[Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 3 - Outcome 2

[Mark Kelly]

I thought of it like this: the website is a site (or section of a larger 
site) with access restricted to a team that needs to share information 
and make decisions in order to complete a project.  Kids do not have to 
produce a website for the public - it's purely for the virtual team's needs.

The tools available on this restricted site enable that knowledge 
sharing and decision making (e.g. forums, online voting, mailing lists, 
file repositories, networked calendars, IRC etc)

The tools do not all need to be functional (hence the term 'prototype 
website'), but should indicate that the student knows WHAT tools are 
available and relevant, and HOW and WHY they are relevant.

e.g. kids could find a web forum, take a screenshot and replace the text 
with a graphics program so it looks like the team members are organising 
a time for a videoconference, or discussing the pros and cons of an 
idea.  The kid could then stick the image on their webpage so it looks 
like a real and active forum.  In that way the student has demonstrated 
awareness of the value of a given tool in helping the virtual team 
achieve its goals.

The task wants kids more to demonstrate _understanding_ than to be able 
to (say) magically construct a working Moodle in 3 periods on a network 
that is so tied-down with security that it's simply impossible even if 
they had the time and the skill.

2.2 cents worth

Mark



Paul Miller wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Been a while since I've written to the list, although Unit 3 - Outcome 2
> has inspired me to do so!
> 
> I was curious about the virtual teams website.
> 
> Is it just a virtual teams prototype website for a company or do we need
> to include some "normal" website pages (e.g. company info etc) and then
> links to the virtual teams prototype component? I would think that it is
> the latter given we are expected to look at formats and conventions etc.
> 
> I've taught IPM for 7 years now, and must confess that this is the first
> time I am a little dissapointed with an assessment task. I'm quite
> confused about the exact requirements of the task and don't really see
> the point in using screen dumps and copy and paste to create a virtual
> teams prototype, or creating one from scratch. Surely it would never be
> done with this sort of hassle in the industry (mind you, this comes from
> someone who hasn't worked a day in the industry so excuse my naivity).
> At year 12 level, I would would hope they would be doing something more
> meaningful than this in a 400 minute SAC. Dunno, maybe I'm missing
> something.
> 
> Anyway, thats my whinge for the day,
> 
> Good luck to all!
> 
> Paul.
> 
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