IT Applications Roll Call 2011

[ell]

Say howdy, '11ers!

• adelaide.emily10
• iamscott
• tassie

[adelaide.emily10]

well isn't this a lonely little bored...IT is the best subject!

[giga502]

when is the book being published?

[adelaide.emily10]

when is the book being published?

the cenage one is being release in march 2011

'I.T. Applications VCE Units 3 and 4 Student Book, 3rd Edition  Available March 2011' 
http://www.cengage.com/aussec/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=1222&product_isbn=9780170187473&courseid=TKS03&codeid=W05I&sortBy=copyrightYear&sortByShow=all

[giga502]

when is the book being published?

the cenage one is being release in march 2011

'I.T. Applications VCE Units 3 and 4 Student Book, 3rd Edition  Available March 2011' 
http://www.cengage.com/aussec/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=1222&product_isbn=9780170187473&courseid=TKS03&codeid=W05I&sortBy=copyrightYear&sortByShow=all

what a massive pain!
the only thing i've done so far is going through the checkpoints. Other than that we've nothing else to study ;[

[schnappy]

well isn't this a lonely little bored...IT is the best subject!

You haven't done it yet. It sucks donkey balls.

[mattrossi1]

You haven't done it yet. It sucks donkey balls.

Lol that's a good way of putting it.  IT Apps is the sort of subject that will continuously bug you with strenuous SACs and extremely dodgy exam papers that can be interpreted in a number of ways by people with varying levels of experience in IT (which I lost quite a few marks from on the exam), while covering content that isn't exactly interesting at the best of times.

[adelaide.emily10]

You haven't done it yet. It sucks donkey balls.

Lol that's a good way of putting it.  IT Apps is the sort of subject that will continuously bug you with strenuous SACs and extremely dodgy exam papers that can be interpreted in a number of ways by people with varying levels of experience in IT (which I lost quite a few marks from on the exam), while covering content that isn't exactly interesting at the best of times.

how similar is 3/4 to 1/2? we did 4 period long sacs and i didn't mind them that much, mainly because i was dreading methods in period 6
and IT was really easy in 1/2, I didn't even study for the exam (literally) and I got awards for the subject - wtf? - that being said 3/4 probably will be much more important and the a.o.s don't look that interesting -> but still i love IT (and i'll probs hate it by the end of the year)

[nacho]

Make sure you do well on the SACs - rank 1/2 with atleast 90%.. After that you can lose 10-15 marks on the exam and get a 44-50.
IT Apps isn't so dreadful, I hated the SACs though, and I wouldnt want to do them in year 12 with my other subs..

[mattrossi1]

You haven't done it yet. It sucks donkey balls.

Lol that's a good way of putting it.  IT Apps is the sort of subject that will continuously bug you with strenuous SACs and extremely dodgy exam papers that can be interpreted in a number of ways by people with varying levels of experience in IT (which I lost quite a few marks from on the exam), while covering content that isn't exactly interesting at the best of times.

how similar is 3/4 to 1/2? we did 4 period long sacs and i didn't mind them that much, mainly because i was dreading methods in period 6
and IT was really easy in 1/2, I didn't even study for the exam (literally) and I got awards for the subject - wtf? - that being said 3/4 probably will be much more important and the a.o.s don't look that interesting -> but still i love IT (and i'll probs hate it by the end of the year)

3/4 IT Apps is a dragged out version of unit 1.  My 3/4 SACs easily went for one to two months each (except for the test in Unit 4) due to the school calendar, teacher absences, and a generally slack class.  For me 1/2 was a pain, as my teacher marked pretty harshly, but then coming in to unit 3 I got 100% on the first SAC on databases before things slowly slid down lol.  IT is an area that I have been passionate about for a long time,  but the feeling of relief after I finished the exam in november was awesome

Make sure you do well on the SACs - rank 1/2 with atleast 90%.. After that you can lose 10-15 marks on the exam and get a 44-50.

+1.  I really do think that dropping only eight marks in my SACs and ranking no 1 contributed greatly to my SS of 42, otherwise I would have been as pissed off as you rightfully were...

IT Apps isn't so dreadful, I hated the SACs though, and I wouldnt want it to do with a long with my other year 12 subjects.

I suppose so, but I still kick myself occasionally about how badly I performed in the exam lol

[IntoTheNewWorld]

IT Apps isn't so dreadful

Thankfully Uni IT is better.

[iamscott]

I'm in year 11 and I'm taking IT Apps 3&4 as well. Just had my first SAC, and it seemed manageable =)

[tassie]

IT apps is pretty straightforward but the sacs go on forever :buck2:....i've ranked 1 in the 2 sacs we've done so far, hopefully i can keep it up next semester and do well in the exam  8-)