[Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 3 - refressher

[Mark]

I wish it would come back to *me*.
Mine ran away ages ago and I have no idea where it is.
It might be behind the couch...

On 5 December 2014 at 13:58, Brendyn Hancock <BHancock at nagle.vic.edu.au>
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>  Mark
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> Thanks a million!
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> It’s all coming back to me.
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> Cheers
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> B
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> *Mr Brendyn Hancock | ICT Director | Nagle College*
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Friday, 5 December 2014 1:25 PM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 3 - refressher
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> Congratulations on getting a class up and running. It's been a long time
> since one could take that for granted.
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> Here are some *unofficial* reactions:
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>  1.       Study Design (SD) defines by giving a list of what are websites
> for online communities. Wikis blogs etc. Do we have to author one of these?
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> Yep. But obviously in the real world few sites offer only ONE of those
> tools. There is usually a combination of them for different purposes. The
> case study you give kids should guide them in their choices of what tools
> need to be added.
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>  2.       The SD also lists the web functions or HTML features eg CSS
> that we must use. If I go online and just find a site and use their tools
> to build a wiki is that enough. Seems to me that you would not get to use a
> lot of HTML if you did that.
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>  The SD is looking a bit long in the tooth now, IMO, in its assumption
> that sites are created with individual HTML/CSS pages with an editor. But
> you should probably resist the temptation to use automated web creation
> sites, CMS etc for the time being and instil in kids knowledge of basic
> concepts indicated by VCAA's list of required functions. Including ALL of
> the features is a reach, however: none of my kids ever included EVERY
> listed function in their sites.
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> Remember that the 'prototype' rider means that you don't have to make
> wikis, blogs etc actually *functional*.
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> - I got kids to take a screen shot of (say) a wiki, edit it in Photoshop
> so its contents looked relevant to the case study, and stick the image of
> the wiki into a webpage.
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> - Web forms need not actually send data to a real destination site.
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> - Login screens can also be faked. A screenshot of a login box with an
> image map placed over the "login button" can be linked to the "You are
> logged in" page, so when the 'button' is clicked, it simulates a login.
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> The main thing of the outcome, I believe, is that kids demonstrate their
> knowledge of the *need* for certain features, such as a wiki, data entry
> facilities, security, and create a site that demonstrates that they know
> *how* these needs can be satisfied - even if they're faked.
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> So - no *real* wiki, blog, login box, search box etc are needed.
> Implementing most of them in a school environment would be damned near
> impossible anyway, and don't add to a kid's demonstration of their
> understanding of the key knowledge.
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> 2.2c worth (with GST)
> Do you have a Rewards Card?
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> Cheers
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> Mark
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> Mark Kelly
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> mark AT vceit DOT com
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> http://vceit.com
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