[Year 12 IPM] An invitation to Lurkers

[David Irving]

perhaps i didn't express myself that well. what i was getting at was that students are expected to pick the "right" answer and yet there doesn't always seem to to one. they have to try to guess what "right" answer the exmainers would consider correct.
 
david
 
David Irving
ICT Coordinator
 
Monivae College
Ballarat Rd., 
Hamilton,
Victoria, 3300
P.O. Box 423
Phone:55721244
 
 

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Lel, Ronald A
Sent: Fri 11/11/2005 11:43 AM
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	From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of David Irving
	Sent: Friday, 11 November 2005 11:25 AM
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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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