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color=#0000ff size=2>Is Scratch on the list of languages? I might abandon PHP if
it is. BTW have any of you played with Story Telling Alice?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Laurie</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Roland
Gesthuizen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 3 June 2009 11:08 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 11
Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Yr11
Information Technology] VB and girls<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>The students will enjoy some of the funky stuff I am doing with
Python, Ren'PY or Scratch. Ooodles of resources online. You can just google the
details.<BR><BR>Regards Roland<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/6/3 Brett Groves <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">You
could instead teach them VBA and combine it with PowerPoint. It makes some
really funky things possible in PPT and is great for interactive digital
stories, pretty simple to learn and is still a scripting language.<BR><BR>This
site www.*mindtools*.*tased*.edu.au has some great basic tutorials to get
started.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Kind regards,<BR><BR>*Brett Groves*<BR><BR>*ICT
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