1. 1 HKEAA 2006 Teachers’ Seminar 09:00-11:00CE Comp & IT 11:30-13:30AL Comp St / AS Comp App Mr. Ng Ka-ming Manager – Assessment Development (CIT) 1 kmng@hkeaa.edu.hk Ms Lee Man-yee Anna Manager – Assessment Development (CIT) 2 alee@hkeaa.edu.hk

2. 2 Agenda 1. 2006 SBA – Pride & Letdown 2. 2005 & 2006 Exam Statistics 3. Setting & Marking of Written Papers 4. Implementation of Coursework 5. Exam Administration 6. Resources

3. 3 2006 CE CIT (SBA) Pride & Letdown

4. 4 Pride  All teachers handed in coursework samples & mark sheets on time  An improvement in students’ work and quality of marking in 2006

5. 5 Letdown  Wrongly reported on mark sheets  5 coursework entries  5 name entries  4 HKID No. entries  Wrongly use of mark entering software  6 schools  Wrongly enrolled exam entries  9 coursework entries  2 name entries

6. 6 2005 & 2006 Exam Statistics

7. 7 2005 CE CIT Exam Statistics ModuleABCD Candidature4,4301,06672112,466 A9.32.12.20.8 C+46.218.720.014.2 E+88.966.073.962.9 Comparison

8. 8 2005 CE CIT Exam Statistics CPascal Candidates5403,860 A1.5- C+-3.9 E+-4.4 NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE ! Comparison (Module A)

9. 9 2006 CE CIT Exam Statistics 20052006 Schools463488 A4,4984,170 B1,075791 C730569 D12,61813,352 Total18,92018,882

10. 10 Setting & Marking of Written Papers

11. 11 Setting  Curriculum and Assessment Guide  Assessment objectives (aim)  Curriculum Contents (breadth & depth)  Curriculum Time (balance)  References  Professional Knowledge  Books  Specification Grid

12. 12 Specification Grid Topics Knowledge QUESTIONS Comprehension Application Analysis

13. 13 Marking (Presentation of answers)  Complete sentences (preferred)  Elaboration  Avoid single words  Example: 2006 CE CIT 1B Q.2(a)(ii) Q.What is the advantage of using this label? 問：採用此標籤的好處是什麼？ A.It is faster. 答：快一點。 It is faster in reading the data. 讀取數據較快。

14. 14 Implementation of Coursework

15. 15 2007 Coursework Titles A. Sudoku Game 數獨遊戲 B. Evolution of Secondary Storage and its Impact 備份儲存設備的演進及影響 C.Cyber Café in school 學校網絡咖啡館 D.Personal Portals 個人門戶

16. 16 Coursework (rationale) “demonstrate students’ ability to analyse a problem and so identify requirements, and to make appropriate use of knowledge in the elective module in providing solutions which they will design, implement, test and evaluate” 須展示考生分析難題的能力，辨別習 作的要求，及適當選用選修單元內的 知識，從而提供解決的方法。過程中 須包括設計、完成、測試和評估．． (HKCEE Regulations & Syllabuses 2007)

17. 17 Coursework (rationale) “Assessment reflecting curriculum aims” 評估應能清楚反映課程目標 (CIT Curriculum & Assessment Guide, p.50)

18. 18 Coursework (rationale) “The teacher can discuss coursework with students in ways such as interpreting the requirement of coursework, making conjectures about the degree of difficulty of each coursework …or advising possible use of certain software / hardware… an achievable coursework is one that can meet the basic requirements in the public assessment” 教師可幫助學生逐一揣摩其深淺程度，或就 使用某些軟硬件的可行性提供意見．．．． 一個可以完成的個人習作，是公開評核的基 本要求。 (Resource Package on Coursework Assessment of CIT Curriculum, CITE HKU & EMB )

19. 19 Comments (2006 coursework)  Module D (Vital Campus)  Magic = healthy exercises ?  Description of a history of a sport activity = a campaign promoting healthy exercises ?  Blog = web page (HTML) design + report ?  Suggestions, after school visits  Supervise students’ work closely  Provide worksheet when necessary

20. 20 Scrutinizing Samples  Missing documents  Preferring an attachment of marking info (e.g. individual mark sheets)  TOO lenient/strict, erratic

21. 21 2007 Coursework Titles A. Sudoku Game 數獨遊戲 B. Evolution of Secondary Storage and its Impact 備份儲存設備的演進及影響 C.Cyber Café in school 學校網絡咖啡館 D.Personal Portals 個人門戶

22. 22 Fallacies (outside the curriculum content) Students wrongly focus the coursework on A. Sudoku Game  Learning of Japanese B. Secondary Storage  The business of data centres C. Cyber Café  Types of Coffee and coffee making methods D. Personal Portals  Setup and maintenance of a portal site

23. 23 Fallacies (outside the curriculum content) CIT Curriculum Coursework

24. 24 Fallacies (out of students’ abilities) Students wrongly focus the coursework on A. Sudoku Game  Dynamic programming B. Secondary Storage  Exhaustive discussion of secondary storage C. Cyber Café  A study of UWB D. Personal Portals  Writing of server-side scripts

25. 25 Fallacies (out of students’ abilities) CIT Curriculum Coursework

26. 26 Coursework Assignment CIT Curriculum Coursework

27. 27 2007 SBA - Module D  Largest candidature among the 4 modules  411 schools (84%) in 2006 exam  A wide spread of students’ ability  Fallacy  Module D = create 5 web pages??

