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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=278340903-23022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Paula</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=278340903-23022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I take your point but annotations seem very weird to
me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=278340903-23022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You are telling me that we want students to create an
electronic information product but we want them to print out tables, queries,
forms so they can annotate them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=278340903-23022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Talk about going backwards to the old CAT days where every
CAT was a tome's worth of paper.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=278340903-23022007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>When students create their project plan, is the
analysis stage meant to be part of it or do they only plan the actual
making and testing of the database?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=278340903-23022007>And
which students will want to admit that things went wrong during their SAC? If
everything goes well, they don't have to change their plan. If something goes
wrong, then they have to change their plan as well as fix their mistakes.
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Christophersen,
Paula P<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 23 February 2007 12:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12
IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit
3, Outcome 1 database and project management<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear colleagues</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a couple of comments to make
about the queries raised in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Michael Torsello</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">s’s email
regarding the tasks for this outcome.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The outcome requires students to
apply project management strategies when producing a solution and information
product. This means that giving students a separate project management (PM) task
that does not require the application of PM skills to the development of a
solution is <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">not</SPAN></B> appropriate. So
sorry folks, but Task 2 is intertwined with Task 1, even though they are
reported separately. <BR><BR>Also note on page 25, second para of Area of Study
1 − ‘The project plans must be developed in the designing stage of the
problem-solving methodology.’ The amount of project management required in
this outcome is not extensive, and the reaccreditation committee responsible for
the development of the study design believed that it is a more meaningful task
if applied to the development of a solution and product. <BR><BR>Also, this para
states that the PM plan should include information about: tasks, time and
resources − budget is not a consideration. For resources, students just have to
list the technology they are using, so the bulk of the plan focuses on tasks and
time, and the monitoring of their progress. If all goes according to plan, then
no adjustments need to be made.<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would consider 500 minutes for the
SAC to be at the upper end of the time scale. I wonder if your task expectations
are a little too much? Also note that students do <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">not</SPAN></B> have to prepare a written report for
Task 1 − while the key skill states that students must ‘evaluate how the
efficiency of the solutions and the effectiveness of the products meet
identified decision-making needs’, the task description says that this is
achieved through <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">annotations</SPAN></B>. This
is a lot less formal and time consuming (see page 30 ‘Students annotate the
solution and information product to indicate how the identified decision-making
needs are met’) than a written report. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paula</SPAN></FONT></P>
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