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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Am I missing something? Is this the first time this workshop has been flagged? On the day?<br>
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Geoff<br>
McGuire College<br>
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On 11/07/12 11:38 AM, "Fay Richardson" <<a href="fay@vitta.org.au">fay@vitta.org.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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</font></span><font color="#0070C0"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">1. For Victorian secondary IT teachers who would like to develop Computer Science modules and to contribute to the development of a new VCE CS subject, this workshop could be for
you.<br>
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</font></span></font><font color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>CS4HS workshop<br>
</b></span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">University of Melbourne, 11-12 July 2012<br>
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Organised by <br>
Steven Bird (Melbourne), <br>
Bernd Meyer (Monash), <br>
Paula Christophersen (VCAA)<br>
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CS4HS is an initiative sponsored by Google to promote Computer Science and Computational Thinking in the secondary curriculum.<br>
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The goals of this workshop are: <br>
(i) to update Victorian secondary IT teachers on current developments in the field of Computer Science;<br>
(ii) to develop Computer Science modules that can be used in the secondary curriculum;<br>
(iii) to contribute to the development of a new Computer Science subject in the Victorian Certificate of Education; and
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(iv) to raise awareness of secondary educators about how computational thinking underpins the overall secondary curriculum.<br>
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You are invited to participate in the 2012 CS4HS workshop at the University of Melbourne. This invitation is extended to the participants of the 2011 workshop, plus other interested secondary educators, subject to our limit of 25 participants. The workshop
is fully catered. Participants from outside Melbourne can apply for travel subsidies and accommodation, subject to the limits of our budget.<br>
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For more information go here <<a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/teachers/asset_id/69/cid/5/parent/0/t/teachers/title/cs4hs-workshop">http://www.vitta.org.au/teachers/asset_id/69/cid/5/parent/0/t/teachers/title/cs4hs-workshop</a>> .<br>
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</span></font></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font color="#0070C0">2. For your students<br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>NCSS Challenge<br>
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</font></span><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">The Challenge is unlike any other programming competition because we will teach you how to program as we go along rather than expecting you to be an expert coder already. However,
if you are a seasoned coder, we have something for you too because the problems will range from relatively simple through to mind-bendingly hard.<br>
For 5 weeks starting on Monday 6th August, 2012 and running until Sunday 9th September, 2012, we will release a set of notes containing the information you will need to complete the week's programming challenges. In 2012, there are three streams to the Challenge:<br>
</span></font></font></font><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">the beginner's stream, which doesn't assume any knowledge of programming and introduces
the Python programming language;<br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">the intermediate stream, for students who have either have some prior programming experience or have some prior experience with the Python programming language; and<br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">the advanced stream, for students who know Python and want harder problems.<br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">For more information go here. <<a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/students/asset_id/48/cid/9/parent/0/t/students/title/ncss-challenge">http://www.vitta.org.au/students/asset_id/48/cid/9/parent/0/t/students/title/ncss-challenge</a>>
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