[Year 12 SofDev] choosing a language for 2008

[Shane Dawson]

As a new teacher who took over mid year, my class was doing VB.NET. I
have previously used VB6 and will probably go back to it next year as it
is much easier for the students to use. We are trying to teach
programming skills, not coding skills, so I find VB6 to be a much better
tool than VB.NET. It is very different to VB6 and the students found it
hard to code with, and spent a lot more time coding than actual
programming.

Shane Dawson 


compassion innovation integrity 

St Joseph's College Geelong 
135 Aphrasia Street 
Newtown Vic 3220 

Tel: 5226 8141 
Fax:5221 1022 
Email: shaned at sjc.vic.edu.au 

 

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Andrew Grimshaw
Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 9:57 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] choosing a language for 2008


HI every1
 
as a new teacher of SofDev i am hoping to get some advice about which
language to use next year
 
the students have used visual basic this year in Unit 1 and 2
 
i have basically narrowed it down to a choice between:
 
visual basic, C++  and J# 
 
what languages do u all use?
 
i am also hoping people can recommend some good source books for me to
use to get myself up to scratch also - i have not used C since uni and
have never used Java
 
thx
andrew grimshaw
colac college
 

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