Pre-planning
Karllie has taught the Year 10 Applications programme for five years and says that its content and delivery has remained fairly consistent throughout this time. "Our programme was really good to start with, we've always been happy with it".
A few years ago the school's Technology department decided to reassess students against two unit standards – Level 2: 2780 and 2781. Students were doing these basic computer assessments in the course anyway, so enjoyed the fact that they could move into Year 11 with 12 computing credits with little extra work. Karllie notes that these unit standards are being reviewed so this situation may change in a few years when new standards are substituted.
Teachers from Hillcrest and Katikati College had worked together in a Beacon Practice cluster group in 2004-2007, during which they had developed a range of ICT/Technology programmes. Dissatisfied with their existing assessment procedures, they developed a set of Alternative Assessment Schedules which made assessing work simpler, more transparent, and broadened the range of assessable methods of documentation to include: physically showing, verbally explaining, writing, sketching and drawing and submitting electronic evidence as appropriate. See Case Study BP604 Teaching in an ICT Context.
