[Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt in U4O1

[Laurie Savage]

I started using project management and simple Gantt charts with year 8
students in a rocketry unit. In a group they build a small
working rocket (with real chemical motors and a parachute). 
In the planning stage they have to allocate tasks and sequence them. 
I.E. they work out roles and precedence. Using this tool I cut the 
project's time in half and kept the kids honest!

Laurie

On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 08:28:48PM +1000, Mark Kelly mentioned:
> It's quite artificial to get kids to produce Gantt charts for a project 
> they are undertaking alone (because the VCAA demands all unit 3+4 tasks 
> must be done solo).
> 
> That's why I get my kids to invent 2 hypothetical colleagues so their 
> Gantt chart can use them to incorporate concurrent tasks.
> 
> Finished reports!  hehehehe!
> 
> Adrian Janson wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >It's ironic that we are discussing not wasting time with project
> >management????  
> >
> >Is it just me who thinks that's quite funny? (must be Friday).
> >
> >On a serious note though, don't underplay the importance of project
> >management.  Although students can't see the relevance often, it is a very
> >valuable and important ICT skill.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Adrian
> >
> >
> >Adrian Janson
> >VITTA President
> >Director of ICT, Melbourne High School
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> >[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> >On Behalf Of Antonia Caridi
> >Sent: Friday, 15 June 2007 2:09 PM
> >To: ITA
> >Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt in U4O1
> >
> >I'll take this on board Brendyn - when I wrote the tasks for the CD we were
> >still awaiting Assessment Handbook and we were still working through
> >everything ourselves, as you know, you get better as you do the course and
> >it was quite difficult to write tasks when one hadn't actually taught it.
> >
> >So, no, project management is not required and I have amended my tasks to
> >reflect this. You are right - don't waste too much time on things that
> >aren't required.
> >
> >Antonia - attached is a reworked  task that I will use for a practice. It 
> >is
> >very similar to the one in Study Design (yes I wrote that too).
> >
> >Antonia Caridi
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Laurie Savage
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