[Year 12 IPM] U3O2 Virtual Teams

Fri Nov 24 17:33:35 EST 2006

...and that's great teaching, but does it necessarily have to form part of
the assessment?

Regards
Robert T-A
Brighton SC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Richardson" <keithcr at fastmail.fm>
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Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] U3O2 Virtual Teams

> Thanks Paula - my problem is, however, that I want to keep the kids
> involved and real as far as possible, to convince them from actual
> experience about what is truely possible, not just because I said so,
> but because they have experienced it for themselves.
> Keith
>
>
>
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:15:24 +1100, "Mark Scott"
> <msc at staff.luther.vic.edu.au> said:
> > What's this, some sanity back into the conversation?
> >
> > Just when I was getting thoroughly depressed.
> >
> > Mark Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > On Behalf Of Christophersen, Paula P
> > Sent: Friday, 24 November 2006 8:33 AM
> > To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> > Teachers'MailingList
> > Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] U3O2 Virtual Teams
> >
> > Dear colleagues
> >
> > It's great to hear this healthy discussion regarding Unit 3, Outcome 2.
> > I just want to stress that when students independently develop their
> > prototype website, it is OK just to simulate practices/tools rather than
> > creating/using them. The main intention of this part of the outcome is
> > for students to demonstrate their understanding of tools/facilities
> > available to support knowledge sharing and collaborative
> > decision-making.
> >
> > So, when completing this assessment task, students would design the
> > website, create the homepage and create/simulate that part of the
> > website that supports knowledge sharing and collaborative decision
> > making. Then, comes the theory part on networking.
> >
> > Regards
> > Paula
> >
> > Paula Christophersen
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > On Behalf Of Cameron Bell
> > Sent: Friday, 24 November 2006 8:05 AM
> > To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> > Teachers'Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] U3O2 Virtual Teams
> >
> > Likewise. I am wondering about setting up a Jabber server for such a
> > purpose. Simply to reduce external traffic costs and bandwidth and keep
> > it fully internal and "safer" for students. Has anyone done this yet?
> > Would be interested in feedback.
> > Cameron
> >
> > Keith Richardson wrote:
> > > Skype has enabled some of the virtual teams I work in to be fast,
> > > efficient and effective, but it is real-time. One also needs
> > > a-synchronous tools too.
> > > Keith
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:30:47 +1100, "Mark Kelly"
> > > <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> said:
> > >
> > >> Yes, but is email a complete solution?  It's certainly relevant and
> > >> important, but can it achieve everything a virtual team needs?
> > >>
> > >> I ask myself (as 3:30 comes and I have to drag myself to a curriculum
> >
> > >> meeting) why I'm dragging myself to a meeting.  Why couldn't it be
> > done
> > >> by email?  If you can work that out, you may start to see where
> > email's
> > >> limitations begin.
> > >>
> > >> 2.2 cents' worth (GST inc)
> > >>
> > >> Off to curriculum.  VELS again.
> > >>
> > >> Sigh........
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> jtabone at aitkencollege.edu.au wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Dear All
> > >>>
> > >>> I am reading with interest everyone's comments on U302 -
> > >>> collaborative problem solving within virtual teams and am wondering
> > >>> if I may be over-simplifying this outcome task
> > >>>
> > >>> Going by the detailed example in the study design p. 69-70 we are
> > >>> given the scenario of university located on one
> > >>> "large campus", whereby management has recently formed as one of
> > >>> their key objectives to "strengthen current strategic collaborations
> > >>> and forge new alliances that will create new knowledge ..."
> > >>>
> > >>> The task is then:
> > >>>
> > >>> "design and create a prototype website for Sherwood University that
> > >>> will enable various virtual teams ... to realise their goals and to
> > >>> enhance decision making, knowledge sharing and collaborative problem
> > >>> solving"
> > >>>
> > >>> Couldn't simply having an email link solve this problem - yes you
> > >>> would use wikis, blogs, forums, webcasts, and every other "sexy"
> > >>> tool
> > >>> - however I can communicate virtually via email to people with the
> > >>> same interest (teams)
> > >>>
> > >>> Really, isn't that what I am doing right now - sending an email to a
> > >>> group of people with a common interest and goal and sharing
> > >>> information and receiving information in a collaborative environment
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Just my thoughts
> > >>>
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> > >>> Joyce Tabone
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