The 13 Overarching Learning Outcomes ...
(and how they apply to Information Technology and Secondary Computing Subjects)
1. Students use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and information,
and interact with others
2. Students select, integrate and apply numerical and spatial concepts and techniques
3. Students recognise when and what information is needed, locate and obtain it from a range of sources and evaluate, use and share it with others.
4. Students select, use and adapt technologies.
5. Students describe and reason about patterns, structures and
relationships in order to understand, interpret, justify and make predictions.
6. Students visualise consequences, think laterally, recognise
opportunity and potential and are prepared to test options.
7. Students understand and appreciate the physical, biological and technological world and have the knowledge, skills and values to
make decisions in relation to it.
8. Students understand their cultural, geographic and historical
contexts and have the knowledge, skills and values necessary
for active participation in Australian life.
9. Students interact with people and cultures other than their own
and are equipped to contribute to the global community.
10. Students participate in creative activity of their own and understand and engage
with the artistic, cultural and intellectual work of others.
11. Students value and implement practices that promote personal growth and well being.
12. Students are self motivated and confident in their approach to leaning and are able
to work individually and collaboratively.
13. Students recognise that everyone has the right to feel valued and be safe, and, in
this regard, understand their rights and obligations and behave responsibly.
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Try to keep the context and phrasing compatible with those below.
Communication:  Send and receive an email. Create a Web page. Conduct a
Netmeeting session. |
| Information: Create a
wordprocessed letter. Design and construct a Spreadsheet. Create a graphics image. Take
and manipulate a digital picture. Scan a drawing or photograph. Design and create a
mutlimedia presentation. |
| Interaction: Become
involved in group project work. Send and receive an email. |
| Language: Written
- Use a word processor to write a letter. Create a 'flier' with a Desktop Publisher.
Design a newspaper advertisement with a Graphics Package. Design a Report for a Database.
Prepare Planning documents using 'project' software. Keep a Diary of events using a word
processor.
Verbal - Give an oral report to the class. Conduct group meetings as part of a
Multimedia Project. Interview 'clients' as part of Multimedia Tasks. Record a spoken
introduction for a Multimedia package.
Aural - Engage in class-based peer assesment based on an oral report. use Sound
Software to incorporate special effects into a sound file. Write a MIDI file using
Sequencing Software. |
| Technologies: Use:
Computers, Scanners, Monitors, Mice, Laser Printers, Inkjet Printers, Hard disks, Zip
drives, Digital Cameras, Flatbed scanners, Modems, Video capture cards, Sound cards,
Microphones, floppy disks, networks, projection systems, computer interfaces, Robotics |
| Locate: Use a
search engine, Send an email seeking information, Find information on a CD ROM. Find
information on a local Intranet. Search a Hard Disk to find a file. |
| Interact: Participate
in group projects, Prepare and conduct oral presentations, Present Multimedia
presentations, Send and receive email, Participate in Netmeeting sessions, |
| Evaluate: "Appraise"
all work as part of the DMAM Technology Process. Judge the quality of material obtained
from the Internet, Use checklists to assess CD ROM software |
| Share: Be part
of group presentations, Participate in peer assessment, Develop and exchnage software,
Work collaboratively to produce multimedia titles, worksheets, courseware, Exchange
material with others using email, Construct Web pages to exchange information |
| Adapt: Learn
the skills of Structured Programming, Design Spreadsheets and charts, Design data
collection forms and databases. |
| Patterns: Create a
'predictive' spreadsheet scenerio. Interpolate from spreadsheet data and charts. Interpret
environmental data gathered using an interface with 'probes' attached. |
| Selection: Students
are provided with a wide range of technologies and software environments and are expected
to select the most appropriate for each Task. |
| Planning: Use the
DMAM technology Process. Write 'proposals' for Tasks. Prepare working plans for all Tasks.
Use pseudocode, etc to develop programming algorithms. Create Flow Diagrams and Rich
Pictures as part of Systems Analysis and design. |
| Numerical: Construct
a spreadsheet incorporating mathematical functions such as average, sum, total, mean,
mode, mod, etc. Create a chart from information in a spreadsheet. Extract and manipulate
numerical data from a Database. |
| Spatial: Write a
procedure in MSW Logo to draw 2D and 3D shapes. Use MSW Logo to contruct geometric shapes.
Use 2D and 3D modelling software, Use 2D and 3D CAD software. |
| Range: Use a
wide range of sources of information such as: the Internet, CD ROMs, Interactive
Multimedia, On-line enclyclopedia, Mailing 'lists', Internet News Groups, Computing texts
and magazines, technical references, software manuals, library research, on-line tutorials
(intranet and Internet based) |
| Internet: Use
email to communicate with people in other regions/countries. Become involved with
'collaborative' projects like "Red Dog. Join an email "List". Use the
Internet to research localities in other regions/countries. Use FTP software to publish
Internet content for World-wide viewing. Register with a variety of Web Search Engines to
promote personal Web content. |
| Web: Use Web-authoring
software to create and publish a Web page highlighting personal, community and regional
highlights. Create a miltimedia presentation based on the student's locality for
distribution to the wider community (National and International). Publish content on the
school's "intranet". |
| Knowledge: Use a
variety of software titles additonal to 'traditional' packages: Video capture and editing,
Digital manipulation, Graphics Conversion, File compression/decompression, anti-virus,
DOS, Web authoring, 3D Graphics, Panarama, animation, morphing, sound capture
manipulation. Develop an understanding of hardware, operating system and application
package installation. Develop and understanding of networking. Develop general
"trouble-shooting" skills. |
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