[Year 12 IPM] VCAA SD and Assessment Guildelines Online

Tue Nov 21 17:09:26 EST 2006

Hi Stephen and colleagues

The list of software functions is available at:
http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/maps/maps_domain/ict/level6.html#
H2N400033

(yes, and they are PDF). An abridged article regarding software
functions for IT applications is in this month's issue of the VCAA
Bulletin.

While schools have recently received the IT Assessment Handbook it has
not been published on the website. Shortly VCAA will be posting both the
study design (2007 - 2010) and the accompanying assessment handbook.
There are always tensions when two different study designs and
assessment handbooks are on our website for one study, so we typically
wait until early December (near the end of the current accreditation
period) to replace the old documentation with the new.

RE: the assessment handbook, because most outcomes have changed, there
have been corresponding changes in the performance descriptors. I would
advise treating the document as new rather than trying to identify only
the changes. 

Regards

Paula

Paula Christophersen

ICT Curriculum Manager

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment

Authority

41 St Andrews Place

EAST MELBOURNE 3002

Phone: 03 9651 4378

Fax: 03 9651 4324

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Can't find the digital copiers of these docs online ??

Anyone know where they are ?

How tedious for every teacher around the state to have to extract from
pdf, reformat and then check whether this is a change or a reststement,
and then integrate into the study design....

Why not have a wiki online which always shows the current version and
also allows users to see the alterations that have been made...

OR at least maintain a curent version of all documentation online and
just alert us to which page(s) have changed....

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Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager 
mailto:admin at cheltsec.vic.edu.au  
Cheltenham Secondary College www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au
<http://www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au/>  Ph: 613 955 55 955  Fx: 9555 8617
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Gravity is a myth, the Earth sucks.

VCE Information

Technology

Software tools and functions

In the reaccredited VCE Information Technology Study

Design, students studying IT applications (Units 3 and 4)

are required to use at least three software tools when solving

information problems. Additional tools are required to develop

a project management plan and a visual representation.

In Unit 3, Outcome 1 students use database management

software to create a relational database. In addition they must

use a software tool to create a project management report that

includes the management plan and the tracking of progress.

Appropriate software types include, for example, project

management, spreadsheets, word processing.

For Outcome 2, students use web authoring software

to create a prototype website. Additional software, such as

image editing, can be used to support the development of the

prototype.

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