[Year 12 IPM] An invitation to Lurkers

[Lel, Ronald A]

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	Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] An invitation to Lurkers
	
	
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	now that i am "live" i will make a couple of comments and i hope
i don't offend anyone.
	 
	i did find it a bit difficult trying to teach the kids such
things as the difference between "conventions" and "formats" and without
this group it would have been impossible to even get the ideas somewhat
clear in my own head.  it seems to me that VCAA have presented a course
that relies a lot on definitions of terms which they fail to define and
which may have multiple definitions depending on your source.
	 
	 David Irving
	ICT Coordinator
	 
	Monivae College
	Ballarat Rd., 
	Hamilton,
	Victoria, 3300
	P.O. Box 423
	Phone:55721244 
	 
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	I would agree with quite a lot of the above post. The problem is
that in many cases there is no right or wrong answer in IT, and
depending on which company you work for, work practices and techniques
will be different. Paula states that industry specialists are involved
in the course design. I really wonder who they are. In all my years of
working in the IT industry including in project management, for example,
we never ever used Pert charts, yet they are part of the course. 
	 
	There were a number of questions in the exam which had numerous
"right answers", depending on your background.
	 
	Ron Lel
	Croydon Secondary College
	(Soon to be Ron Lel from Thailand).
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 



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