<div dir="ltr">Doesn't year 7-10 require a general purpose programming language? (based on Aust Curric Digital Technologies)<div><br></div><div>kp<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Mel Yuan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:melyuan@hotmail.com" target="_blank">melyuan@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi folks,
<div>Didn’t get much response from the Primary folks, per below … what do you guys think? </div>
<div>Considering putting MS Touch Develop in somewhere too … anyone had experience with this? Microsoft have invested in a fair bit of curriculum materials. </div>
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<div>We’re doing some Robotics/Systems as well - Y4 Blue Bots, Y6 Makey Makey, Y7 Mindstorm, Y8 Arduino. </div>
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<div>Cheers, Mel
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<div>Hello all,<br>
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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.<br>
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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?
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I’m thinking that <a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> is the theoretical ‘backbone’ that teaches concepts, and the other language is something they can make stuff with.
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Y4 - <a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> Course 2, Scratch<br>
Y5 - <a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> Course 2/3, Scratch<br>
Y6 - <a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> Course 2/3/4, Scratch<br>
Y7 - <a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> Accelerated Course 2-4, Alice 2<br>
Y8 - <a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> Accelerated Course 2-4, GameMaker<br>
Y9/10 elective - <a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> CSP course 3 AppLab, elective language (Scratch, Alice, GameMaker or other for project)
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It’s a small school and when the cohort grows, current students can keep progressing through
<a href="http://code.org" target="_blank">code.org</a> while new students start at Course 2 or Accelerated.
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Cheers, Mel<br>
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