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Information Processes & Technology (IPT) – 2005 Preliminary

The Year 11 IPT course at Pittwater House has been developed using a constructivist approach. Students engage with a variety of learning activities suited to the various learning styles, all of which provide ‘hands-on’ opportunities. The course has been designed to be both fun for students and to provide a sound theoretical grounding in preparation for the HSC IPT course,

Examples of some of the projects pupils may be offered are outlined below:

The next Matthew ReillyPrepare a story/newsletter using MS Word. Then prepare for publication using MS Publisher.

The MatrixUse the Matrix and the Internet to collect information that will help you save your world.

Dream workerUse MS Paint and MS PowerPoint to create digital works of art that can be included in a digital movie edited with MS MovieMaker 2

Party TimePlan and cost your end of year party or trip using MS Excel. Develop a promotional web site using MS FrontPage.

Making money with computers Use MS Excel to develop a money making solution for your first business opportunity.

Fashion CentralUse MS Access to develop an interactive database of cars or fashion of your choice.

Hacker ControlExplore the depths of the Internet and learn everything you need to know to become an IPT “Hacker”.

Oceans 14Devise an ethical, socially acceptable and efficient method to store and retrieve ‘Gold’ on the school Intranet..

Design, develop and deploy an interactive multimedia production using a multimedia authoring environment and digital image, video and audio capture.

Devise a new media TV production based on transmitting and receiving data such as music or images.

The Big ScreenDesign and create a web page using MS Frontpage, HTML and Java to promote a teen movie.

The End GameCreate an interactive CD-based computer game using MS Paint, MS PowerPoint and VBA.

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Scope and Sequence – Preliminary Course (YR 11) – 2005

Week Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

1 Introduction to IPTImplement

(I)This is your

life

Part 3 Topic Review2/3 WP/DTP The next

Matthew ReillyStoring & Retrieving

Oceans 14

3/4 Graphics/MM

Dream worker Collecting The Matrix Transmittting & Receiving

Big Brother

5/6 Spreadsheet

Making money EXAMINATIONS Processing The Game

6/7 Internet Hacker Control

Organising

Party Time Displaying The BIG Screen

Part 1 Topic Review8 Plan (UM)

This is your life

Analysing Fashion Central

Course Review

9 Design (D) Part 2 Topic Review EXAMINATIONS10


Your Name:

Task Name: The next Matthew Reilly

Task Description: Individual Task Allotted time

1. Using MS Internet Explorer, find a long story on the Gutenberg web site (www.gutenberg.org). Copy the story and save a draft of it using MS Word. (P5.1).

2. Prepare your story for publication using MS Publisher by copying from the Word version (P2.2). Your ‘publication-ready’ version should include::

a layout of three columns per page a page border include a series of paragraph/chapter headings and at least one graphic per page relevant to the story for at least the

first ten pages of your publication.. (P6.2, P7.1).

3. Prepare a MS PowerPoint presentation to describe what the Gutenberg web site is about.

4. Submit printouts of your Word, Publisher and PowerPoint documents

Note: The documents to be constructed in accordance with the marking guideline.

Wks2 & 3

Deliverables: Draft of story Published versionPowerPoint presentation (printed 6 slides per page)

Due: Draft in Word – middle of week 2Publisher Version – middle of week 3PowerPoint presentation – end of week 3


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Marking Guideline

The next Matthew Reilly

Component MaximumMarks

MarksAwarded

Produces a Word Document with: Header containing name & class details &

task name Footer containing page numbers Story content draft

Produces a Desktop Published Document with: Page Border Distinctive styles and headings Included graphic(s) Overall quality

PowerPoint presentation on Gutenberg web site

55510

551030

25

Total: 100


Name:

Task Name: Dream worker

Task Description: Individual Allotted time

Use MS Paint, PowerPoint and Sound Recorder to create digital works of art that can be included in a digital movie edited with MS MovieMaker 2

Deliverables: DrawingsPhotographsAnimated imagesVideo clipsMovieMaker2 movie

Marking GuidelineComponent Max. Marks Marks

DrawingsPhotographsAnimated imagesVideo clipsMovieMaker2 movie

2020202020

Total: 100


Name:

Task Name: Making money with computers

Task Description: Individual, pair or group Allotted time

Devise an information-based money making venture. Plan your venture using as many non-computer-based information technologies as you can think of.

Use MS Excel to develop a money making solution for your information-based business opportunity.

Consider the social and ethical issues involved in your venture.

Examples of information-based ventures are dating services, assignment services, news services, stock market indices, library searches,

Deliverables: Planning document identifying non-computer based information sources.

MS Excel solution

Report on social and ethical issues involved.


PlanExcel solutionReport on issues

602020

Total: 100


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Name:

Task Name: Hacker Control

Task Description: Individual or pair Allotted time

Explore the depths of the Internet and learn everything you need to know to become an IPT “Hacker”.

Using the Internet write at least 1,000 essay on one of the following topics:

“The best example of a (numeric, textual, visual, kinaesthetic,

musical, lone, group, naturalist) hacker I found on the Internet

was _______ (name(s)) who ____________ (300 words). In

comparison _____________(name(s) was a cracker who

_________________ (300 words).

The social and ethical issues involved in each of the above

scenarios were ________________ (400 words).

Deliverables: Minimum 1,000 word essay


Hacker descriptionCracker descriptionSocial & ethical issues

303040

Total: 100


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Name:

Task Name: The story of your life

Task Description: Group Allotted time

Design, develop and deploy an interactive multimedia production using a multimedia authoring environment and digital image, video and audio capture.

