<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Tanya<div class="">Have a quick look at the archives of this list over the last six months - quite a few newbies coming on board</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">also — still using old study design for 2019 - changes in 2020</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">also Most of us put our school name in signature — cause there used to be a few students subscribed</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://vceit.com" class="">vceit.com</a> is also good.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">book —> only one is Adrian Janson’s and there is some doubt that he will update for new study design cause there is so little money in a book for 1600 students even if all of them purchased.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">there are other resources too</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">many use VB, some use python, a few are trying out or using php</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Look at some of emails to list over last few months</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SAT: you can email Phil Feain at VCAA for definitive statements on SAT - he is curriculum manager</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">you can ask us off list for comments</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">there is a SAT training day early next year. the SAT will take the students about five months to do. it is a significant item and really makes this subject the equivalent of a folio subject.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Andrew Shortell</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At Strathmore SC till Christmas (& then at Lalor SC)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 13 Dec 2018, at 5:31 pm, Tanya Whiteley <<a href="mailto:whiteley.tanya@gmail.com" class="">whiteley.tanya@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I've been asked to teach VCE Software Development next year. It hasn't been taught prior at this school so there are no resources. Until now I have been teaching VCE mathematics. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would love some help on where to begin and I also have some questions.</div><div class="">Which textbook do people use?</div><div class="">Which programming language do you recommend?</div><div class="">Is the SAT a project each student chooses the topic for? I've never done a SAT before and it sounds like it is different to a SAC in that it is not written by the teacher?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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