[Year 12 IPM] Potty Problems

[Keith Richardson]

Oh Bugger, Mark - can't I use my old ones???
Keith



On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:47:14 +1100, "Mark Kelly"
<kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> said:
> Hi all.
> 
> I've been poking through the Potts text (uncorrected page proof version 
> - I have not seen the final edition) and I'm not feeling at all 
> comfortable about their Unit 3 Outcome 2 sample.
> 
> Keeping in mind what Lady Paula C said in a recent email about the risks 
> of using other people's tasks without due care and attention, I fear the 
> sample task might be leading teachers down a dangerous garden path... 
> and potentially leading to big trouble for students if their means of 
> assessment are audited at the end of 2007 and found to be deficient.
> 
> The Potts sample U3O2 is a chain of travel agencies that want to sharing 
> knowledge.  That's fine, but there is nothing I can see about 
> *collaborative decision making* which is dictated in the study design.
> 
> All the agencies are doing is sharing static information; they are only 
> disseminating, not collaborating.
> 
> Now, if the branches banded together electronically to plan the 
> end-of-year dinner dance, or created a new advertising blitz as a 
> virtual team, it would meet the requirements of the study design.  But 
> at the moment, the info flow is only one way: there is no interaction 
> between the team members.
> 
> It worries me that if students create a website that does nothing to 
> facilitate communication, knowledge exchange and decision making, they 
> will be severely disadvantaged.
> 
> If you are going to use Potts as your starting point for ITA U3O2, I 
> urge you have a good long look at your task and compare it to what the 
> study design demands of it.
> 
> Hell, ANY task that you borrow from ANY source needs to be checked by 
> you to make sure it's kosher.  I'm not just picking on Potts.
> 
> Be especially careful if you're tempted to use tasks adapted from IPM 
> outcomes: most of the ITA outcomes are fundamentally different to those 
> in IPM.
> 
> As Paula said earlier: you are ultimately responsible for your 
> assessment.  You can't blame the source of borrowed outcomes if they're 
> flawed - even mine!
> 
> (Scurries back to my draft outcomes for a fresh look-see)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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