Internal assessment: Example 2

Annotated student work: Criterion A

RecordoftheInterviewwithMsHaleyAkmed

Intervieweeandposition: MsHaleyAkmed,HeadofICTatXXXInternationalSchool
DateoftheInterview:
May4,2009

Whatproblem(s)doesdoyoufaceinyourpositionasHeadofICT?
Theschoolrulesareseriouslyoutofdateandhavenotbeenupdatedintwoyears.Theyare
alsowritteninformallanguageandarenotverystudentfriendly.WhatImeanisthatstudents
donotreallyunderstandtherulesastheyarewrittenortheconsequencesiftheybreakthe
rules.

Doyouknowofanyexamplesofstudentsbreakingtherulesthathadserious
consequences?
Yes,recentlyagrade8studentbroughtamemorysticktoschoolwithasniffingprogramonit.
Hedownloadedthesoftwarefromtheinternetandwascuriousifitwouldcaptureother
studentsandteacherspasswordaccesstotheschoolserver.Fortunately,oneofthelibrarians
discoveredthestudenttryingtoinstalltheprogramononeofthecomputersinthelibrary.We
alsohaveaseriousproblemwithstudentscopyinginformationandphotosfromtheInternet
andnotcitingsources.Thesekindsofincidentshavemademeawarethatwehavetoreview
andupdateourschoolrules.

HowcouldanITsolutionsolvetheproblem?
Grade8isanimportantagewherestudentsdonotrealizethatthereareevilsontheinternet
ortheyaretryingouthackingsoftware.Iwouldliketocreateagrade8projectwhereallofthe
studentshavetocollaborativelyresearchdigitalcitizenshipandpresenttheirfindings.The
studentscouldthencreatenewschoolrulesinkidspeaksothatallofthestudentswould
understandthem.

Thegrade8studentscouldworkinteamstocollectandanalyzetheinformationthattheyfind
andcreatenewschoolrules.Thestudentscouldalsoworkinteamstocreatetheschoolrules
andrelatedPowerPointPresentationsthatwouldbeshownatstudentassemblies.

Doyouhaveanyideas?
Ihaveanideahowthiscouldbeorganized,butactuallydonothavetimetosetupthewebsite.It
isimportantthatthestudentscanposttheirinformationfromhomeandalsoinschool.Using
theschoolserveroremailwouldnotwork.Wehavetriedthisinthepast,sowehavetouse
anothersolutionthatallowscollaboration.MsMarleneDavis,oneofthehistoryteachers,has
usedWikispacesforacollaborativeprojectwithherstudents.Itseemedtoworkverywell.

Intervieweeandposition: MsHaleyAkmed,HeadofICTatXXXInternationalSchool
DateoftheInterview:
September30,20XX

IwenttovisitMsDavis,grade7historyteacher,whohadorganizedacollaborative
projectwithherstudentsusingWikispaces.Thisseemedtobethekindofsolutionthat
MsAkmedrequiresandIdecidedtogobackanddiscussitwithher.

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Internal assessment: Example 2

Annotated student work: Criterion A

AsummaryfromtalkingtoMrs.Akmed

Forthedigitalcitizenshipproduct,wecoulduseWikispacesorPBwikiforthegrade8students
tousefortheirresearchandtopresenttheirfindings.WecouldmaketheURLavailableto
otherstudentsandtheschoolcommunitysothattheycanfollowthedevelopment.

Eachteamcouldbegivenadigitalcitizenshiptopictoresearch.Asetofschoolrulescouldbe
writtenfromtheresults.AlloftheresearchcouldalsobesummarizedinonePowerPoint
presentationthatcouldbeshownatassembliesinbothMiddleSchoolandUpperSchool
explainingdigitalcitizenship..

ForthePrimarySchoolwecouldhaveamodifiedversionofthePowerPointPresentationand
modifythegraphicstoappealtoyoungerchildren.IntheyoungergradesinthePrimarySchool
theclassteachercouldshowthePowerPointpresentationanddiscusstheruleswiththe
children.Thepresentationcouldalsobeshowntotheolderchildreninoneoftheirassemblies.
AtthemomenttherewouldbeonlytwoversionsofthePowerPointtemplates.

Therulesandthevariousconsequenceswouldbewritteninlanguagesuitableforthetwoage
levels.ThesewouldbeincludedbothonthewikiandalsointhePowerPointpresentations.We
havetomakecertainthatonepersonfromeachofthedigitalcitizenshipteamsisworkingon
theoverallrulesandPowerPointpresentations.ItoldMsAkmedthatIwouldfigurethisout,but
Ineedthenamesofallofthestudentsingrade8.Sheagreedtogettheseforme.

MsAkmedseemshappywiththewikisolutionandhasgivenmetheOKtogoaheadwith
planningthewikiwebsite.ShealsowantsmetostayinclosecontactwithherasIplanand
makethesolution.MsAkmedseesabigadvantagetousingtheWikispacestocollectthe
information.Allofthestudentsfromthevariousteamscanseetheworkbeingpostedonthe
wikiasitishappening.Itisalsoavailabletotheentireschoolcommunityasitisbeing
developedandwhenitisfinished.

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A transcript of an interview and a summary of a meeting were used to support criterion A and criterion B.
Formulating good questions for an interview with the client is important for these two criteria.

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