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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>C'mon David!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>One email from Steven Bird on 2 July followed by
Fay's yesterday is hardly an avalanche of information :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert Hind (Semi-retired) OOF, GOM, COF<BR>Ashwood
and Traralgon<BR><A
href="mailto:robert@yinnar.com">robert@yinnar.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dhoward@stmichaels.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:dhoward@stmichaels.vic.edu.au">Howard, David</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing
List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] CS4HS
Workshop and NCSS Challenge</DIV>
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emails have been around for a while about it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Michaels Grammar School<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</A>
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Hutchison,
Geoffrey G<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 11 July 2012 12:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 IT
Apps] CS4HS Workshop and NCSS Challenge<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Am I missing
something? Is this the first time this workshop has been flagged? On the
day?<BR><BR>Geoff<BR>McGuire College<BR><BR><BR>On 11/07/12 11:38 AM, "Fay
Richardson" <<A href="fay@vitta.org.au">fay@vitta.org.au</A>>
wrote:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0070c0; 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></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222">CS4HS
workshop<BR></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">University
of Melbourne, 11-12 July 2012<BR> <BR> <BR>Organised by <BR>Steven
Bird (Melbourne), <BR>Bernd Meyer (Monash), <BR>Paula Christophersen
(VCAA)<BR><BR>CS4HS is an initiative sponsored by Google to promote Computer
Science and Computational Thinking in the secondary curriculum.<BR><BR>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 <BR>(iv) to
raise awareness of secondary educators about how computational thinking
underpins the overall secondary curriculum.<BR><BR>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><BR>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> <BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0070c0; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2.
For your students<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222">NCSS
Challenge<BR></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222; 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><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">· </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the
beginner's stream, which doesn't assume any knowledge of programming and
introduces the Python programming language;<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">· </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">· </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the
advanced stream, for students who know Python and want harder
problems.<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #222222; 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>>
<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR> <BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><BR> <BR></SPAN>Fay Richardson<BR> <BR>Fay
Richardson<BR>Senior Project Manager<BR>VITTA<BR>T: +61 3 9495 6836<BR>F: +61
3 9495 6834<BR>M: +61(0)488 545 995<BR>E: <A
href="fay@vitta.org.au">fay@vitta.org.au</A><BR>W: <A
href="http://www.vitta.org.au">www.vitta.org.au</A> <<A
href="http://www.vitta.org.au/">http://www.vitta.org.au/</A>> <BR>Suite
209, 134-136 Cambridge St,<BR>Collingwood, VIC, 3066, Australia<BR>VITTA ~
supporting all educators with ICTs anywhere, any time<BR>2012 VITTA
Conference:<I>Reign of the Cloud</I> <<A
href="http://www.vitta.org.au/2012conferenceinfo/vitta-annual-conference-2012">http://www.vitta.org.au/2012conferenceinfo/vitta-annual-conference-2012</A>>
<BR>Professional Learning <<A
href="http://www.vitta.org.au/events/category/training-events">http://www.vitta.org.au/events/category/training-events</A>>
<BR>Tomorrow Sport <<A
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