Teaching Applied IT & Keeping IT RealA (spasmodic) diary of the experiences and issues experienced while teaching IT in a tertiary institution. Trying to balance giving a good academic education along with vocational training that's relevant in today's workplace.NZCS Slams IT Curriculum Standards- May 26, 2008 There must be something in the air. Shortly after I posted my little rant about the career material for available for IT field, I see that the NZ Computer Society has published a report on their view of the state of IT education in schools. They don't pull any punches! Here's the opening paragraph ohttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/teach-it/nzcs-sl... ICT career - promoted alongside bakers, chefs, and saw doctors- May 25, 2008 I've just seen a poster from our Governments career service which is designed to guide students into careers. Now, keep in mind that NZ has a bit of an IT staffing problem. We just don't have enough people to fill vacancies. Our field is officially in a state of "Moderate Shortage". These two graphs from the 2007 Job Vacancy monitor shows this: a href="http:dol.govt.nzpublicationsjvmshortage2http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/teach-it/ict-car... |