[Informatics] Examiners' report is available

[Claudia Graham]

Mark,
I beg to differ, it IS every teachers responsibility to check and stay up to date, whether it is our professional learning or to check the VCAA website. All teachers are expected to sign up to the VCAA bulletin, and the VCAA has also made that clear at all VCE leaders briefings. Reports will be published once complete, no report in any subject is announced.

I download very little I always go back to the website if I want study design, a past exam, criteria etc. and always do links to the page for students.

And in fact a supportive collaborative professional learning network will always win over a VCAA announcement, so thanks for alerting us Natalie.

Regards
Claudia
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On 27 Apr 2017, at 4:45 PM, Mark <mark at vceit.com<mailto:mark at vceit.com>> wrote:

You and me both, brother.

Since this list is supported by VCAA, you would think significant and relevant news would be posted here as a matter of course.
But instead, keen or lucky subscribers must troll the VCAA site regularly in case VCAA slips something new and vital under the radar.
We can't rely on the VCAA bulletin, since not all notable changes are posted there.
Even using online apps to monitor changes to the VCAA IT website is not reliable.

Finding important course changes and updates (e.g. changes to 2017 SAT assessment criteria) is not supposed to be like an Easter egg hunt run by Auntie VCAA.

Apparently, the lucky souls who attended the VCAA briefings in Melbourne heard about the 2017 SAT assessment changes.
It was not so lucky for regional people or others who could not get an entire day off or travel so far to attend the event in person.
And - yes - someone did post some slideshows of the event to this list, but the assessment changes lurking within them were still not highlighted by VCAA, AFAIK.

It is not every teachers' job to routinely hunt under every bush in the VCAA online playground to find if VCAA has secretly laid a new egg.
Even worse - if people don't find a hidden egg, they can be punished for non-compliance with these hidden decrees during auditing.

Come on, VCAA. Compliance with your requirements is not meant to be a competitive game.
You are supposed to PUSH information and not expect everyone else to endlessly search for and PULL information.

Hiding vital information in unannounced and indistinguishable edits to your website is not good enough.
ALL information about course changes should be posted to this list...

Clearly.
Openly.
Promptly*

Grrr.

Mark

* e.g. Why does it take five months for examiners' reports to arrive?  This information is vitally needed by teachers during the early months of the following year, but they must wait until term 2 to get the information they need to better instruct their students? Not good enough, IMO.



On 27 April 2017 at 15:32, Garth, Lucas A <garth.lucas.a at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:garth.lucas.a at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
Hi,

Considering the Notice to Schools bulletin has been recently sent out, I'm surprised we didn't get notified of this.

Lucas

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Just found this on the VCAA site - SD not available yet though.

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/technology/2016/informatics_examrep16.pdf

Natalie

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