[Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt in U4O1

Tue Jun 19 21:50:57 EST 2007

Rockets! .. cool :-)

I have a dusty old Gantt chart that I whip out with my technicians every
time I need to do a major equipment rotation at our college. Here is a nice
one that I use in the classroom. it is an instructable that explains "How to
Organize and Cook Holiday Dinner for a Crowd" .. planning people, time and
resources using a coloured spreadsheet to stick on the fridge. As an
example, I like its appeal for girls, especially those doing something
similar for our year 12 formal.
     http://www.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/

<http://www.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/?ALLSTEPS#>

Regards Roland

PS: the Instructables is a very addictive website with oodles of hands on
technology projects. Enjoy!

On 17/06/07, Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> 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).
> > >
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