[Yr7-10it] Yr7-10it Digest, Vol 121, Issue 2
Benn POLLOCK
pol at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
Mon Dec 14 12:24:39 AEDT 2015
I'm putting together a unit using Microsoft Touch Develop for next year..
This will run in my Year 10 class after we do HTML/CSS web design in the
first term.
I've never used Touch Develop before but got introduced to it during the
Games Expo earlier this Term. Looks like it should be fun and there is
plenty of resources available online for it :)
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> 1. Re: [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies Curriculum
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> 2. Re: [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies Curriculum
> (Roland Gesthuizen)
> 3. Re: [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies Curriculum
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> 4. Re: [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies Curriculum
> (Roland Gesthuizen)
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> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:33:29 +1100
> From: Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies
> Curriculum
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> It is a good question to post to the year 7 to 10 list. It has been quiet
> lately.
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> Regards Roland
>
> > On 14 Dec 2015, at 10:06 am, Laurie Savage <08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are investigating the new curriculum, does anybody have any good
> thoughts about suitable programming languages for these two criteria? Which
> mailing list is focusing on this area?
> >
> > Years 7/8
> > Develop and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching,
> iteration and functions using a general-purpose programming language
> (VCDTCD043)
> >
> > Year 9
> > Develop modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data
> structures including using an object-oriented programming language
> (VCDTCD053)
> >
> > Laurie Savage
> > https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home <
> https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:34:10 +1100
> From: Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies
> Curriculum
> To: Edulist Mailing List <yr7-10it at edulists.com.au>
> Cc: Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List
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> Kind of agree with Phyon, the Grok Learning Challenge and tutorials even
> run on iPads so it is easy enough to get a leg up for junior classes. I
> just did their HOC with a year 8 head-start / transition class.
>
> Also a good question to post to the Yr7-10it list. Click here to
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> Regards Roland
>
> > On 14 Dec 2015, at 10:16 am, ken price <kenjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The main source of professional development for the Digital Technologies
> curriculum in Australia is the MOOCs run by CSER. From memory they focussed
> on JavaScript and Processing in the 7/8 course.
> >
> > For years 9 and 10 you could probably add Python into the mix - given
> that you'd probably want a language that is free, has no commercial
> allegiance,has good technical documentation and support, has an education
> support community, is in relatively widespread use, has a reasonably low
> barrier to entry, and has some application in the wider world. And isn't
> the same language that students have learned since year 3.
> >
> > kp
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Laurie Savage <
> 08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au <mailto:08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are investigating the new curriculum, does anybody have any good
> thoughts about suitable programming languages for these two criteria? Which
> mailing list is focusing on this area?
> >
> > Years 7/8
> > Develop and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching,
> iteration and functions using a general-purpose programming language
> (VCDTCD043)
> >
> > Year 9
> > Develop modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data
> structures including using an object-oriented programming language
> (VCDTCD053)
> >
> > Laurie Savage
> > https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home <
> https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home>
> >
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> >
> >
> > --
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> > Dr Ken Price MACS CP ACCE Professional Associate.
> > President, TASITE http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au <
> http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au/
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:30:59 +1100
> From: forster at ozonline.com.au
> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies
> Curriculum
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Tech <yr7-10it at edulists.com.au>, Roland
> Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
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> Hi
>
> What about the drag and drop languages eg. Gamemaker, Snap, Scratch,
> Turtleart?
>
> From memory Gamemaker supports branching, iteration, functions, data
> structures and is object-oriented.
>
> Tony
>
> > Kind of agree with Phyon, the Grok Learning Challenge and tutorials
> > even run on iPads so it is easy enough to get a leg up for junior
> > classes. I just did their HOC with a year 8 head-start / transition
> > class.
> >
> > Also a good question to post to the Yr7-10it list. Click here to
> > subscribe: Yr7-10it
> > <http://www.edulists.com.au/mailman/listinfo/yr7-10it>
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> >> On 14 Dec 2015, at 10:16 am, ken price <kenjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The main source of professional development for the Digital
> >> Technologies curriculum in Australia is the MOOCs run by CSER. From
> >> memory they focussed on JavaScript and Processing in the 7/8 course.
> >>
> >> For years 9 and 10 you could probably add Python into the mix -
> >> given that you'd probably want a language that is free, has no
> >> commercial allegiance,has good technical documentation and support,
> >> has an education support community, is in relatively widespread
> >> use, has a reasonably low barrier to entry, and has some
> >> application in the wider world. And isn't the same language that
> >> students have learned since year 3.
