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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Selina Dennis <<a href="mailto:selina@dennis.net.au">selina@dennis.net.au</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Year List <<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, 26 November 2014 1:02 pm<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Year List <<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Programming Languages?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Carlos,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I teach Python as it’s very similar to pseudocode and is great as a “first language” to teach students. Many universities also teach Python as part of a first year computer science
course, so it’s a nice head-start for students continuing on to university IT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For my head start program I have students work through some of the coding exercises on
<a href="http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python">http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hope that helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Selina Dennis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Strathmore Secondary College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">
sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carlos Santander<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 26 November 2014 12:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] Programming Languages?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This will be my first year teaching SD, just wanted to know what programming languages everybody uses throughout the year?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’m thinking that it might be good to use the Term break to set online tutorials for various programming languages or is best to focus on one?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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