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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am hopeful that the Examination reports for IT apps and Software Development will be published on the VCAA website by the end of this term.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Paula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Paula Christophersen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Curriculum Manager, Digital Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vear, Gary D<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 13 February 2015 12:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Normalisation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">I just noticed in the back of
<i>Cambridge Checkpoints 2015: VCE IT Applications Units 3 & 4</i> that "Answers to VCAA Examination 2014" (pp. 173-180) are provided.<br>
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If they are accurate, then my initial fears for short answer question 7 (on normalisation) are valid. 15 rows/lines of writing (x 5 columns) are required to earn a meager 3 marks.
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Another reason to associate swear words with normalisation...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] on behalf of Poke, Michael C [poke.michael.c@edumail.vic.gov.au]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 13 February 2015 10:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">itapps@edulists.com.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Normalisation</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040;background:white">Normalisation...... It's a swear word to me..... Is anyone willing to share their best resources to make it really simple for my students (and
for me!) - I'm doing U3O2 first</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040;background:white">(and yes, I am a frequent visitor to
<a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">vceit.com</a>).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040;background:white">Cheers,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040;background:white">Michael</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040;background:white">PS Don’t forget to join and contribute to our growing little ITApps community over at Google+… </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108389555192787196436" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108389555192787196436</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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