[Yr7-10it] Fwd: coding in 2017

[Grieve, Carlin C]

Good work Mel,

Overall I think the learning path is the part that is the most important. You need to ensure that student capacity is built on each year, as it helps the students (As well as the staff ☺ ) Looks like you have this under control!
Having different environments (IDE’s) is always a good thing too, so students do not get hooked on the idea “I can only program in scratch”
Ken was right in ensuring it meets the need of the curriculum though.

·        Yr5/6 Band: Develop digital solutions as simple visual programs (VCDTCD033)<http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Curriculum/ContentDescription/VCDTCD033>

·        Yr7/8 Band: … using a general-purpose programming language (VCDTCD043)<http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Curriculum/ContentDescription/VCDTCD043>

·        Yr9/10 Band: … using an object-oriented programming language(VCDTCD053) <http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Curriculum/ContentDescription/VCDTCD053>

I am interested in what you do with Arduino’s at Year 8 though, as my first implementation failed big time (Expectations vs Reality)


Kind Regards,
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Carlin Grieve
Learning Technologies Leading Teacher
Epping Secondary College
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From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of ken price
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2016 1:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] Fwd: coding in 2017

Doesn't year 7-10 require a general purpose programming language? (based on Aust Curric Digital Technologies)

kp

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Mel Yuan <melyuan at hotmail.com<mailto:melyuan at hotmail.com>> wrote:
Hi folks,
Didn’t get much response from the Primary folks, per below … what do you guys think?
Considering putting MS Touch Develop in somewhere too … anyone had experience with this? Microsoft have invested in a fair bit of curriculum materials.

We’re doing some Robotics/Systems as well - Y4 Blue Bots, Y6 Makey Makey, Y7 Mindstorm, Y8 Arduino.

Cheers, Mel



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From: Mel Yuan <melyuan at hotmail.com<mailto:melyuan at hotmail.com>>
Subject: coding in 2017
Date: 9 December 2016 7:35:37 am AEDT
To: primaryit at edulists.com.au<mailto:primaryit at edulists.com.au>

Hello all,

I am starting a new role next year in DigiTech 4-10, having taught 8, 11, 12 (SoftDev) this year. The school has a new program, having offered compulsory IT in years 7-8 for some years.

This is my current plan for coding in 2017 with a view to strengthening pathways over time. I’d be interested in your thoughts - do you do the same or different? Have a missed a language that is a must-have?

I’m thinking that code.org<http://code.org> is the theoretical ‘backbone’ that teaches concepts, and the other language is something they can make stuff with.

Y4 - code.org<http://code.org> Course 2, Scratch
Y5 - code.org<http://code.org> Course 2/3, Scratch
Y6 - code.org<http://code.org> Course 2/3/4, Scratch
Y7 - code.org<http://code.org> Accelerated Course 2-4, Alice 2
Y8 - code.org<http://code.org> Accelerated Course 2-4, GameMaker
Y9/10 elective - code.org<http://code.org> CSP course 3 AppLab, elective language (Scratch, Alice, GameMaker or other for project)

It’s a small school and when the cohort grows, current students can keep progressing through code.org<http://code.org> while new students start at Course 2 or Accelerated.

Cheers, Mel




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