> >>
> >> kp
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Laurie Savage
> >> <08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au <mailto:08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> We are investigating the new curriculum, does anybody have any good
> >> thoughts about suitable programming languages for these two
> >> criteria? Which mailing list is focusing on this area?
> >>
> >> Years 7/8
> >> Develop and modify programs with user interfaces involving
> >> branching, iteration and functions using a general-purpose
> >> programming language (VCDTCD043)
> >>
> >> Year 9
> >> Develop modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data
> >> structures including using an object-oriented programming language
> >> (VCDTCD053)
> >>
> >> Laurie Savage
> >> https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home
> >> <https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> http://www.edulists.com.au <http://www.edulists.com.au/> - FAQ,
> >> resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
> >> VCE Informatics Mailing List kindly supported by
> >> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html
> >> <http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html>
> -
> >> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority <br>
> >> http://www.vitta.org.au <http://www.vitta.org.au/> - VITTA
> >> Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc <br>
> >> http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools
> >> <http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools> - Swinburne University
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Dr Ken Price MACS CP ACCE Professional Associate.
> >> President, TASITE http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au
> >> <http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au/
> >_______________________________________________
> >> http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
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> -
> >> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority <br>
> >> http://www.vitta.org.au - VITTA Victorian Information Technology
> >> Teachers Association Inc <br>
> >> http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools - Swinburne University
> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:38:48 +1100
> From: Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] [Informatics] OT: New Digital Technologies
> Curriculum
> To: Tony Forster <forster at ozonline.com.au>
> Cc: Year 7 - 10 Information Tech <yr7-10it at edulists.com.au>
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> thanks Tony, good point.
>
> I should have added that we don?t toss kids to Python in a rush, first
> covering Scratch and Gamemaker to get their sea-legs with coding etc. :-)
>
> Regards Roland
>
> > On 14 Dec 2015, at 11:30 AM, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > What about the drag and drop languages eg. Gamemaker, Snap, Scratch,
> Turtleart?
> >
> > From memory Gamemaker supports branching, iteration, functions, data
> > structures and is object-oriented.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >> Kind of agree with Phyon, the Grok Learning Challenge and tutorials
> even run on iPads so it is easy enough to get a leg up for junior classes.
> I just did their HOC with a year 8 head-start / transition class.
> >>
> >> Also a good question to post to the Yr7-10it list. Click here to
> subscribe: Yr7-10it <http://www.edulists.com.au/mailman/listinfo/yr7-10it
> >
> >>
> >> Regards Roland
> >>
> >>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 10:16 am, ken price <kenjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The main source of professional development for the Digital
> Technologies curriculum in Australia is the MOOCs run by CSER. From memory
> they focussed on JavaScript and Processing in the 7/8 course.
> >>>
> >>> For years 9 and 10 you could probably add Python into the mix - given
> that you'd probably want a language that is free, has no commercial
> allegiance,has good technical documentation and support, has an education
> support community, is in relatively widespread use, has a reasonably low
> barrier to entry, and has some application in the wider world. And isn't
> the same language that students have learned since year 3.
> >>>
> >>> kp
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Laurie Savage <
> 08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au <mailto:08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> We are investigating the new curriculum, does anybody have any good
> thoughts about suitable programming languages for these two criteria?
> Which mailing list is focusing on this area?
> >>>
> >>> Years 7/8
> >>> Develop and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching,
> iteration and functions using a general-purpose programming language
> (VCDTCD043)
> >>>
> >>> Year 9
> >>> Develop modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data
> structures including using an object-oriented programming language
> (VCDTCD053)
> >>>
> >>> Laurie Savage
> >>> https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home <
> https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> http://www.edulists.com.au <http://www.edulists.com.au/> - FAQ,
> resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
> >>> VCE Informatics Mailing List kindly supported by
> >>> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html
> <http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html>
> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority <br>
> >>> http://www.vitta.org.au <http://www.vitta.org.au/> - VITTA
> Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc <br>
> >>> http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools <
> http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools> - Swinburne University
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> --
> >>> Dr Ken Price MACS CP ACCE Professional Associate.
> >>> President, TASITE http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au <
> http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au/
> >_______________________________________________
> >>> http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
> >>> VCE Informatics Mailing List kindly supported by
> >>> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html
> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority <br>
> >>> http://www.vitta.org.au - VITTA Victorian Information Technology
> Teachers Association Inc <br>
> >>> http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools - Swinburne University
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> Year 7 - 10 IT Mailing List kindly supported by
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> Authority and
> >> http://www.vitta.org.au - VITTA Victorian Information Technology
> Teachers Association Inc
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> >>
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