[Year 12 IPM] Where do I go...
Robert Timmer-Arends
timmer at melbpc.org.au
Thu Nov 16 18:04:03 EST 2006
Hello all
I don't know if it will help, but this is a document I prepared for staff at
BSC easrlier this year in my role as the reports bunny.
I know I shouldn't post this here but everyone else seems to be talking
about it...
Regards
Robert T-A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Benjamin" <donna at cc.com.au>
To: "Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'
Mailing List" <ipm at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Where do I go...
> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 14:15 +1100, Donna Benjamin wrote:
> >
> > VITTA wiki
>
> The VITTA wiki has a space for each of the dimensions in the ICT domain,
> and of course other domains can be added easily enough.
>
> There is also space for peer2peer collaboration on the new study design
> This was set up after the last PD session VITTA ran.
>
> There's also a section there on Next week's conference - a page (or at
> least a link to a page) was created for each Conference presenter)
>
> It's there people! go forth and wikify!!! :)
>
> > http://wiki.vitta.org.au/
> > you can login with your vitta website username and password
>
> If you don't have a VITTA login... signup for one here:
>
> http://www.vitta.org.au/signup
>
> > VELS from an Open Source Perspective - start of a framework to match
> > open source software to each of the domains.
> > http://www.openeducation.org.au/wiki/index.php/FOSS-VELS-OSV
>
> This one is my own project through open source - and I work on it in
> dribs and drabs - I'd love to have some others collaborate on the
> pedagogy / teaching side of it.
>
> cheers
> Donna
>
> > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 12:53 +1100, Brendyn Hancock wrote:
> > > Great idea Andrew. It just triggered another thought. If its good
> > > enough for the vels then surely we should be doing it as well.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have the ability to set up a wiki that could be used for
> > > us all to contribute an explanation/definition of each standard.
> > >
> > > Brendyn
> > >
> > > Brendyn Hancock
> > > IT Manager
> > > bhancock at nagle.sale.catholic.edu.au
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > > Nagle College
> > > 5152 6122
> > > Bairnsdale VIC 3875
> > >
> > >
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> > > >>> grimshaw.andrew.j at edumail.vic.gov.au 16/11/2006 11:49 am >>>
> > >
> > > 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
> > > 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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