Background
Screenshot from Andrew's project
Katikati College, in the Bay of Plenty, is a decile 6 co-educational school with an approximate Year 7-13 roll of 950 students.
The Technology programme: In Years 7-9 students follow a broad Technology programme in Materials, Food and Information and Communication (ICT) Technology. At Year 10 students must choose a full-year option from ICT, Food, Hard and Soft Materials or Graphics. The ICT option leads into a Year 11 ICT programme in which the full year's work is built around a web design theme. At Year 12 the ICT option again sits alongside other technology options, as well as unit standards courses in Computing, Furniture Making, and Hospitality.
Malcolm Howard, Head of Faculty Technology, graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Canterbury University and practiced as a professional engineer for eight years before moving into teaching. He has taught maths and ICT and became Head of Faculty at Katikati College in 1996. Malcolm was awarded a New Zealand Mathematics, Science and Technology Fellowship in 2004, which he used to study the technological practice of ICT professionals.
The Katikati College and Hillcrest High School Beacon Practice cluster is an initiative comprising four 'computing' teachers focussed on improving the teaching and assessing of technology in an ICT context in their schools.
