[Yr11 Information Technology] RE: OC 3 qn..

Fri Nov 14 10:39:30 EST 2008

Yes.  I don't think simulated clients are in the spirit of the study 
design, and the option of simulating clients is not mentioned.

Lawson, James wrote:
> I get the students to find a real client (does anyone remember the lead 
> up work requirements and CAT2 from the old days when they did this in 
> IPM?). It has worked very well as they take it more seriously, but enjoy 
> the experience of making something which someone might actually use!
> 
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> Can be real or simulated. Naturally, real will give the kids a sense 
> that simulated cannot, time and 'issues' may prevent real being used.
> 
> Kent.
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> Hi
> 
> In unit 2 outcome 3 does the client have to be real or can a scenario
> be used?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Margaret McArthur
> The Geelong College
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> Hi Kent
> 
> How do you incorporate the programming or multimedia/web authoring?
> 
> Kent Beveridge wrote:
>>  Hi Jenna, do I detect a little bit of stress creeping through now we
> are nearing the year's end?
>>  Here's a little trick I use with my kids for this last outcome.
> First, get some ideas of what interests 'them'. Then, using your talent
> and skill as a teacher and organiser(yes, you do have those skills!), it
> is not unusual to work to the individual skills of your students and
> 'direct' them with subtle hints in a direction you would like them to
> go.
>>  Example..
>>  We are persuing a school based task that involves doing an audit of
> H/W and S/W on the school network, and what roles various individuals
> play in this.  The 'client' is the school and the 'need' is the audit
> task itself. The students are ficticiously acting as corporate auditors
> with different specialties. I have 2 students with great hardware skills
> so they are the 'specialists' for that part of the audit and the other 2
> I have pointed them in the direction of HR roles to 'gather relevent
> information' such as user needs, program needs etc to determine how the
> current system satisfies the need of the business and what improvement
> areas to consider - they're proud as punch to know they each play an
> important role in the task while not all doing exactly the same task.
> This is how corporates work too, each staffer has their roles to play in
> the business.  Hence...Teamwork...is achieved.
>>  All results are pooled, discussed and decisions made with
> recommendations and a product then created.
>> 
>>  Hope that gave you some ideas...
>> 
>>  Kent.
>> 
>>  Kent Beveridge,
>>  I.T. co-ordinator
>>  St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
>>  Horsham
>>  email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
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