[Year 12 IT Apps] prac v theory content....

[Litsa Tzelepis]

hello kent,

what i do is teach all the functions on the list in a series of folio tasks,
but for the outcome i ask the students to select at least 10 of them.

litsa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Beveridge" <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:43 AM
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] prac v theory content....


> Hi listers,
> I just had a look at the list Mark created to do with spreadsheeting. I,
personally, dont use (or see the need to use!) all of the above functions on
the list and hence not only need to teach them but also learn them before I
can teach them. Having just come back this year to VCE IT, and looking at
the theory to get through, I would be interested to hear other's thoughts on
the volume of work to teach at this level..
> I feel that the amount of 'useable' prac to teach is over-rated and mostly
impractical in the majority of cases and that the volume of theory combined
with the SAC work makes for us really earning our $$$$'s. Dont know about
you guys out there but I really feel it!
> I sometimes wish I could just teach one thing and it didnt change every 6
months - a bit like maths!
> Also..trying to teach programming to year 11's who havent got a clue as
they think IT was the 'easy option' so chose it as a subject doesnt help! It
feels a bit like throwing peanuts to monkeys and then finding out they dont
like peanuts!
> Lets see now...
> this year I have..
> taught myself VB6, JAVASCRIPT, HTML, GAMEMAKER,CHANGED JOBS, MOVED HOUSE
TO THE COUNTRY, TRIED TO LEARN ADVANCED EXCEL, DOING POSTGRAD ONLINE
STUDIES, DOING THE TA04 COURSE,,
> JEEEZ, I need a holiday!
>
> Kent Beveridge,
> I.T. co-ordinator
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
> Horsham
> email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
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> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Russell Edwards
> Sent: Tue 7/24/2007 8:53 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Re: [Year 12 IPM] Suggested spreadsheet
functionsto teach for ITA U4O1
>
>
>
>
> On 30/11/2006, at 9:16 PM, Mark Kelly wrote:
>
> > A free unofficial, personal guide about how much spreadsheeting kids
> > need to know for ITA U4O1...
> >
> > Anything I've forgotten or screwed up?
> >
>
> Your list seems eminently sensible. It's probably also worth bearing
> in mind the VCAA software functions list for spreadsheets:
>
> * lookup tables
> * conditional formatting
> * conditional statements
> * cell protection
> * graphs
> * insert notes/comments
> * macros
> * relative and absolute cell references
> * naming a range
> * electronic validation
> * sheet referencing
> * formatting/layout.
>
> I take "layout" to be the link to stuff about formats and
> conventions, interfaces, yadda yadda yadda....
>
> Russell
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