[Year 12 IT Apps] Online communities resource

Wed Sep 1 19:22:34 EST 2010

Paula

I agree the kids should not just be editing a blogger template or focusing on content. For me its all in the term 'prototype'. Prototype to me means you are using the real deal, doing the actual stuff but just not to a production level. You get it to work. It may not look so great, the graphic design is not that mature but it works. I think my concern may come from this understanding. Its seems to me that the kids do not have to produce a prototype as much as they have to 'mock up' a website.

Is this a better way of looking at it?

Cheers

Brendyn

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Brendyn, I don't think that Mark's and mine comments are at cross purposes. We are both saying that the students are to develop a prototype website, but what they shouldn't be doing is just whipping up a blog, for example, using a template and making 'editorial' changes. The study design requires them to design a prototype website and develop it using as many features as possible to indicate how the website would work in order to meet the purposes of the online community. If restricted access is required, for example, we would not expect students to be creating the 'back end' security requirements, but we would expect to see an interface that indicates restricted access and that if you 'clicked' on it you would go (via hyperlink) to the next page (without having to go through a security check). You must make sure that what ever the students develop requires the use of most or all of the web authoring functions listed in the Bulletin. 

Please keep chipping away if this has not cleared up your concerns. 

Regards
Paula

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Mark 

Thank you for your comments. I agree. But read Paula's response and mine to Paula's. 

Where does this leave us? 

I should point out the possibility that I have completly missed the boat here. That I have not understood the skills required.

Great to have your perspective Mark. 

Cheers 

Brendyn Hancock 

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark KELLY 
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It's a *prototype*, like the Virtual Team website in the current study 
design. It would be impossible to create a functional community website in 
the time allowed under school network security ;-) 

But it was a close call... the draft study design bore no mention of 
"prototype" and it expected a fully functional site! 

It was changed in the official study design after - I am sure - a lot of 
screaming and shouting by people including me. 

On 1 September 2010 14:53, Brendyn Hancock <BHancock at nagle.vic.edu.au>wrote: 

>  Just a clarification. 
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> In the new study design do the kids have to 'create' a collaborative/social 
> networking site or do they just have to use/mock one? 
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> Dear colleagues 
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> Following this Edna link you will find several interesting artiles on 
> social media and online communities. Useful for Unit 3, Area of Study 1 in 
> the new study design (2011). 
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> http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/resources/browse/pid/979/cache/bypass?catpath=0,35829,13950,35855 
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