[Year 12 IPM] U3O2 Virtual Teams

Wed Nov 29 08:20:45 EST 2006

Key things to remember abuout ITA U3O2, as I understand it...

- Knowledge sharing is part of it, but the solution must also facilitate 
team decision-making.  (So a static website with info on it - as in the 
Potts example - is not good.)

- Features that can't be realistically created for real can be 
simulated. e.g. Create a web forum lookalike screen in Photoshop; fake a 
web-shopping checkout or online feedback form, or a networked calendar 
or booking sheet with graphics buttons and the like.  Since it's a 
prototype website, such parts do not need to actually work.  So the kids 
don't need to actually set up a Miki or a Woogle, they just have to 
indicate that they know it would help the team share info / make 
collaborative decisions.

- So by all means introduce kids to relevant tools, but don't freak 
yourself out unnecessarily about having to use them in the outcome.

As I understand it...

Mark

Keith Richardson wrote:
> I am also very confused by this Geraldine - I am almost tempted to try
> to do it in two parts - one with website creation, and one using our
> Moodle in the school setting them the task to design then create various
> cooperative, virtual team tools and be able to demonstrate that they
> actually work. I have not planned more deeply than that yet.
> What do others think?
> Keith
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:23:11 +1100, "Geraldine McKenna"
> <gmckenna at ozemail.com.au> said:
>> I still feel quite unclear about what is expected in this outcome. Would
>> a
>> link to the Google Docs site mentioned recently suffice or a link to a
>> Moodle wiki for sharing knowledge or a blog? Given that we need to use
>> web
>> authoring software - Dreamweaver in my case - I can only imagine creating
>> links to other tools rather than actually creating the knowledge sharing
>> capability within the website. Can anyone give more specific examples of
>> how
>> they imagine this prototype website will look?
>> Geraldine McKenna
>> Avila College
>>
>> Thanks also for feedback re VET Multimedia. Seems it may not be a more
>> attractive option for girls?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]On
>> Behalf Of Christophersen, Paula P
>> Sent: Friday, November 24, 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
>> ICT Curriculum Manager
>> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
>> Authority
>> 41 St Andrews Place
>> EAST MELBOURNE 3002
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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
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Joyce Tabone
>>>>> Aitken College
>>>>>
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