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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 1 Jun 2016, at 5:01 pm, Lorraine Bignell &lt;<a href="mailto:lbignell@netspace.net.au" class="">lbignell@netspace.net.au</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="">Hi<br class=""><br class="">I am not teaching Software Development this year but am 
thinking about what language to teach in Unit 2 Computing. Would 
Javascript be suitable? What languages are people using in Units 3 and 
4?<br class=""><br class="">Thanks<br class=""><br class="">Lorraine Bignell<br class="">Kingswood College<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div>
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