Computer Skills Assessment Year 6

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Computer Skills AssessmentYear 6
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background

• 2003 will see the introduction of a statewide
  Computer Skills Assessment for Year 6 students
• will assess students knowledge, understanding
  and skills in using aspects of the information
  and communications technology (ICT) domain that
  focuses on computers
• a year 10 assessment is also being implemented

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timeline

• 2002
• pilot assessment in 180 schools

- pencil-and-paper test June 26

• - practical tasks throughout August

• 2003
• larger pilot including 9 diocese schools

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Why?

• effective use of computer technology in our
  classrooms is an important new aspect of the
  education of our students
• students skills need to be identified and
  evaluated, with the results of the assessment
  informing future learning and teaching programs

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how will the skills be assessed?

• both traditional means of delivery and
  administration and electronic approaches
• an assessment by pencil-and-paper of computer
  knowledge and understandings (on one day)
• practical performance tasks to assess computer
  skills delivered by CD ROM (extended time)

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skills and knowledge to be tested will

• be competency-based
• be targeted to represent the skills and knowledge
  that are necessary for all stage 3 students to
  achieve
• be based on computer skills that can be developed
  through learning and teaching activities in the
  primary key learning areas

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students use computer-based technologies to

• locate, assess, evaluate, manipulate, create,
  store and retrieve information
• express ideas and communicate with others
• discriminate in the choice and use of computer
  applications for a given purpose

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areas to be assessed include

• general computer concepts
• word processing
• graphics
• multimedia
• Internet
• email
• spreadsheet
• database
• social and ethical implications

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examples of syllabus outcomes, indicators and
related computer skills and knowledge
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computer operations

• ENGLISH Learning to Write Skills and
  Strategies
• OUTCOME
• W S2.12 uses joined letters when writing in NSW
  Foundation Style and demonstrates basic desktop
  publishing skills on the computer
• INDICATOR
• carries out basic functions eg. prints, saves to
  correct place and retrieves a text

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word processing

• ENGLISH Learning to Write Skills and
  Strategies
• OUTCOME
• W S3.12 produces texts in a fluent and legible
  style and uses computer technology to represent
  these effectively in a variety of ways
• INDICATOR
• uses computer software programs to format a
  variety of texts

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graphics

• ENGLISH Learning to Write Skills and
  Strategies
• OUTCOME
• W S2.12 uses joined letters when writing in NSW
  Foundation Style and demonstrates basic desktop
  publishing skills on the computer
• INDICATOR
• chooses appropriate graphics to accompany text

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Internet

• HSIE Change and Continuity Significant Events
  and People
• OUTCOME
• CC S3.1 explains the significance of particular
  people, groups, places, actions and events in the
  past in developing Australian identities and
  heritage
• INDICATOR
• critically investigate the contributions of
  events and people of significance to Australian
  heritage using a variety of primary and secondary
  sources such as Internet sites
• RELATED COMPUTER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
• understands and uses key words in a simple search
• understands structure of a web address

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email

• Science and Technology Information and
  Communication
• OUTCOME
• IC S3.2 creates and evaluates information
  products and processes, demonstrating
  consideration of the type of media, form,
  audience and ethical issues
• INDICATOR
• Writes and sends an email with an attachment to
  an expert seeking advice and information for a
  task
• RELATED COMPUTER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
• understands features of an email message
• understands structure of an email address

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database

• Science and Technology Living Things
• OUTCOME
• LT S2.3 identifies and describes the structure
  and function of living things and ways in which
  living things interact with other living things
  and their environment
• INDICATOR
• designs, makes and uses a database to record
  information on selected flora and fauna
• RELATED COMPUTER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
• understands purpose of a database
• locates specific information in a class-created
  database
• understands basic terminology fields, records ,
  files

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spreadsheet

• PDHPE Problem Solving
• OUTCOME
• PS S3.5 suggests and selects appropriate
  alternatives when resolving problems
• INDICATOR
• Surveys students and teachers to develop a
  healthy canteen menu and analyses results using a
  spreadsheet
• RELATED COMPUTER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
• interprets data from a simple existing
  spreadsheet
• understands cell addressing
• enters data in a cell

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Learning Technology Plans

• An important part of your longer term planning.
• A guidepost for the journey.
• The plan is checked whenever a new purchase order
  is placed.
• Your plan should at a minimum involve a PD and
  Hardware component

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iBooks Vs iMacs/eMacs
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Hardware Purchases

• Maximum loan should be over 3 years.
• A rolling replacement program will be best over
  the longer term.
• The new purchase system means that planning
  purchases will be even more important. (Orders on
  the second week of each term)

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The New Hardware Scheme

• Apple Computers Hardware Purchasing Arrangements
• There are very special prices available in bulk
  purchases 4 times a year.
• Purchases will be discouraged outside of those 4
  opportunities per year.
• Teachers can access the same savings at the same
  times

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Purchasing Hardware

• Principals are reminded that any hardware
  purchase needs to be discussed with the Education
  Officer Learning Technologies and be part of
  the schools Learning Technology Plan. In
  addition ANY planned purchase over 10,000
  requires written approval in accordance with the
  Director of Schools recent correspondence.

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Purchasing Flowchart (10000)
Letter to Greg Greg to Peter Peter to
Gary Gary to LT Education Officer Check
against LT Plan Approved or Further negotiation
required
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FREE OS X FOR TEACHERS

• FREE OS X FOR TEACHERS from Apple.
• Please visit
• http//www.apple.com.au/education
• to redeem your free copy of OSX along with a
• Getting Started training CD.

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Professional Development Opportunities remaining
for 2003

• Designing and Maintaining Your School Website
• Digital Portfolios and Assessment
• Effective Web Quests
• Graphic Design and Manipulation - Adobe
  Photoshop Elements
• Information and Communication Technologies in
  Literacy
• Information and Communication Technologies in
  Numeracy

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Professional Development Opportunities remaining
for 2003

• Learning Technologies - Special Education
• MI5 - My Internet Course
• Researching History The Digital Way
• Software Support for Students with Special Needs
  (Intellitools)
• Using Learning Technologies in Creative Arts
• Web Page Development Level 1
• Web Page Development Level 2
• Web Page Development Level 3

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Individual Student logons (demo)

• Get a bulk export from Alice (something like
  student report 212)
• Open it as TAB delimited in Excel
• Add fields (As below)
• LOWER(LEFT(A1,1)LEFT(B1,7))
• LOWER(LEFT(A1,1)LEFT(B1,1)1000)
• Teaching
• 50
• d

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Individual Student logons

• Save as text
• Log in as administrator
• Import the whole file
• Its all easier than it sounds!!!!

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