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

Tue Jul 24 18:11:35 EST 2007

No worries Kent.
Finally glad to help out.

Jock

On 24/7/07 5:50 PM, "Kent Beveridge" <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hey Jock!
> The zip file I attached for Jason might look familiar to you....thanks heaps
> buddy...its great! (I think its yours...)
> Kent.
>  
> Kent Beveridge,
> I.T. co-ordinator
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
> Horsham
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> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Jock Garnsworthy
> Sent: Tue 7/24/2007 5:13 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] prac v theory content....
> 
> 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,
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> Jock
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Cheers,

Jock
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