[Year 12 IT Apps] IT Lecture Notes

Wed Feb 7 14:27:01 EST 2007

Shucks again, Keith.  I'm just waiting for Mark Scott to appear with his 
bucket  :-)

Thanks to everyone for the moral support.

I'm sure we'll get through this eventually.

It reminds me of a old story I just made up...

One day a handyman offers to help repair and improve an orphanage for 
the benefit of the children.  The manager of the orphanage agrees, on 
condition that the tradesman never sets foot on the property, and never 
breathes the orphanage's air.  Why? Because they *can* insist on it.

The End

Keith Richardson wrote:
> Mark - many thanks for your history of contributions over many years.
> Whenever I saw your name at the bottom, I immediately knew that:
> a - there would be something I could chuckle about...
> b - it would be somewhat irreverant...
> c - the knowledge and facts would be absolutely spot-on...
> Heaven forbid if this ever disappears! In fact, at times I think that
> you and only you have helped many of us survive frustrations,
> difficulties and dilemmas when we ask of the subject matter (IPM,
> ITA...)what the hell does ... mean?
> Mark - as they say, we are living in interesting times!
> Thanks for everything, your are truely our friend (collectively, all of
> us) even those of us who may have had our egos smudged a little if we
> were responsible for setting any of the exam questions that were
> later-on lampooned, we realise that you were in fact correct.
> Cheers to you!
> Keith
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:39:48 +1100, "Biggins, Leanne D"
> <biggins.leanne.d at edumail.vic.gov.au> said:
>> Hear hear Margaret, Kevork and everyone else.  Thanks Mark for saving my
>> bacon on many occasions over many years.
>>
>>
>> Leanne Biggins
>> Heathmont College
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of
>> margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
>> Sent: Tue 6/02/2007 4:32 PM
>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] IT Lecture Notes
>>
>>
>>
>> I am just catching up with this thread ... what can I say - absolute
>> bullshit.
>>
>> We use the technology to COLLABORATE and to enrich the learning of the
>> collective group, and the reward is a slap in the face.
>>
>> Does this "copyright" decision have ramifications for anyone presenting
>> at
>> conferences or PD events?
>>
>> Mark, a big thankyou from the IT Teaching community, your efforts have
>> been appreciated by teachers and students alike.
>>
>> Grrr
>>
>> Margaret
>>
>>
>>> "Tis a sad day.  I enjoyed your post mortems Mark.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Caroline Thomas
>>>
>>> Baimbridge College, Hamilton
>>> 85 Stephen Street
>>> HAMILTON  VIC 3300
>>> Ph 03 5572 2788
>>> Fax 03 5572 5811
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
>>> Sent: Mon 05-February-2007 9:30 AM
>>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] IT Lecture Notes
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm staying out of it for the time being.
>>>
>>> It's the decision of VCAA's copyright officer, Renee Brierley, and Paula.
>>>
>>> What I'll have to do is put the copyrighted stuff (exam questions, key
>>> knowledge & skills, glossary) on our extranet so the only people who can
>>> reach those bits will be McKinnon students.  Sigh.
>>>
>>> Kevork Krozian wrote:
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I feel a little confused here and perhaps Mark can shed more light on
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Mark can't publish his discussion of the questions because it is
>>>> copyright means what ?
>>>>
>>>> .. that the questions are owned by the VCAA and to mention them is
>>>> breach of intellectual property even though you are teaching the subject
>>>> and obviously need to discuss it with your students and colleagues ?
>>>>  .. that it does not qualify for an exemption on the grounds that it is
>>>> not educational ???? What does that mean ? How much more educational
>>>> does it have to be if not to discuss how Yr 12 students would be
>>>> reasonably expected to answer the questions based on what is in the
>>>> study design ?
>>>>
>>>>   I am rather confused. Mark if you are reading this please help us all
>>>> understand the answers to these questions.
>>>> Perhaps Paula can help us find some of these answers too .
>>>>
>>>> Yours in sadness
>>>>
>>>> Kevork Krozian
>>>> Mailing List Creator and Administrator
>>>> kevork at edulists.com.au
>>>> www.edulists.com.au
>>>> Tel: 0419 356 034
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Iaquinto"
>>>> <IAQUIM at bialik.vic.edu.au>
>>>> To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List"
>>>> <itapps at edulists.com.au>
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:26 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] IT Lecture Notes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I agree! The Post Mortem was SO valuable. And your sense of humour
>>>>> lifted a rather difficult subject. The answers suggested were and
>>>>> remain an excellent teaching tool.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any others who feel this way?
>>>>>
>>>>> Maggie
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Brett Davies
>>>>> Sent: Mon 2/5/2007 5:11 PM
>>>>> To: itapps at edulists.com.au
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] IT Lecture Notes
>>>>>
>>>>> How ridiculous!
>>>>>
>>>>> Those notes, post mortems and everything else you contribute have been
>>>>> extremely valuable to my students and will be sorely missed. Does VCAA
>>>>> propose to replace this with something just as useful?..... or have
>>>>> they offerred no alternative just a no!
>>>>>
>>>>> If this was not educational use what was it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au  >>>
>>>>> Apologies for cross-posts.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the insistence of the Copyright Officer at the VCAA I have removed
>>>>> all of their copyrighted material from the IT Lecture Notes site,
>>>>> including all of the exam post mortems, the course summaries, and the
>>>>> annotated glossary.
>>>>>
>>>>> They tell me 'this is not considered an "educational use".'
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't be bothered arguing with the VCAA lawyers about how many words
>>>>> I'm allowed to quote, so there are probably not going to be any more IT
>>>>> post mortems.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm just going to go away and mumble a lot now.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mark Kelly
>>>>> Manager - Information Systems
>>>>> McKinnon Secondary College
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