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

[Claudia Graham]

Hi Russell,

The aim is to get students to the point at the end of the course where
they present their ideas to the 'organisation bosses'. Eg the group
would put a proposal together for a 'Grand Prix Drivers Cocktail party'
and would get feedback throughout the process plus do a final
presentation for consideration. I would want all elements presented, for
example the project timeline, the marketing material, the budget, venue
hire consideration, security etc. I, of course will be the hypothetical
contact person for the venue etc. 

I didn't want to go down the path of 'plan your 16th birthday party' I
wanted them to see it in a more corporate sense but 'events' that would
interest them eg Grand Prix, Spring Racing Carnival, Grand Final,
Fashion week etc.

All of this is very much in it infancy with lots of concepts floating
around my head. How it all appears in the end will of course be
dependant on my time and energy over the coming months. 

Reporting on VELS well that's a whole other issue, as an independent
school we are moving slowly but that is our aim. But our whole year 10
program is new next year so it will be 'fun' for all of us.

Thanks for your interest once I have a course together I am sure to
share.

Regards
Claudia

-----Original Message-----
From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Russell Edwards
Sent: 11 October 2007 7:26 PM
To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] Life's a Party- Event Managment

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.
>

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