[Yr7-10it] programming curriculum

[Paul Sijpkes]

Thanks for all your great feedback!

 

I have also discovered a program called 'Sludge' for creating simple
RPGs.

http://www.hungrysoftware.com/

 

thanks again!

 

Paul Sijpkes
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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Peter Ruwoldt
Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2007 5:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] programming curriculum

 

 

On 14/05/07, Paul Sijpkes <paul.sijpkes at aanet.com.au> wrote:

Good evening list,

I am in the process of developing a curriculum for a Year 10 elective in
programming.  I have done some initial research and found that there is
an
enormous range of options from the more popular products eg. Gamemaker
and 
Visual Basic to Python, Ruby, BlueJ, Robocode (very cool!) to just
scratch
the surface.


Great idea. Use 'Scratch'. Absoutely perfect. http://scratch.mit.edu/ 

	 

	I believe that a good grounding in Java or a C based language is
probably
	beneficial but I don't want to overwhelm the students with an
overly
	technical approach.  


You're right.  Scratch could be the fun way to provide an excellent
grounding.  It is also freely available. 
http://waraku.blogspot.com/2007/03/scratch-mobile-phones-and-podmo.html

Here are some other links relating to Scratch
http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=scratch&type=user 

	 

	Then again, I don't want them to be purely based in 
	Microsoft products and GUI development.
	
	Could anyone else share their ideas and experiences in what
works and what
	doesn't?  Your wisdom and feedback is much appreciated!
	
	Regards,
	
	Paul Sijpkes 
	The Knox School


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