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<div>I took a left turn with this topic and we used our school network and infrastructure drawings as a teaching tool. The techie gave us a great chat with the drawings at hand and sat with my boys for a good 40mins chatting with a hardware tour of our system
back-end. Very valuable too!</div>
<div>The text is useful but lots of online infrastructure data is out there too. I encourage teachers to use their search skills to see what's out there...</div>
<div>For those wanting to take the next level....try some sample professional tests from Cisco, Microsoft, Novell, or other vendors of a technical nature. </div>
<div>Oh, and Apple too.</div>
<div>Kent.<br>
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<b>Kent Beveridge</b>
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On 13/09/2013, at 8:43 AM, "Langham, Peter P" <<a href="mailto:langham.peter.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">langham.peter.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Good morning, </span><br>
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<span>I'm interested in peoples thoughts on the networking content that needs to be covered in SD, it's my first year teaching SD and my class and I have made use of Adrian Janson's textbook.
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<span>In chapter 2 there is quite a lot of Networking theory, and in many of the SACs that I've looked at from the Edulist resources there's a strong focus on networking theory.
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<span>The study design references are:</span><br>
<span>- technical underpinnings of intranets, the Internet and virtual private networks</span><br>
<span>- characteristics of wired and wireless networks</span><br>
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<span>Technical underpinnings of intranets, the Internet and virtual private networks appears to focus mostly on the telecommunications infrastructure and how it's used to support intranets, the Internet and VPNs</span><br>
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<span>Characteristics of wired and wireless networks appears to focus mostly on the characteristics such as bandwidth, cost, mobility, ease of installation and security.</span><br>
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<span>So, as far as covering LANs/WANs, Network hardware and transmission media, am I right in thinking that they're not assessable content in the SD exam?
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<span>Most of my students are covering that content in IT Applications, so they have an understanding of this already.
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<span>Thanks for your help,</span><br>
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<span>Peter Langham</span><br>
<span>Narre Warren South P-12 College</span><br>
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