[Yr7-10it] Life's a Party- Event Managment

[Russell Edwards]

Claudia,

   Sorry I don't have any resources to contribute-- I'd think most of  
them for such a course would need to be tailor-made-- but I just  
wanted to say...

  ... what a great idea! Could I ask, which VELS domains do you  
assess against for that course?   It seems to me, after reading about  
this, that aside from core subjects, truly interdisciplinary project- 
based courses (presumably) such as this could be a very good way to  
cover more of VELS, and improve engagement via authentic learning  
methods. Will the students have an ongoing project to plan an event,  
and is it hypothetical or real?

Cheers
Russell Edwards
Whittlesea SC

On 11/10/2007, at 7:13 PM, Claudia Graham wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Next year our IT Department is offering a year 10 elective called  
> ‘Life’s a party – Event Management’. We will be running two, one  
> semester classes in 2008 as it seems to have been quite popular  
> with the students. Of course, now I have to do the hard work and  
> create a course that lives up to the title!
>
> The course will include – Project Management, budgeting, marketing,  
> and all elements of preparing to run an event. I was wondering if  
> anyone has any resources that deal with some of these skills and  
> knowledge at a year 10 level. Of course the aim is to utilise as  
> much ICT as we can in the 13 week course.
>
> I am also looking for any student ready resources that people have  
> come across that they may be able to recommend for purchase.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>