[Year 12 IT Apps] Decoding the study design - part 203

Thu Oct 7 07:39:40 EST 2010

Dear colleagues

'Types' of websites refers to the listing of approved types of websites
in the July Bulletin. And it refers to not only what students are
required to create (prototype), but also what they study, as key
knowledge should be directly linked to the outcome statement. The
purpose of the key knowledge point is for students to know about
different 'genres' of websites that support information exchange, the
purposes of each and how they function. This will then enable them to
make appropriate decisions about types of websites that suit different
online communities when they are demonstrating the outcome. 

The purpose of the Bulletin listing is to restrict the type or genre of
websites for both learning and assessment reasons. When referring to
attributes of a website (or any other solution) in the study design, we
always use the terms efficient and effective.

Hope this clears up the concerns about the term 'type'.

Regards

Paula

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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2010 3:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Decoding the study design - part 203

The point I wanted to make is that VCAA has listed approved types of
prototypes websites for students to create for the outcome.  

Whether that list is also meant to encapsulate every type of website in
the world (needed for U3O1 key knowledge 1) is what I doubt.

It's just the word "type" that is so vague: we could teach kids about
websites of the "tidy" type and the "untidy" type if we wanted to.  

"Type" can mean anything you want it to.  It's like asking about types
of people - the categorisation process could last forever.

What I was hoping to get was the sense of "type" that the study design
had in its mind.

On 6 October 2010 13:58, Brendyn Hancock <BHancock at nagle.vic.edu.au>
wrote:

All

I refer to an email threat subject <Online communities resource> on
1/9/10 onwards.

About issues to do with this expectation.
Paula wrote:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The students have to create a 'prototype' website that meets the needs
of an online community. In the July Bulletin a list of approved types of
websites was published. This means that when students respond to a
scenario provided by the teacher about a particular online community -
it can be a social, project/interest-based, word-based one, they should
determine and create the most appropriate type of website from the
following list. Types of websites include: blogs, chat rooms, forums,
social networks, wikis. It may be possible, depending on type of
website, to create a fully functioning website, however, all that is
required is a prototype one. Just creating a 'normal' website to support
the activities of an organisation does not meet the requirements of the
outcome.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

More discussion would be appreciated.

Cheers

B

Brendyn Hancock
ICT Manager
Nagle College
PO Box 507
BAIRNSDALE VIC 3875
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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Antonia Caridi
Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2010 12:54 PM
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HI Mark and others, all info regarding the new study (including types of
websites) can be found at
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/futuresd.html.

Antonia

> ITA U3O1 Key knowledge (KK) 1 = *types, purposes and functionality of
> websites that support information exchange within online communities*
>
> Thinking about "types of websites" is leaving me baffled.  What sort
of
> categorisation is the study design getting at, I wonder.  I tend to
cringe
> when I see key knowledge dotpoints refer to "types" of things (e.g.
types
> of
> networks) because things can be categorised in so many ways.
>
> So when it comes to types of websites, what do you guys think is
relevant?
>
> - CMS vs static HTML sites?
> - eCommerce, personal, educational, news, blog websites?
> - Photosharing, auction, e-commerce websites?
> - Mobile device vs computer-oriented websites?
> - Corporate vs community websites?
> - Profit vs non-profit websites?
> - Social networking websites?
>
> Or all of the above?
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager Information Systems
> Reporting Manager
> IT Learning Area Manager
>
> McKinnon Secondary College
> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204
> Victoria, Australia
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> Fax +613 9578 9253
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