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<p>I would second that. Microsoft had a lot of good, free stuff on <a href="http://www.dreamspark.com">
www.dreamspark.com</a> Visual Basic, Expression Studio, XNA, C# etc ...</p>
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<p>Laurie Savage</p>
<p>ICT Teacher, Pascoe Vale Girls College</p>
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<div style="DIRECTION: ltr" id="divRpF886918"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] on behalf of Mark KELLY [kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [Year 12 IT SD] programming language advice<br>
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<div>Any reason not to go with (free) VB2010 express?<br>
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<p> For teachers of Software Development Units 3&4.</p>
<p> I have been asked to take Software Development units 3&4 in 2012 (for the first time) </p>
<p> With regard to the programming language, what version of Visual Basic .NET should I purchase/downlaod(free)?
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<p> I would be most appreciative of any advice.</p>
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<p>Cheers,</p>
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<p><font size="3" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Craig McPherson</b></font></p>
<p><i><font face="MS Sans Serif">LEADING TEACHER: Curriculum Design & Mapping</font></i></p>
<p><i><font face="MS Sans Serif">College Timetabler</font></i></p>
<p><i><font face="MS Sans Serif">Manager: Positive Ageing Digital-Storytelling Intergenerational Project (PADSIP)</font></i></p>
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Mark Kelly<br>
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>
McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
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