Information Systems

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Information Systems

• Therese Keane
• Andrew Shortell

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Contact Us

• a.shortell_at_macrob.vic.edu.au
• tkeane_at_parade.vic.edu.au
• Find this power point at
• www.fhc.vic.edu.au/yr12its

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What do we do?

• Approaches and tips
• We intend to share what we do
• Maybe this will help you

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Main Priorities

• Get the students to do well in the exam
• Enjoy the year
• Learn some programming

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How do we help them to do well?

• Prepare the exam
• Understand the exam setting panel
• do plenty of past papers
• Introduce the past papers in August
• Exam Conditions in September

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• Teach the exam from the beginning
• Day 1 Analysis this answers Q1
• Working on the exam from the start of the year
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• Do exam under exam conditions at school
• Double period, 100 min
• 2 x single periods seperated
• Cheating? Who?

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Thereses term 1

• 10 weeks of theory
• L.O. 1 and 2 in term 1
• S.D.L.C. in term 1

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Thereses Term 2

• P.D.L.C. by example in term 2
• Do algorithms
• flowcharts
• psuedo code
• IPO
• (not N/S)

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Andrews term 1

• First 3 weeks .. theory
• it used to be 6
• Why this much?
• Do you expect the network to be ready?
• set the tone
• classroom mgt
• first few weeks unsettled anyway

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then

• start Prac
• many girls have not done any programming
• need plenty of practice (More in a minute)
• L.O. 1 by mid term
• L.O. 2 by week 4 term 2

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Term 2

• Continue with theory
• why? the exam
• Do more prac
• why? L.O. 3 is on the way
• Beware of the exams mucking up the prac outcome

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Term 3 (2ofus)

• Heaps more prac as we prepare for the big one
• Theory goes out the window
• L.O.4 gets done
• then theory is back and exam prep

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How does Therese teach Programming?

• Start with inbuilt tutorial
• Then give them an exemplar and get them to
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and Andrew..?

• Give them small exemplars and build