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IT Software Development Dicussion
« on: November 14, 2014, 09:18:20 pm »
Soooooo................

VCAA made BOTH of those IT exams bit on the easy side eh?

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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2014, 11:46:22 pm »
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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2014, 09:12:43 am »
Hope everyone went well in it. Does anyone have a copy of the exam that they can put up?
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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2014, 01:32:39 pm »
Fuck me. Surely more people are doing software development?
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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2014, 03:24:06 pm »
7 People in my class, 1 went for non-scored.

I get the feeling that people don't care too much. I cared, but oh well. Just waiting for mark to finish his corrections.
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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2014, 03:04:58 pm »
So does anyone have the exam, even blank, that they would like to share. Also what was question one

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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2014, 03:09:12 pm »

Mark Kelly has put the mc and short answers up (including the exam questions)

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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2014, 05:55:31 pm »
Mark Kelly has put the mc and short answers up (including the exam questions)

Where?

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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2014, 11:28:45 pm »
Off-topic but, is it worth taking an IT subject in VCE? I have a feeling it gets complicated in VCE years which is discouraging me..

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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2014, 12:20:14 am »
Off-topic but, is it worth taking an IT subject in VCE? I have a feeling it gets complicated in VCE years which is discouraging me..

If you are genuinely interested in computing i'd say give it a go. Choosing which one is the hard part :P.. Make sure to read the study designs and particularly the assessment items at each area of study.

If you're interested in data management - databases/spreadsheets, i'd choose Apps. If you're more of a programming person, choose Softdev.
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Re: IT Software Development Dicussion
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2014, 10:32:24 am »
If you are genuinely interested in computing i'd say give it a go. Choosing which one is the hard part :P.. Make sure to read the study designs and particularly the assessment items at each area of study.

If you're interested in data management - databases/spreadsheets, i'd choose Apps. If you're more of a programming person, choose Softdev.

In terms of difficulty, which one is harder? IM guessing software but how much harder? Im currently doing software but thinking of dropping it for Applications to drop the workload a little bit.

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« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2014, 01:59:15 pm »
In terms of difficulty, which one is harder? IM guessing software but how much harder? Im currently doing software but thinking of dropping it for Applications to drop the workload a little bit.

Software is definitely tougher than apps all round imo.

With apps you can rely on Google to get you through the SACs. Learning how to program is a longer process but much more rewarding.

If you are looking for the easier subject then take apps, but if you truly want to learn something about computers then choose SD.
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