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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi Litsa,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">From my experience, it comes down to the availability for your chosen language/development environment and it’s availability/portability on the two platforms.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I wanted to ensure all students had access, but in the end I decided to keep with the school’s standard: Visual Basic / Visual Studio / Windows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I made it clear from the outset that students who did not have access to a Windows PC would need to plan accordingly, e.g., using the school’s computer labs, a home PC or set up their Apple Macs to also run Windows.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The other option is to choose a language/development environment that works on both platforms, although it is always a risk switching code between two OSs, so I would be suggesting student pick one and stick with it,
but it could make marking and review harder for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Happy to discuss further: <a href="mailto:Benjamin.ratcliffe@yvg.vic.edu.au">
Benjamin.ratcliffe@yvg.vic.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Ben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Benjamin Ratcliffe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">sofdev <sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au> on behalf of Litsa Tzelepis <htzelepis@msj.vic.edu.au><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <sofdev@edulists.com.au><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 24 January 2019 at 12:51<br>
<b>To: </b>"sofdev@edulists.com.au" <sofdev@edulists.com.au><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Year 12 SofDev] PCs and MAC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a quick question I hope. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My IT lab has PCs but my students have Mac laptops. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have commenced our headstart program last year using the PCs. Are my students going to have problems working between the 2 OSs? I should know this but I’m new to this. Previously we are all Windows.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you kindly in advance. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Litsa :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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