<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">We are getting geared up for the NCSS Challenge that starts very, very soon. <a href="http://groklearning.com">http://groklearning.com</a> We are enrolling all our senior year 11 IT students enrolled and a gaggle of other kids across the school who aspire to learn some programming (everybody should learn how to program at some point in their lives). There is still time to join and a nice discount if students sign up through a school. Pricing details below. <div><div><br></div><div>Amanda and I ran an ACCELN Hangout with NCSS Outreach Officer Nicky Ringland a couple of weeks ago that is worth a listen to. </div><div><a href="http://acceln.wikispaces.com">http://acceln.wikispaces.com</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>If you have never programmed before or if you would like to refresh and sharpen your programming skills with some online friends for a very friendly challenge, why not just register as a teacher and join us. :-)</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">—</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><b>Roland GESTHUIZEN<br></b><a href="http://about.me/rgesthuizen">http://about.me/rgesthuizen</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On 26 Jul 2014, at 12:43 pm, Nicky Ringland <<a href="mailto:nickyringland@gmail.com">nickyringland@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div></div></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>The discount is for all students who are signed up through a school. Students can also sign up and pay individually, though don't then have access to the $30 discounted rate for a year's all-access subscription. They can, however, sign up for a stream of the NCSS Challenge independently ($20) to try it out, and then if they wish to continue, pay the $10 difference through a school to upgrade their enrolment to all-access, for all our courses and competitions for the year. There is more information on our <a href="https://groklearning.com/pricing/">pricing page</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Nicky</div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br class="">NICKY RINGLAND </div><div>Outreach Officer | National Computer Science School | <a href="http://www.ncss.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://www.ncss.edu.au</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/it/~nicky" target="_blank">http://sydney.edu.au/it/~nicky</a></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 July 2014 03:49, Sylvia Pastore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smp191172@gmail.com" target="_blank">smp191172@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi</div><div>Just a quick question. Is the teacher discount for all students or does the student pay individually. <br>
<br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On 21 Jul 2014, at 8:10 pm, Ziad Baroudi <<a href="mailto:ziad@avilacollege.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">ziad@avilacollege.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I want to add my voice to Roland's. The NCSS Challenge is a very worthwhile activity that is very well run. At our school, we run it as an out of class activity for interested students across year levels. We have lunchtime sessions where the students come and code so they could feel part of a group.<div>
<br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Ziad Baroudi</div><div>Avila College,</div><div>Mount Waverley</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 July 2014 20:05, Roland Gesthuizen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Hello All,</span><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The annual National Python Competition starts Aug. 5th. Details can be found at:</div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
<a href="https://groklearning.com/challenge" target="_blank">https://groklearning.com/challenge</a></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
The NCSS Challenge runs for 5 weeks in Term 3 starting on August 5th and teaches students how to program as they compete. Last year, thousands of high school students (and some primary school students) and teachers competed in the Challenge from hundreds of schools across Australia and New Zealand. I will be registering all our year 11 students and a swag from around the college. Cannot speak highly enough of how well this activity is run.</div>
<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If you are still wondering what is computational thinking and why it is important, then listen to Nicky Ringland and the ACCELN crew tonight as we lift the lid on decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction and algorithm design.</div>
<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <a href="http://acceln.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">http://acceln.wikispaces.com/</a> (showtime is 8:30 tonight, Monday 21 July Melbourne time)</div>
<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Still not convinced? Then check out the ACEC2014 conference program to see how others are tackling this and how it will fit into our new national curriculum. It’s a cumin down the line .. </div>
<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <a href="http://acec2014.acce.edu.au" target="_blank">http://acec2014.acce.edu.au</a></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Regards Roland Gesthuizen</div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><br><br><div>
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