[Year 12 IT Apps] Excel/Access-specific questions

[Daniel Stanley]

My students completed SAC1 with File maker - we have not discussed
Access all year.  The kids would be at a serious disadvantage if they
faced an Access question. 

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Daniel Stanley
IT Co-ordinator for
Carrum Downs Campus
Flinders Christian Community College
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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 7:31 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Excel/Access-specific questions

Well, *I* have often said it was a no-no, but I'm not almighty Dog. 
What do other people think?

Should exam questions be effectively application-specific?

I would strongly argue against Access-centric questions, since I don't
like Access.  That's just me!

However, I would possibly not even notice an Excel-centric question
since it's the only spreadsheet I've used in the past 15 years - and
it's about the only Microsoft product I actually admire.

Could Excel safely be called "THE spreadsheet" for 99.9% of the world,
and could its syntax be safely used in exam questions without dispute?

Just poking wasp nests to see what happens...

MArk K

Russell Edwards wrote:
> Several questions in the exam are Excel- or Access-specific.  I 
> thought that was a no-no? Or am I remembering incorrectly?
> 
> Russell Edwards
> Whittlesea Secondary College
> 

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