

The FIT Standards

FIT Students
 Aware of impacts of technology
 Understand the role of ICT in industry
 Explore ICT career opportunities
 Apply ICT skills to develop solutions

Innovative & Realistic
 Learn by seeing, thinking, & doing
 Practise FIT skills to make them
better prepared for 21st century
 Experience through internships or
co-ops

What is FIT?
 FOCUS program for Grades 10, 11 and 12
 Delivered through hands-on learning
 Project- based learning built on teamwork
 Increased awareness and understanding along
with skill development for an ICT career
 Based on learning outcomes validated by business,
industry and educators
 The core FOCUS program:
 Developing PC maintenance skills
 Network Administration technical proficiency
 Media, Graphics and Communications explorations
 Employability/essential skills
 Business/entrepreneurship aptitude
 Developing work experience skills

The FIT Advantage
FIT Graduates:
 Potential advanced standing for
future studies
 Better prepared to write major ICT
certification exams
 Valuable career-ready skills
 Recognized by employers across
Canada

FIT Students Say…
“It was unique – an open learning
environment. You learn the academic side,
but it’s more about how you manage your
time, assess a project and set goals.”
 Ryan Clark, FIT Student
“It was really great. FIT gave me a better
understanding of what we were learning.
I’m building on that now at BCIT.”
 Brian Walker, FIT Student

FIT Engages Industry
 FIT-IPN: Industry Partnership Network
 Partnership between industry and education
within the local community
 Brings together ingenuity & resources
of employers and teachers
 FIT-assisted co-ops, internships, & work
placements
 Delivers hands-on, real-world learning
 Reach ahead events, workshops &
presentations for FIT community

Stay Connected
Visit: www.focusit.ca
Contact us: fit-media@ictc-ctic.ca
Follow us: @FOCUSITca

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