National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ)

Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology

ISSN 1174-0175

Volume 14, Issue 1 (2010)

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This issue was originally published in hardcopy format as one of the publications of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ). In 2010 NACCQ was changed to Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ), and at this time JACIT and its sister publication the Bulletin (BACIT) were merged to form a single publication JACIT.

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Editorial
- JACIT editorial
  - Donald Joyce
Refereed Articles
- A1. ICT capstone projects: ‘the edge of chaos’
  - Sue Chard, Brenda Lloyd, George Tongariro
- A2. Managing ICT in large New Zealand secondary schools
  - Robert Douglas
- A3. Natural or artificial primary key? Using the Mifrenz children’s email application as a case study
  - Tim Hunt 16
- A4. WarDriving Auckland: A survey of WLAN security in the CBD of Auckland
  - Thomas Laurenson
- A5. Do computing students have a different approach to studying?
  - Mike Lopez, Denise Clarkson, Willem Fourie, Dobrila Lopez, Kirsten Marais
- A6. Next generation project management simulation: Feature refinement
  - Aaron Steele

Editorial

JACIT editorial

Donald Joyce

Since 1997 the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ) has published 16 issues of this journal (there were two issues in 1998 and again in 2001). A total of 197 papers have appeared (see Table 1), with the most common topics being Education (53%), System Development (16%), Hardware/Networks (8%) and Business (7%).

Refereed Articles

A1: ICT capstone projects: ‘the edge of chaos’

Sue Chard, Brenda Lloyd, George Tongariro

Capstone project processes and assessment methodologies continue to be problematic. Experience has led us to review our assessment rubrics and methods with every iteration in an attempt to refine and improve the practice and outcomes. This review has surveyed a broad range of capstone projects describing approaches to practice, assessment and sizing.

Editorial Board

Editor	Dr. Donald Joyce, Unitec, New Zealand
Deputy Editor	Dr Noel Bridgeman, Unitec, New Zealand
Editorial Board	Dr Tony Clear, AUT Dr Clare Atkins, NMIT Mike Mullany, North Tec Te Tai Tokerau Wananga (Web) Dr Christo Potgieter, Waikato Institute of Technology

Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology (JACIT): ISSN 1174-0175
(Incorporating the Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technology (NACCQ): ISSN 1176-4120)
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