[Aries] Sem 2 Aries Questions

[Aaron]

Greetings everyone,

     Clarke, thank you for answering those questions. You're spot on, and I
can't add much else. I hope everyone finds the upgrades valuable and useful.
Feedback is always appreciated and acted upon. CDs should be arriving fairly
soon, depending upon freight travel times. Any questions on the content can
be directed to me. If any help is needed in dealing with Dept of ED WA
system wide security systems, just let me know. We had to deal with US West
Virginia's statewide systems that were blocking our content, so I'm getting
used to this problem. I hope everyone's school year is going well.

Cheers,

Aaron

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clarke Stevenson" <clarke.stevenson at bigpond.com>
To: "'Andrew Bleach'" <Andrew.Bleach at det.wa.edu.au>
Cc: "'Kruger Glen'" <Glen.Kruger at petermac.org>; "'Aaron'" <aaron at aries.net>;
"'Aries Teachers' Mailing List'" <aries at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:14 PM
Subject: RE: Changes in Sem 2 Aries


> Hi Andrew
>
> Firstly, are you on the Aries Mailing list?  If not, please join as it's
> easier to communicate with the group for me and some of the issues that
you
> have brought up may have been addressed through that. www.edulist.com.au
>
> See below
>
> Clarke Stevenson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Bleach [mailto:Andrew.Bleach at det.wa.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, 13 August 2007 10:55 AM
> To: clarke.stevenson at bigpond.com
> Cc: Drew.Bathgate at det.wa.edu.au
> Subject: Changes in Sem 2 Aries
>
> Hi Clarke,
>
> I notice that the Aries Sem 2 course (operating systems) has changed.
>
> - We have added Ver 7.1 to Semester 2. Version 6.1 is still able to be
used
> if required.
>
>   I know this was expected but the students report that several units have
> changed entirely and other units have had information added to them.  I
> appreciate the up to date additions but this has now led to concerns from
> the students that the core content they have studied in units 1 to 5 is
> different and therefore the final exam content will also have to change to
> reflect this.  Their main concern is that they will not pass the final
exam
> should this occur.  Any ideas if this will occur?
>
> - No. As long as you get them to do the exam that coincides with the unit
> that they are doing i.e. if they are studying 7.1, then they should do the
> 7.1 exam. If they have started 6.1, then they should continue with it and
> complete the 6.1 exams.
>
> - I have made Aries aware that Sem 2 change of version should occur before
> July next year to avoid the problem of schools starting the Sem 2 program
> and then having access to the latest edition after they have started. They
> just didn't have it done in time:(
>
> - I have suggested to another school that when students complete 6.1 that
as
> an extension activity they delve into 7.1 and look at the section on
VISTA.
>
> Also, we are still experiencing issues with the loading the aries
curriculum
> pages online due to Dept of ED WA system wide security systems.  This
> inhibits and slows pages loading and often makes it so the flash and/or
> shockwave animations/interactive content fail to load.  This does diminish
> the students ability to comprehend the content.  Is there any chance of
> curriculum discs being available?  This would greatly enhance our ability
to
> deliver the content in the time frame available.
>
> - I expect that the curriculum 7.1 disks (we skipped doing a 6.1 disk)
will
> be available in the next few weeks however, that will not solve your
> problem. So I suggest that you hassle ED WA to free up the access to the
> materials - that's if they are not the usual
> "head-in-the-sand-hope-the-internet-will-just-go-away" types like the VIC
> people are.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy Bleach
>
>