[Informatics] Unit 4 Audit

[Mark]

Hi Darren

I didn't mean to demean your post's value or wisdom.

It's just that some less-experienced VCE IT teachers might be led to
believe that unofficial (non-VCAA) sources are canon.

In an audit, it won't help them to complain that "But that's what the
[unofficial source] said I should do."

Regards,
Mark


On 12 July 2016 at 15:37, Darren Scott <dscott at ccb.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Point taken … though it was mentioned at the SD SAT training session that
> some of the commercial tasks don’t even match the study design. Heck, from
> what Phil was saying, some tasks didn’t even admit that there WAS a SAT.
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> Maybe instead of “accredited” … “informed” sources? “Respected”? I’m not
> touching words like halal or kosher … too much chance for something to go
> wrong.
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> Darren
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> Darren Scott
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> *From:* informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 12 July 2016 3:19 PM
> *To:* Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Informatics] Unit 4 Audit
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> On 12 July 2016 at 11:45, Darren Scott <dscott at ccb.vic.edu.au> wrote:
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> resources from accredited sources (DLTV, digipubs, vceit.com, the
> approved text books
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> I appreciate the kudos, Darren, but "accredited" is a not really the right
> word. The only accredited source is VCAA.
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> Other publications may be quietly checked in a back room by VCAA before
> publication, but they never get a 'stamp of approval'.
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> (But if VCAA ever slips into the study design a reference to Adam Sandler
> or a serial killer - I'll consider myself 'accredited'. Sadly, the only
> time VCAA got even *slightly* frisky was a thematic allusion to Charles
> Schultz's *Peanuts* characters in the 2008 SD exam's section C
> <http://vceit.com/p/postmortem-2008s.htm#c>.)
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> Neither the textbooks nor vceit.com is kosher, or even halal.
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> Shameless plug:
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> I mentioned during the holidays that I'd put up some solutions
> <http://vceit.com/wp/informatics/informatics-vcaa-sample-exam-answers/>
> to the VCAA sample questions for the new Informatics exam, and encouraged
> people to ignore it at their earliest convenience. I am humbly grateful
> that everyone took my advice.
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> But now that you're back at work, awake, and sober, you might find it
> useful as a source of discussion with your kids as the end of year exam
> approaches.  There are only 121 shopping days until the exam!
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> Regards,
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> Mark
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> --
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> Mark Kelly
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> mark at vceit.com
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> http://vceit.com
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