Outcomes
Malcolm Howard: "I'm rapt with the overall quality of the outcomes; they've exceeded what I hoped they would do."
The unit created opportunities for both high-quality technological practice and the high-quality outcomes which result from this practice. Students documented and presented their practice in a range of ways, using a mixture of Word documents, audio, video, screenshots, PowerPoint presentations and visual diaries.
The final CD-ROMs were produced as Flash Shockwave files. Here are seven examples:
Andrew (6.6Mb) John (3.5Mb) Reuben (284Kb) Luke (1.9Mb)
Sam (13.9Mb) Cindy (704kb) Brendon (1.1Mb)
Note that these large files are not designed for use as web-based media.
Students rose to the challenge of selecting a project in which they could "pretty much do anything" while not getting carried away and losing sight of the original goal. The outcomes were individual and diverse. This is no better exemplified than by the two students who had chosen the same issue relating to their Year 12 chemistry course, whose individual development work meant there were two quite different outcomes produced.
Screenshot from Brendon's project
Malcolm says he is comfortable with the stage that has been reached in the development of the Year 12 course. The multimedia theme has proved to work well in providing scope for a good range of skills and ICT domain knowledge to be developed. Students enjoyed the variety of skill development work and responded well to the opportunity to identify their own issue, gaining real satisfaction from the development of a high quality final outcome.
Student Reflection:
"In Year 12 the process is very similar to last year but more involved; you've got to come up with your own issue from the start. I'm getting more comfortable with the process and I'm definitely able to plan better."
"Some aspects of the subject are quite difficult and some of the skills can be tricky; but on the whole if you plan well you can get the work done and pass okay."
