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<div dir="auto">Hi Karen,
<div dir="auto">I had a look at Joseph Portelli's suggestion (below) and wholeheartedly endorse this. What an amazing resource it is, especially for rookie programmers like you and me! AppLab (<a href="https://code.org/educate/applab">https://code.org/educate/applab</a>) and
Unit 5 of the CS Principles course (<a href="https://studio.code.org/s/csp5">https://studio.code.org/s/csp5</a>) is perfect.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Email me privately, Karen, if you want to ask more about it. :)</div>
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<div dir="auto">Cheers,</div>
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<div dir="auto">PS Thanks so much Joseph for your suggestion. You're a lifesaver!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 18 Jul 2017 5:03 PM, "Cagliarini, Karen L" <cagliarini.karen.l@edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div>Hi Unit 2 Computing teachers,<br>
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I'm a programming rookie.<br>
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I noticed from previous posts that many of you are using Python.<br>
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What version of Python are those of you using it working on? Does it really matter.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Karen Cagliarini<br>
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Hi Michael,<br>
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I recommend code.org. They have a Computer Science Principles course (free), that includes a Unit on Algorithms and Building Apps. It teaches students how to think and can be made to fit in with the Australian Curriculum. It includes a Simulator, Widgets and
an App Lab; which allows for practical activities where students can code and see the results of their work on the same screen. It also tacks student progress. Students can then use the tool to be creative and design a GUI or a basic app of their own.
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I believe it is paid for by Google and Facebook but I am not sure. What I do know is, it will get you out of a fix if you have a limited programming background.<br>
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There is heaps behind the scenes .. hard to explain without diving in but it is with the support forum, coding solution engine and the progress tracking tool. You can get a budget on-ramp with the cheaper subscription to the GROK Challenge rather than all the
modules. There is enough there to tick off the year 11 coding and you can revisit an expanded subscription later. We built it into our annual budget.<br>
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> On 1 Jul 2017, at 7:25 pm, Poke, Michael C <poke.michael.c@edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:<br>
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> Thanks for the advice so far, everyone, I've had a super-quick look at <br>
> Grok with a few teacher account and I'm not sure it represents value for money. It looks quite similar to Codecademy which is free. Plus the students need to be able to create a programable GUI as well in Year 11.<br>
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> On 1 Jul 2017 4:50 PM, "Graham, Margaret M" <graham.margaret.m@edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:<br>
> I agree - Grok is great. Have used the Python courses for unit 2 and even used Grok for my year 7 Digital Technology class this semester. They used the Blockly module.
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> Thumbs up from me for Grok Learning. I have used the Grok Learning Challenge with all my year 11 (and some year 10) students for the past few years. They helped to set up my my pre-service teachers with free accounts to get them up to speed with coding. My
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> hey mate,<br>
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> if money isn't a big concern (30 bucks a kid )<br>
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> New to this list. Wondering what software people are using to teach programming in Unit 2. Are you still using VB.net <<a href="http://vb.net/">http://vb.net/</a>>? I have Apple Macs but have Windows running with bootcamp as well. What language are people
doing? Ideally I?d like to teach Python (because it?s easy) but in a simple drag and drop UI environment like VB.<br>
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> My students are learning Python via codecademy.com <<a href="http://codecademy.com/">http://codecademy.com/</a>> for now until I work out what I?m doing, but time is running out.<br>
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> PS. Coding is NOT my forte.<br>
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Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] Census data 2016 -<br>
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A good example of how to visually map the progress of faiths over time.<br>
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<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-12/australia-religion-census-2016-mapped/8660798">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-12/australia-religion-census-2016-mapped/8660798</a><br>
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Technically, atheists aren?t mentioned. The bulk of those identifying as ?No religion? could potentially be agnostic. ;)<br>
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But, yeah a really good resource, Mark.<br>
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Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] Census data 2016 - Visualisation of religious trends<br>
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A good example of how to visually map the progress of faiths over time.<br>
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<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-12/australia-religion-census-2016-mapped/8660798">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-12/australia-religion-census-2016-mapped/8660798</a><br>
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