[Yr11 Information Technology] [Year 12 IT Apps] Data source

[Ciotti, George W]

For those of you looking for data and a SAC check out the VITTA website.
If you have subscribed to the online resource there is a very good SAC for
1O1 with excellent data on Water Catchment areas in Vic/Melb.

Here is the data FYI. The accompanying SAC is good and very workable.

I have also included an interactive map that could accompany the work well.

Cheers
George

The University High School
77 Story Street, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia
Ph: (03) 9347 2022
mobile: 0412934782





On 3/6/12 1:43 PM, "Esther Andrews" <ANDREWS.Esther at bssc.edu.au> wrote:

>That is the dilemma - to find unprocessed data that is not huge and
>incomprehensible.
>
>I'm rather taken with the RSPCA annnual report.
>Lots of data in there, and quite a few visualisations - the fiscal graph
>is like no other I've seen!
>http://www.rspcavic.org/documents/About%20us/Annual%20Report/RSPCA-Annual-
>Report-2011.pdf
>I'm thinking of asking students to prepare a report for the newspaper:
>"There have been a number of letters to the editor in the Bendigo
>Advertiser complaining that the local RSPCA is not doing its job, that
>the animals are not finding good homes, that the money is not being well
>spent. You suspect these comments are ill-informed. Prepare an unbiassed
>report that includes data visualisations that clarify the issue."
>It has summary data but I'm asking students to extract the data from it
>and present it in a different way.
>But if that doesn't eventuate, I'll just show the student the report as
>an example.
>
>I'm keen to read other people's ideas!
>
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>Subject: Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] [Year 12 IT Apps] Data source
>
>Thanks for that, Paula. I was just about to start seriously looking at
>data sources for U1O1.
>
>After a brief browse I found some psychiatric admissions data at
>http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147484124&libID=21
>47484121
>which might be good to work with.
>
>If I stripped out the summary data so the kids had to work out their own
>formulas, they could then chart their results.  It would not be too hard
>to modify the data so they'd need to use vlookup to look up procedure
>names from codes, etc.
>
>On 6 March 2012 12:11, Christophersen, Paula P
><christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:christophersen.paula.p at e
>dumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
>Dear colleagues
>
>The following government website is a very rich source of data for many
>different aspects of IT.
>
>http://data.gov.au/
>
>Regards
>Paula
>
>Paula Christophersen
>ICT Curriculum Manager
>Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
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