What next?
Jo and Annie both plan to extend the unit for the whole year by including more planned learning about modelling, experimenting with materials and exploring the effects of new materials and products on both target markets and unforeseen alternative markets.
Exactly how the unit is delivered depends to a great extent on the incoming class. Each year is different, Jo says. Each group of student varies in its creativity, as does its cohesiveness and interests. The design of the course allows for a good balance to be struck between breadth and depth, depending on circumstances.
Annie and Jo say they are keeping an eye on developments at Katikati College and Hillcrest High School. They are interested in the work being done with alternative assessment schedules aimed at aligning key questions, with student oral evidence and assessment criteria. See case studies BP 604 Teaching ICT; BP 628: Year 10 Junior Programme; BP629: Year 11 ICT – Programming; and BP 630: Year 12 Multimedia CD-ROMs.
