[Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt in U4O1

Wed Jun 20 20:23:50 EST 2007

Hi all,
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I can¹t seem to find any evidence to
suggest that students need to complete a project management plan in U 4 O1.
Have I missed something ?

Jock

On 19/6/07 9:50 PM, "Roland Gesthuizen" <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>> <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
>>>> > >Sacre Coeur
>>>> > >172 Burke Road
>>>> > >Glen Iris 3146
>>>> > >Telephone 9885 4501
>>>> > >Fax 9885 5936
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > 
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>> After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known
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>>                 -- H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare
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Cheers,

Jock
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