[Year 12 IPM] Where do I go...

[Andrew Grimshaw]

HI

i agree that the standards are written in pretty heavy jargon - maybe we sho=
uld post up the text of the standards and start discussing how we interpret=
 them? I'll start the first one below

in my school i am coming to create projects (next year), in collaboration wi=
th  teachers from  other KLAs, to ensure we meet all the standards 

I will of course share these projects with the list. 

Level 5: ICT for visualising thinking 
"Students select and apply ICT tools and editing functions that support the=
 filtering, classifying, representing and organising of ideas, concepts and=
 issues. "

As a maths/science teacher my first thought reading this one was using excel=
 to analyse data, create averages, etc and produce charts. We also use some=
 physics data-logging software in yr9-10 that works in will with this. The a=
rt staff use digital portfolios (powerpoint/producer)- the students collect=
 images of their own work and intersperse it with images and text from art h=
istory/theory to show how what they have learnt and how it has influenced th=
eir work. I think Powerpoint in general is a good application for this stand=
ard in the humanities as long as the kids are actually being selective with=
 the info and are presenting it in some kind of logical order. Webpage creat=
ion is also a good application for this standard (here this is currently onl=
y done by about 30% of 9-10s and no 7-8s)

Anyway these are my ramblings. What does everyone else think?

andrew grimshaw
colac college
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brendyn Hancock 
  To: ipm at edulists.com.au 
  Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:35 AM
  Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Where do I go...


  All

  I have been posting around IPM, VELS, 7-10IT, lists for the last little wh=
ile but with little results. I'm not sure as to the reason but have very lit=
tle response to what I thought would be a really relatable thread. Help with=
 VELS.

  I accept that I'm a little slow and it has taken me a while to begin to un=
derstand VELS and its structure but I find it difficult to imagine that I'm=
 the only one struggling with the interpretation and implementation of it.

  When I read the Standards for the ICT domain there are lots of gaps in my=
 understanding. I appreciated greatly the Standards Audit sheets that Andrew=
 contributed last week but I struggle to understand what they are asking. I=
 gave these sheets to 3 faculties to fill out and all of them came back to m=
e saying "what the...."

  Thanks to all those that participated in the 'progression points' thread o=
f a week bk. This is real help. I don't want to go to another vels in servic=
e day where someone just stands up the front and reads out the standards aga=
in.

  Has VITTA published anything on interpreting the standards...
  Has VCAA anything to offer here...

  I'm after VELs for dummies but as yet have not found the publisher to buy=
 it from.

  Thanks

  Regards

  Brendyn

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