Laptops for the HSC (1 Viewer)

[ZOMGbirdy]

I head from a friend that this year might be the last year of handwritten HSC exams...
My teacher's are always saying that using our laptops won't help us for the HSC... haha.
I found this article:
Technology pushes HSC on to laptops

 

[ilikebeeef]

Just wait for the hackers.

 

[iRuler]

lol

+1 to hackers

 

[harrisony]

from a technical point of view. semi-thin client machine with a battery, CLI text editor work recorded to a central server and a recorded to the hard drive of the machine it self, all actions are recorded. you have problems such as power outages although I honestly reckon I could whip up the design of the system in a day and implement it in a day or two.

It might be a disadvantage to those who can't type (I can type pretty quickly when I want to) although there are people that can't type at all, so what do you do with them. It's awkward

 

[cem]

I head from a friend that this year might be the last year of handwritten HSC exams...
My teacher's are always saying that using our laptops won't help us for the HSC... haha.
I found this article:
Technology pushes HSC on to laptops

I believe the earliest trials are set for 2012 not 2011 so it would be the current Year 10s.

Personally I think it might be a year or two beyond that.

They are already doing marking online - with the markers reading the scripts on the screen and not in the booklets. The booklets are being scanned.

 

[annabackwards]

from a technical point of view. semi-thin client machine with a battery, CLI text editor work recorded to a central server and a recorded to the hard drive of the machine it self, all actions are recorded. you have problems such as power outages although I honestly reckon I could whip up the design of the system in a day and implement it in a day or two.

It might be a disadvantage to those who can't type (I can type pretty quickly when I want to) although there are people that can't type at all, so what do you do with them. It's awkward

Hmm yes i was wondering about that too. Perhaps there'll be an option of doing the test handwrittten?

 

[iRuler]

One of my teachers said today that it might be implemented over the next five years, after it's made 'cheat proof'.

 

[willma88]

I heard when i was year 10 that they were going to scrap the school certificate. Still ended up doing it. I think it will be a while before this gets implimented...

 

[ninetypercent]

and then having to invest thousands of dollars into making sure these computers work, aren't laggy, have no viruses, won't be hacked, etc... during the hsc will be hard.

 

[elliottjohnson]

my cousin had to use a laptop in his uni exams as his handwriting was almost eligible.