[Year 12 IT Apps] New Study design - U4O1 example activity

[Kent Beveridge]

I like databases better for producing this stuff(payslips) anyway given the choice...
Kent
________________________________
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Mark KELLY [kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]
Sent: Monday, 12 April 2010 1:24 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] New Study design - U4O1 example activity

On page 70-72 the 2011 study design provides a sample outcome for spreadsheets.

It's a pity that the sample is the "produce payslips for workers" variety which is not what spreadsheets should be used for.

Spreadsheets have always been poor at producing individualised bulk output, and having to use Word's primitive mail merge facilities is not a good indication to students of using the right tool for the job.

IMHO, a better spreadsheet application would have been playing 'what if' modeling, changing pay rates and bonus conditions to see the global effect on wages.

Sadly, if the draft study design had included the 'Advice for Teachers' section where this sample outcome appeared, it would have been possible to provide this feedback before the draft was accredited...  O well.

--
Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
School Phone +613 8520 9000
School Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au<mailto:kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>

Webmaster - http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
IT Lecture notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Mailing List

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
_______________________________________________
http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
IT Applications Mailing List kindly supported by
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/infotechindex.html <http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and
http://www.vitta.org.au - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc


Click here<https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/wQw0zmjPoHdJTZGyOCrrhg==> to report this email as spam.


This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.edulists.com.au/pipermail/itapps/attachments/20100412/4a601b5e/attachment.html