[Year 12 IPM] Where do I go...

Thu Nov 16 13:19:37 EST 2006

Hi

Just to give some background on our journey so far.
We have completed a Whole School audit on the VELS and KLA's have nominated which of the dimensions they will be assessing and reporting on for each subject in their KLA. We have tried to limit each KLA to reporting on 6-8 dimensions in an effort to limit work load. 
ICT is no longer a separate subject at year 7 and the responsibility for assessing and reporting on it have been taken on by Maths and English. I have been working with them to integrate the assesssment of ICT into their curriculum and they have been given 1 period a week timetabled in a computer lab. We find Maths is particularly suit ICT for Visualising Thinking and English have an extended task "Who Am I?" that can incorporate project management and other bits from ICT for Creating.
English also do Visual Literacy and include many aspects of ICT for Communicating.
Next year ICT will no longer be a separate subject in year 8 and Technology (DCT) have been given the responsibility of reporting on it. They have 4 periods a week, 2 of which are timetabled in a computer lab. Learning Technologies are extensively used right across the KLA's but it was felt that giving areas responsibility for its reporting enabled greater assurance that Standards would be met. Some KLA's can jump into reporting on the Interdisciplinary strand without necessarily having a working knowledge of the Standards.

I agree that the Standards are difficult to interpret, and find the Learning Focus of greater benefit in determining content.

Level 5: ICT for visualising thinking 

"Students select and apply ICT tools and editing functions that support the filtering, classifying, representing and organising of ideas, concepts and issues. "

Andrew, you have listed some great examples across a number of KLA's. I would add things such as the Outlining feature in Word to demonstrate the planning of essays and other things already listed such Mindmanager, Inspiration and most of the graphic organisers that can be created in Word.

My five cents worth

Colin Symons
Head of Technology
Glen Waverley Secondary College
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Sent: Thu 16/11/2006 11:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Where do I go...

HI

i agree that the standards are written in pretty heavy jargon - maybe we should post up the text of the standards and start discussing how we interpret them? I'll start the first one below

in my school i am coming to create projects (next year), in collaboration with  teachers from  other KLAs, to ensure we meet all the standards 

I will of course share these projects with the list. 

Level 5: ICT for visualising thinking 

"Students select and apply ICT tools and editing functions that support the filtering, classifying, representing and organising of ideas, concepts and issues. "

As a maths/science teacher my first thought reading this one was using excel to analyse data, create averages, etc and produce charts. We also use some physics data-logging software in yr9-10 that works in will with this. The art staff use digital portfolios (powerpoint/producer)- the students collect images of their own work and intersperse it with images and text from art history/theory to show how what they have learnt and how it has influenced their work. I think Powerpoint in general is a good application for this standard in the humanities as long as the kids are actually being selective with the info and are presenting it in some kind of logical order. Webpage creation is also a good application for this standard (here this is currently only done by about 30% of 9-10s and no 7-8s)

Anyway these are my ramblings. What does everyone else think?

andrew grimshaw
colac college

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: Brendyn Hancock <mailto:hancobr at nagle.sale.catholic.edu.au>  
	To: ipm at edulists.com.au 
	Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:35 AM
	Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Where do I go...

	All

	I have been posting around IPM, VELS, 7-10IT, lists for the last little while but with little results. I'm not sure as to the reason but have very little response to what I thought would be a really relatable thread. Help with VELS.

	I accept that I'm a little slow and it has taken me a while to begin to understand VELS and its structure but I find it difficult to imagine that I'm the only one struggling with the interpretation and implementation of it.

	When I read the Standards for the ICT domain there are lots of gaps in my understanding. I appreciated greatly the Standards Audit sheets that Andrew contributed last week but I struggle to understand what they are asking. I gave these sheets to 3 faculties to fill out and all of them came back to me saying "what the...."

	Thanks to all those that participated in the 'progression points' thread of a week bk. This is real help. I don't want to go to another vels in service day where someone just stands up the front and reads out the standards again.

	Has VITTA published anything on interpreting the standards...
	Has VCAA anything to offer here...

	I'm after VELs for dummies but as yet have not found the publisher to buy it from.

	Thanks

	Regards

	Brendyn

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