Please forgive me mounting my usual soapbox for a second...<br><br>Whichever SAC you use, and wherever it comes from, it's still <b>your</b> responsibility to ensure that it fulfils the requirements of the study design. There have been one or two dodgy outcomes let loose in the past that would not have passed VCAA auditing.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:59 PM, George Ciotti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ciotti.george.w@edumail.vic.gov.au">ciotti.george.w@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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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">With all due respect, what you’re effectively saying is that after all your experience you wont provide Andrew with one of your SACs? Or one of the SACs that you may have gotten from someone else in the past and successfully used in your class? <br>
I would give you one of mine if I had one Andrew but I am in the same boat as other first year ITA teachers. It seems to me that SACs that others have used successfully in the past or indeed are using currently are few and far between. Not any on the VITTA unless you’re doing the Software SAC, heaps of those!<br>
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The big question is why? I would have thought that by now there would/should be plenty. How many ITA teachers are there out there? <br>
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If you don’t mind Andrew, I wouldn’t mind looking at the ones you have.<br>
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Thanks in advance.<br>
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On 5/12/10 11:53 AM, "Robert Hind" <<a href="http://robert@yinnar.com" target="_blank">robert@yinnar.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</span></font><blockquote><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial">Hi Andrew!<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">We've all been down the same road. First time teaching the subject. Not sure exactly what the study design means! Am I doing the right thing? What help can I get? Where can I get it?<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">That is where the ITApps list really helps. You can ask for help and usually get it.<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">I was teaching IT when the VCE started. We had CATs - and now SACs. Those of us teaching at that time had to develop our own CATs and SACs - especially in non-metropolitan schools, where I was teaching at that time, as we had no local support. The whole Edulists did not exist and there were no commercially available resources. I am now retired from full time teaching.<br>
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</font></span><font size="5"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">So what am I saying to you?<br>
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</span></font><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial">Don't agonise too much about this SAC. You have two examples already - so, unless you are not happy with either of them, go with one of those. Modify of course to suit your students and the software you and they are using.<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">The SAC has to allow students to demonstrate the required skills- see the VCAA Assessment Handbook for ITApps at <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/InfoTechHB_2007.doc" target="_blank">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/InfoTechHB_2007.doc</a></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <<a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/InfoTechHB_2007.doc" target="_blank">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/InfoTechHB_2007.doc</a>> <br>
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</font><font face="Arial">Then really all you have to do is rank the students in order of their ability to satisfy the requirements for the SAC. The moderation of the internal assessments via the exam marks takes care of assessment differences between schools/teachers.<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">Good luck with SAC 2<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">Robert Hind (Semi-retired) OOF, GOM (Thanks Kent!)<br>
Ashwood and Traralgon<br>
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> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> I am after another SAC for outcome 2. I have 2 already and really would like to see another if possible.<br>
> <br>
> A.Townsley<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="http://itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>> </font><font face="Arial"> on behalf of Jackson Bates<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] U3O2 - Ok to code entirely in Notepad?<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> <br>
> This is probably a dumb question, but if a pupil is proficient in html<br>
> and css, can they create their prototype website in Notepad (or Vym, or<br>
> Notepad++ etc). I know the task must be completed using appropriate<br>
> software that can create a website, but does that include something as<br>
> simple as a text editor or must they use Dreamweaver or another WYSIWYG<br>
> type of editor?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Cheers,<br>
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> Jackson Bates<br>
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