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ATARnotes VCE Trial Examinations
« on: November 15, 2010, 12:01:48 am »
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ATARNotes VCE Trial Examinations

Upon talk to many members and staff members with regard to this potential idea, it appears we have the green light to start creating VCENotes Trial exams.

Our forum already contains original notes, but when it comes to examinations, aside from the free tsfx, KBT, VCAA, and some others, there is not much to legally offer to our users. VCEnotes was established in order to provide all students access to a plethora of VCE resources, and I think that this idea will only further extend what VN has to offer.

As for the business side of things, the intention is that these exams be made free to all students in Victoria, as is somewhat implied by the philosophy of ATARNotes. However, we intend to make these examinations commercially available for Private Schools, and they will be sent out to Public Schools. Proceeds, as minimal as they may be, will go towards the writers, as an incentive, and ATARNotes, in order to pay for domain hosting, and new features on ATARNotes :)

As many of you are hoping to tutor next year, some of you may have already planned to  make a trial exam based on what you think is important to know, taking into account previous assessment reports, previous exam questions, and questions which a low proportion of the state would get correct. If together we could manufacture trial papers which do apply to the course, and are produced on the basis of VCAA papers, we have the potential to really increase the reputation of VN.

Additionally, we would be able to send the exams to friends, tutors, and schools, to further spread the word.

Why should you contribute?
-The good feeling on the inside
-Returning back to the community which has helped you in the past
-Acknowledgement of contributors on the paper itself
-Having written trial examinations, it places you in a position where you may be perceived as more experienced than others when it comes to VCE. This could come in handy should you want to pursue an Education-related job or career
-Whilst it should not be your primary motivation, it is possible that you could reap some benefit in the form of money or book vouchers by contributing

I have already PMed some people who I think would be interested, but if you are keen on helping out, could you please post, along with which subject you are willing to help out on :)

Remember, if we can get small teams of people working on the one paper, it will not take excessive amounts of effort. Once a small number of people have been established for each subject which people are willing to make exams on, details can be exchanged, and there can be perhaps one person to oversee that subject. If there are many people willing to help on the one subject, there is a chance that even two papers could be produced in the same year.

Difficulty
Essentially we want to be able to produce papers which would be on par with a "hard" vcaa paper, which explores concepts which the majority of the state has been shown to be weak in. Hence consulting of past VCAA papers and assessment reports, along with recurring weaknesses observed in the forum boards, will help us create a paper which will  be very effective learning for anyone who wishes to complete it.

Additional help required
-VCENotes Logo for examinations
-Getting permission from VCAA to use formula sheets
-Formatting into exam format (enwiabe is willing to help on this)
-Diagrams

Other Ideas
-Gaining feedback and statistics on exams which can be added to a solution/"assessment report" for future years

Time Frame
-Completion would be ideal before the start of university. This is just so that there isn't too much stress on you guys during the year. Also if the time frame is too long, I think some people may naturally lose interest.

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In order to join one of the teams writing an exam, please provide your username, and a line or two on why you want to help write the exams. Those who put their hand up to write them up for free do not need to reapply, but may opt out if they wish. We are not looking for people just with high scores, as long as you are passionate, you have the right  intentions, and are familiar with exam style questions, you will be accepted.

Additionally, it would be nice if I could have someone to help me co-ordinate this, so just pm me if you want to do that :)

Volunteers list
(People who have started contributing are in bold)

Methods - In Progress
-taiga
-xZero
-Thushan

Business Management - In Progress
-burberry

Geography - In Progress
-taiga
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2010, 12:04:57 am »
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Im happy to help out with physics.
EDIT : what difficulty level are we aiming to acheive?
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2010, 12:09:33 am »
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I wouldn't mind helping out with maths methods and specialist maths. You can list me down.
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Exams 2011
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 12:10:12 am »
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I'm willing to help with a few of methods, chem, physics, spec. All of which I am considering tutoring, so I should still be in touch with the courses next year.

This sound like a good idea. Hopefully we can get enough interest to make it a reality. :D

When are they wanting to be completed/released?

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Taiga, you should list English down too. We can get some of the pr0 english members to write persuasive pieces for section C, and then just add topics for the section A and C.
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 03:08:58 am »
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I'll be happy to review/proof chem/specialist papers. :)
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 03:23:22 am »
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I'd be happy to help out on physics or spesh, if there aren't too many people already doing those two.

It would be interesting to see how this would work in practice. It's going to be so tempting to make super hard exams though :P



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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 07:51:16 am »
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Although I'm going into Year 12 next year, I'd be willing to make some Accounting exams up over the holidays or something for people doing Accounting in 2011. =P

I'll be in.
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2010, 09:16:01 am »
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I might be able to make a couple for psychology but I first need to get familiar with changes to the study design so I may need to wait till the sample exam comes out to make sure mine will be as close as possible to vcaa exams...

I could also write the Imaginative Landscape prompts for english...I've seen hundreds so it shouldn't be too hard.
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2010, 09:45:16 am »
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After exams finish, I'll collaborate on Biology papers.

And Ren. I guess, but there's approximately zero demand for those :P

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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2010, 10:03:42 am »
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I couldn't do the entire english paper, but if you're looking for questions on Cosi for text response or Identity and Belonging prompts I could help out.  
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2010, 10:10:45 am »
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I'd be happy to do a legal exam.
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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2010, 10:28:07 am »
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I'll join Russ and loppol for Biol
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2010, 10:49:19 am »
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I'd be happy to help with maaaaybe English and quite possibly psych (though I'd have to learn the new study design)
Just putting it out there, there are smaller subjects which have little to no resources other than VCAA...I think, for instance what I could possibly do, is possibly write music solo/styles exams?
I know that for these subjects this year there were no resources available.

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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2010, 11:10:25 am »
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Hey, sign me up for Spec, Acc and Eng
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Re: VCE Notes Trial Examinations
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2010, 11:20:26 am »
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I'm not pro as you guys but I can help like for further and chem.

Also side idea: What about having a couple of people in the board actually do the exam. Like the ones who haven't written. Unless that is already part of the list :S
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