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

Tue Jul 24 17:13:58 EST 2007

You¹ll find heaps at
http://www.vitta.org.au/resources/

Cheers

Jock

On 24/7/07 4:09 PM, "Lappin, Jason M" <lappin.jason.m at edumail.vic.gov.au>
wrote:

> Antonia
> Do you know where I could find some exercises that cover the functions
> required for the task for U4O1. I am struggling to find enough activities to
> cover all of the functions required for the SAC, and I am a  bit of an excel
> rookie myself.
> Your help would be appreciated.
> Jason Lappin
> ICT Coordinator
> Rutherglen High School
> 
> 
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Antonia Caridi
> Sent: Tue 24/07/2007 1:23 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] prac v theory content....
> 
> According to my understanding, VCAA assumes that students are able to
> utilise and understand the software functions identified in the
> requirements list - however not all of these functions need to be
> exemplified in the assessment task. For a student to receive an S he/she
> must be able to demonstrate that they have satisfied the requirements
> for each Area of Study as specified in the SDesign.
> 
> My students complete exercises that cover all of the functions and
> skills listed in the software requirements and then the task I set
> contains several of these - the completion of both of these to a
> satisfactory standard constitutes an S.
> 
> Antonia
> 
> Antonia Caridi
> Sacre Coeur
> 172 Burke Road
> Glen Iris 3146
> Telephone 9885 4501
> Fax 9885 5936
> 
> 
>>>> >>> "Kent Beveridge" <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au> 24/07/2007 9:43 AM
>>>> >>>
> 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
> Teachers'MailingList
> 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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Cheers,

Jock
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