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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following webinar is being run by us at the VCAA for Digital Technologies this week (Week 3 of Term 3) for teachers and leaders in schools. I have included all details and the link below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our Specialist Teachers are running this webinar.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phil.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thursday 2 August Daryl Croke (VCAA Specialist Teacher) 4.00-5.00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Title: </b><b><span lang="EN">Transition from Visual Programming Languages to General-Purpose Programming Languages in the Digital Technologies Curriculum (7-8)</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Time: 1 hour<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Abstract<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">At level 5 to 6 students can demonstrate programming using visual program platforms such as Scratch or Code.org. However, at level 7 to 8 students are required to use text-based programming. This webinar
will cover teaching techniques for transitioning students from using “drag and drop” visual programming to text-based general-purpose programming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Outline:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Overview of Creating Digital Solutions strand
</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Algorithms
</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Suitable programming
</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Environments
</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Comparisons
</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Approaches to teaching</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Link: </b><a href="https://reg.eventgate.com.au/Event/13278/Digital-Technologies---General-Purpose-Programming-Languages-7-8---Online">https://reg.eventgate.com.au/Event/13278/Digital-Technologies---General-Purpose-Programming-Languages-7-8---Online</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Phil Feain | Curriculum Manager, Digital Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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