Python for programming ;-)<br><br>Scratch is a good into for some curious reasons. Good stepping stone and seems to hook the girls in.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/3 Laurie Savage <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sav@pvgc.vic.edu.au">sav@pvgc.vic.edu.au</a>></span><br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">What are you doing with Python Roland?</font></span></div><div class="im">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Laurie</font></span></div><br>
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<div></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">The students will enjoy some of the funky stuff I am doing with
Python, Ren'PY or Scratch. Ooodles of resources online. You can just google the
details.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/3 Brett Groves <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:groves.brett.g@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">groves.brett.g@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">You
could instead teach them VBA and combine it with PowerPoint. It makes some
really funky things possible in PPT and is great for interactive digital
stories, pretty simple to learn and is still a scripting language.<br><br>This
site www.*mindtools*.*tased*.edu.au has some great basic tutorials to get
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