[Year 12 IPM] Potty Problems

[Mark Kelly]

The alternative is for VCAA to write the outcomes and have kids sit them 
like exams all at the same time.

And wouldn't we just LOVE that!

Stephen Digby wrote:
> Does outline the flaw in the whole conceptual framework of VCE.... i.e. 
> 
> VCAA produces a set of criteria for a house, and hands it to the workers on
> site who then have to scurry around to find an archiTEXT - or design the
> house themselves on the run (as well as build it of course).  
> Even when they find an architect, VCAA reminds them that NO architect has
> been checked or recommended and all workers are ON YOUR OWN (except for
> friendly self help groups) ......
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> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
> Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: 23 November 2006 02:47 PM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Potty Problems
> 
> 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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