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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Stephen and colleagues</span></font>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The list of software functions is
available at: <a
href=3D"http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/maps/maps_domain/ict/level6.h=
tml#H2N400033">http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/maps/maps_domain/ict/l=
evel6.html#H2N400033</a></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(yes, and they are PDF). An abridged
article regarding software functions for IT applications is in this month=
217;s
issue of the <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>VCAA Bulletin</span></i>.<=
/span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>While schools have recently received th=
e IT
Assessment Handbook it has not been published on the website. Shortly VCAA w=
ill
be posting both the study design (2007 – 2010) and the accompanying
assessment handbook. There are always tensions when two different study desi=
gns
and assessment handbooks are on our website for one study, so we typically w=
ait
until early December (near the end of the current accreditation period) to
replace the old documentation with the new.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>RE: the assessment handbook, because mo=
st
outcomes have changed, there have been corresponding changes in the performa=
nce
descriptors. I would advise treating the document as new rather than trying=
to
identify only the changes. </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Paula</span></font></p>
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span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Paula Christophersen</span></font></p>
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span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>ICT </span></font><font color=3Dnavy><=
span
style=3D'color:navy'>Curriculum</span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span
style=3D'color:navy'> Manager</span></font></p>
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span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Victorian </span></font><font color=3D=
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style=3D'color:navy'>Curriculum</span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span
style=3D'color:navy'> and Assessment</span></font></p>
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span
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>41 St Andrews Place</span></font></p>
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ma><span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> ipm-bounces@edulists.co=
m.au
[mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Stephen Digby<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 21 November 20=
06
3:22 PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> edulists.com.au IPM List<=
br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Year 12 IPM] VCAA S=
D and
Assessment Guildelines Online </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></fon=
t></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Can't find the digital copiers=
of
these docs online ??</span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anyone know where they are ?</s=
pan></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></fon=
t></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How tedious for every teacher a=
round
the state to have to extract from pdf, reformat and then check whether this=
is
a change or a reststement, and then integrate into the study design....</spa=
n></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Why not have a wiki online whic=
h
always shows the current version and also allows users to see the alteration=
s
that have been made...</span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></fon=
t></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OR at least maintain a cur=
ent
version of all documentation online and just alert us to which page(s) have
changed....</span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></fon=
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=3D<br>
Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager <br>
<a href=3D"mailto:admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au">mailto:admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.a=
u</a>
<br>
Cheltenham Secondary College <a href=3D"http://www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au/">www=
.cheltsec.vic.edu.au</a>
Ph: 613 955 55 955 Fx: 9555 8617<br>
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l><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
<br>
Gravity is a myth, the Earth sucks.</span></font></p>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></fon=
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<div>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></fon=
t></p>
</div>
<div>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D6 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F1410'>VCE Information</=
span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D6 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F1410'>Technology</span>=
</font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D5 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DAria=
l><span
style=3D'font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F1410'>Software tools an=
d
functions</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D7 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:36.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>I</span></f=
ont><font
size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTimes-Roman><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt=
;
font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>n the reaccredited VCE Information
Technology Study</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>Design, stud=
ents
studying IT applications (Units 3 and 4)</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>are required=
to
use at least three software tools when solving</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>information
problems. Additional tools are required to develop</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>a project
management plan and a visual representation.</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>In Unit 3,
Outcome 1 students use database management</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>software to
create a relational database. In addition they must</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>use a softwa=
re
tool to create a project management report that</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>includes the
management plan and the tracking of progress.</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>Appropriate
software types include, for example, project</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>management,
spreadsheets, word processing.</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>For Outcome=
2,
students use web authoring software</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>to create a
prototype website. Additional software, such as</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>image editin=
g,
can be used to support the development of the</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3D1 color=3D"#1f1410" face=3DTime=
s-Roman><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:#1F1410'>prototype.</=
span></font></p>
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