[Year 12 SofDev] Advice for teaching combined classes

Wed Nov 20 09:14:46 EST 2013

I too will have the joy of IT1234 next year. I was actually thinking of staggering the SACs so I could teach one group exclusively while the others worked quietly on their SACs and taking ZERO tolerance for misbehaviour. Please tell me now if you think this is a bad idea.... (The alternative to a combined class was to have no U12 class next year, so I figure I'm no worse off if Yr 11 students end up being ejected from the class. The SD students should be motivated enough....)

I will start both groups together next year on Networks before having to split them up. As part of our "Head Start" programme running now, I've got my SD students starting on DFDs and UCDs now. Speaking of DFDs, I drew an analogy between the components of a DFD and the parts of an information system: people = entity; equipment = data store; data = data flow; and procedures = process. I know it's not totally rigorous, especially as there's some fluidity between entities and data stores, but I'm hoping that it will help the class to remember and to account for all of the parts of an information system.

Have already scheduled the U2 programming to coincide with NCSS. :)

Chris Paragreen
Kew High School

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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Advice for teaching combined classes

The only sane advice that I can think of is use a lot of podcasts, screen casts, videos Flipped classroom stuff

We use google apps but the following can also be done with drop box and other cloud services :
I use a lot of stuff which I store in my google drive which I share with students There is one folder for 'info' stuff which they only. Have read access Another folder to which they can write where they share summaries, vocab lists, and other bits such as SRS communal projects etc They also have their own shared folder on their google drive which they share with me

If you only have four or five of each then you can probably manage with sharing time between them and overlapping with things like PSM, h/w, sw, etc

In sof dev my students use Adrian's book on the  iPad - a few purchased paper copy too.

Vera - you have taught sof dev? But Kate, have you?
If not it wi ll be very hard, else give up now? End if

In term 3 get your unit 2 students to do NCSS as their programming component cause that gives you five weeks to focus n teh big sac in sof dev.

Andrew

Andrew Shortell
Educator
CRC Melton

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On 19/11/2013, at 7:57 PM, Vera Cook <vcook at mscw.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi
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> I am doing the same
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> Vera
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> Dear colleagues,
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> Just wondering of anyone has taught Unit 1&2 with Software Development combined into 1 class? I would really appreciate any tips/advice that will help me to accomplish this effectively next year. Seems like a big ask to me, but asked (told) I am.
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> Many thanks,
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