[Year 12 IT Apps] IT Apps study design

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Ditto .. If I had spotted Paula's detailed response to the list (sigh) .. I
don't think there is a right sequence to reading e-mails. Reminds me of the
debate here three years ago about top or tailing replies to e-mail messages.
Ok everybody, back to your well earned term break. Move along now .. :-)

Regards Roland

PS: How can a teenager drink 6 litres of milk in a day? I need to buy a cow!

On 28 March 2010 19:03, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Thanks for the ameliorative words, Adrian.
>
> I'm regret that my finger-wagging moderator's response came after your
> second post: I work though emails from oldest to newest and respond in
> revserse-chronological order.  I may need to start reading them *all*before I start responding to any. Curse this asynchronous virtual team
> medium!  At least VT is off the agenda in the new study design.
>
> In a similar vein, I get 2 newspapers each day and rarely get to read them
> until ages later... in fact I'm really getting worried that unless we do
> something soon, Malcolm Fraser might get Gough thrown out.
>
> For those out there who are feeling worked up as they write emails: a good
> tip is to save the email as a draft and leave it for an hour before coming
> back and deciding whether to send it or not...
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Janson, Adrian A <
> janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Robert and others,
>>
>> Robert - you raise a good point - my language was a little strong and for
>> that I do apologise (and also would have been better off-list).  I want to
>> categorically state that feedback and discussion is very important and I
>> (personally) want to encourage that as much as I possibly can.  Discussion
>> of the study design only furthers all of our understanding of it.
>>
>> It's just that it frustrates me when comments like this are made off the
>> cuff without the right basis.  I also think that discussion should be
>> phrased in the right way - positively - rather than negatively.  That is, 'I
>> notice that cloud computing is in the study but I am not sure what the
>> context is?  Can someone clarify this for me?'.  This would be a fair way to
>> start the discussion rather than saying that there is an omission and
>> implying that no research was done into the topic.  I think that there are
>> some dangers in taking summary documents (such as the one that Mark Kelly
>> has created) and using these are a basis for understanding of the study.
>> The study needs to be read in the context of the key knowledge and key
>> skills - Mark's summary is a great tool and should serve as a start only.
>>
>> I think I am a little sensitive to this knowing how much work has gone
>> into the study and the efforts that VCAA have gone to to involve everyone in
>> the process.  The study design is really looking exciting - I can't wait to
>> teach it!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adrian
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Somehow I knew that you would check down here (grin) ..

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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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