This major assignment needs to cover in detail each of the five stages of the system development cycle. (UMDI-TEM).

Deliverables: Multimedia production

Accompanying report


Multimedia production

Report

50

50

Total: 100


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Name:

Task Name: The Matrix (Collecting)

Task Description: Individual Allotted time

Use the Internet and a variety of hardware devices to collect information that will help you save your world (or another theme agreed with your teacher).

In undertaking this task pupils should first develop a storyboard sketching a creative theme for their planned presentation.

Upon conclusion of the task, pupils should write up a reflective review report addressing the following questions:

How does this task link to the theory contained in the course text?

What problems were encountered? How were they overcome? What did I learn by doing this task

This task can be undertaken either as an individual, pair of group of four, six or eight students. In pair of group presentations pupils must agree and clearly indicate the individual contribution of group members to each task deliverable.

Deliverables: Planning storyboard

Internet Explorer-based presentation containing: Internet sourced elements Scanned images Scanned text (OCR) Digital still picture Analogue video footage Digital video footage

Reflective, individual Review Report


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Produces a Word Document with: Header containing name & class details Footer containing task details Page numbers Spelling and grammar checked

Produces a Desktop Published Document with: Page Border Distinctive styles Included graphic(s) Complex Table

Quality of ideas and alternatives developed

55515

551020

30

Total: 100


Name:

Task Name: Party Time (Organising/Analysing)

Task Description: Pair or Groups Allotted time

Plan and cost your end of year party or ‘schoolies’ trip using MS Excel. Develop a promotional web site using MS FrontPage.

Deliverables: Outline of event & feasibility studyDatabase of options considered (in Excel)Promotional web site

Marking GuidelineComponent Max. Marks MarksEvent outline (Requirements report)

Preliminary investigationo Interviewso Questionnaires/Surveys

Project Plano Gantt chart

Feasibility study Economic feasibility Technical feasibility Schedule feasibility Organisational feasibility

Excel database Data dictionary Number of attributes Number of records Analyses

Promotional web site

55555

55555

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25

Total: 100


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Name:

Task Name: Fashion Central (Analysing)

Task Description: Individual or pairs Allotted time

Plan a MS Access database of cars or fashion of your choice. Document your planned database with an ERD and DDThe database should contain many different data types.Create and populate the databaseUndertake searches and produce a variety of charts using the database

Deliverables: Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD)Data Dictionary (DD)Access databaseSearch resultsCharts


Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD)Data Dictionary (DD)Access databaseSearch resultsCharts

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Name:

Task Name: Oceans 14 (Storing & Retrieving)

Task Description: Individual work Allotted time

Devise an ethical, socially acceptable and efficient method to store and retrieve ‘Gold’ on the school Intranet.

Pieces of ‘Gold” are pieces of multimedia content such as sounds, texts, videos, drawings, animations etc.

Your task is to retrieve as many pieces of “Gold” as you can, ‘melt the gold’ i.e convert it into another form using Codecs, converters or compression and store the resultant ‘nuggets’ in your folder. You must also appropriately acknowledge your sources for all pieces of “Gold” and the methods used to create your ‘nuggets”

Deliverables: Pieces of “Gold” in original formatGold nuggetsReview Report


Pieces of “Gold”Gold nuggetsReview Report

303040

Total: 100


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Name:

Task Name: Big Brother (Transmitting & Receiving)


Devise a new media TV production based on transmitting and receiving data such as voice, text, music or images.

Deliverables: Planning Storyboard (P7)Project Plan (P7)Media Production (P4Review Report (P5)


Planning StoryboardProject PlanMedia ProductionReview Report

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Name:

Task Name: The Big Screen (Displaying)


Design and create a web page using MS Frontpage, HTML and Java to promote a teen movie. Promote the movie with as many other methods of displaying data that you can devise.

Deliverables: Planning Storyboard for web pageProject PlanWeb siteOther display elements


Planning Storyboard for web pageProject PlanWeb siteOther display elements

10 (P7)10 (P7)40 (P1)40 (P2)

Total: 100


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Name:

Task Name: The Eng Game (Processing)

Task Description: Individual, pair of group Allotted time

Create an interactive CD-based computer game using MS Paint, MS PowerPoint and VBA.

Deliverables: Planning Storyboard for gameGame


Planning Storyboard for gameGame

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Total: 100


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Assessment Matrix: Objective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TotalOutcomes P1.1, P1.2 P2.1, P2.2 P3.1 P4.1 P5.1 P6.1, P6.2 P7.1, P7.2

The next Matthew Reilly (Individual) 20% 20% 40% 20% 100%Dream worker (Small Group) 20% 20% 40% 20% 100%Making money with computers (Group) 40% 40% 20% 100%Hacker Central (Individual) 40% 40% 20% 100%Term 1 Homework 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%Part 1 Topic Test 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%Mid-Year Examination 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%The story of your life (Individual) 20% 40% 20% 20% 100%Term 2 Homework 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%The Matrix (Small group) 20% 20% 40% 20% 100%Part 2 Topic Test 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%Party Time (Small group) 40% 40% 20% 100%Fashion Central (Small Group) 40% 40% 20% 100%Oceans 14 (Individual) 20% 40% 20% 20% 100%Big Brother (Group) 20% 20% 40% 20% 100%The Big Screen (Small group) 40% 40% 20% 100%Part 3 Topic Test 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%The End Game (Group) 20% 20% 100%Final Examination 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%Term 3 Homework 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 100%

260% 360% 340% 140% 180% 260%


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