Adrian and I get on well off-list so this is nothing personal. I apologize if I have offended anybody with a cavalier quip that I'll admit was casually tacked onto my post without thinking. I'll admit exhaustion and complacency, regretting that I ever hinted an ability to do the interim school reports. It has been good to see this list gain some fire and traction again. <br>
<br>Robert does raise an interesting point that we need to be careful with
what voice we speak with, especially from our signature tags. I don't
think that Adrian was writing on behalf of VITTA as President and I
wasn't writing on behalf of my school. He is quite justified to defend
the study design team reputation. I guess for this reason, I have been
adding a disclaimer to the bottom of my messages so that I am not giving
undue authority to my words or posts. <br><br>Regards Roland<br><br>Disclaimer: The views in this e-mail are entirely my own. I'll shout a beverage with anybody that meets up with me next week at the national conference and indicates they are from the study design team. :-)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 March 2010 16:34, Janson, Adrian A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:janson.adrian.a@edumail.vic.gov.au">janson.adrian.a@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Robert - you raise a good point - my language was a little strong and for that I do apologise (and also would have been better off-list). I want to categorically state that feedback and discussion is very important and I (personally) want to encourage that as much as I possibly can. Discussion of the study design only furthers all of our understanding of it.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">It's just that it frustrates me when comments like this are made off the cuff without the right basis. I also think that discussion should be phrased in the right way - positively - rather than negatively. That is, 'I notice that cloud computing is in the study but I am not sure what the context is? Can someone clarify this for me?'. This would be a fair way to start the discussion rather than saying that there is an omission and implying that no research was done into the topic. I think that there are some dangers in taking summary documents (such as the one that Mark Kelly has created) and using these are a basis for understanding of the study. The study needs to be read in the context of the key knowledge and key skills - Mark's summary is a great tool and should serve as a start only.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I think I am a little sensitive to this knowing how much work has gone into the study and the efforts that VCAA have gone to to involve everyone in the process. The study design is really looking exciting - I can't wait to teach it!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Cheers,</font></div>
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