28. 28 Module D A.Multimedia Production 多媒體製作 B.Design Factors for Presenting Information on the Internet 在互聯上演示資訊的設計因素 C.Web Authoring and Simple Web Management 網頁編寫及簡易網頁管理

29. 29 Curriculum re Personal Portals  Curriculum (core)  Applications of IT in our everyday life (Info. Processing & presentation, p.12)  Understand the concepts underlying the development of the Internet and the WWW (Internet & its applications, p.16)

30. 30 Personal Portals What are portals? 1.Collins COBUILD English Dictionary for Advanced Learners  a site that consists of links to other websites 2.www.wikipedia.org  based on local interests, and edited and maintained by individuals  a good place for collaboration of ideas, for commonly interested people

31. 31 Understanding Personal Portals  Search engine: Yahoo, Google, MSN,….  Example: Xanga, Blogger, MSN Spaces, Yahoo Blog, etc.

32. 32 個 人 門 戶  www.163er.com （從「 Google 」搜尋） 一套集個人網站、 blog （博客）、文章、 相冊、網摘、音樂盒、個人檔案、日程、 連接、調查、留言板等諸多功能於一體 的網絡平台  例子：香港教育城、雅虎香港 Blog 、搜 狐博客 、 MSN Spaces 、 Blogger

33. 33 個 人 門 戶 http://financenews.sina.com/sinacn/000-000-107-115 /2006-04-08/023667879.html （從「 Google 新聞」搜尋） 「 Google 創新的絕大部分產品都可以作為 “ 個人門戶 ” 的組成部分： Gmail 郵箱、 Gtalk 即時通信工具、桌面搜索工具、 RSS 在線閱讀、 Google 新聞、個性化首 頁．．．．．． （個人門戶）是以用戶個人為中心，圍繞用戶提供一系列工具，幫助用戶建立更加 個性化、智能化的網絡信息平台．．．．．． 微軟的個人門戶不但結合了 MSN 即時通信、 MSN 個人空間、 Live 個人平台，還 將與新版的 Windows Vista 操作系統緊密結合，微軟將把自身在 RSS 、搜索、即時 通信、瀏覽器、操作系統等多方面的優勢結合成一個強大的個人門戶平 台．．．．．．」

34. 34 Marking (Module D)  TWO parts  TWO studies (reports)  TWO parts  ONE study (report)

35. 35 Part (1) Objective & Analysis 目的與分析 Discuss what features/technology should be provided by a personal portal publisher …… 研討個人門戶出版者所需提供之特點／技 術 ……

36. 36 Part (2) Design 構思 Propose the features/technology …… 建議一些需要提供予學生製作其個人門 戶的特點／技術 ……

37. 37 Part (2) Implementation 應用 With a preset profile of two or more students, design a personal portal …… 以兩個或更多既定的學生概況，為每個學生設計 ……

38. 38 Summary (tools)  Dictionary (e.g. Collins COBUILD)  Encyclopedia online  Examples: wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, encarta.msn.com, whatis.com, howstuffworks.com  Curriculum Documents Curriculum Documents  EMB, HKEAA, CITE, HKU & EMB

39. 39 Exam Administration

40. 40 Curriculum development  C & Pascal Programming Languages (Module A)  Parallel in 2007 & 2008  Exam rubrics (written paper structure)  2007 & 2008 – unchanged  SBA mode  2007 & 2008 – unchanged  2009 Exam – under revision

41. 41 School Repeaters 學校重讀生  SAME arrangement as other promoted F.5  School practice (different modules)  School don’t present repeaters for CE CIT Exam  Force repeaters to take the existing module(s) in school  Teachers provide individual tuition to repeaters and mark their coursework accordingly

42. 42 Submission of 2007 SBA  Deadline  End of Feb 2007  A letter to school in Sept/Oct 2006  A letter to school for CIT teachers in Jan 2007  Marking  Discuss the criteria with teachers and inform students beforehand  Double check the scores on the mark sheets

43. 43 Resources

44. 44 Important documents 1. Curriculum & Assessment (C&A) Guide  CDC & HKEAA, available at emb.gov.hk 2. Teachers’ Guide, and HKCEE Regulations & Syllabuses  HKEAA, available at hkeaa.edu.hk 3. Examination Report & Question Papers  HKEAA, available at major book stores 4. Resource Package on Coursework Assessment  CITE, HKU & EMB, available at emb.gov.hk

45. 45 HK EDUCATION CITY  www.hkedcity.net/iworld  中學電腦科園地

46. 46 HK EDUCATION CITY  成為會員 (iWorld)  擁有教育城教師戶口 ( 可利用 e-service 戶口申請或向校內 IT 組查詢 )  申請後數個工作天便成

47. 47 成為 教師 用戶 步驟

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50. 50 Q & A