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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>thank-you for all your ideas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>there's certainly a good choice to pick
form.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>have a nice day, litsa.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rgesthuizen@gmail.com href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com">Roland
Gesthuizen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=yr11it@edulists.com.au
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 23, 2012 12:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Yr11 Information
Technology] Unit 2 - Outcome 2</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I am going to run with Python again but hey, I am a kind of guy
who enjoys tinkering and thinking at the edge. It is the same language used by
friends at Google, NASA and CSIRO. Free and runs on just about any platform
you can throw at it, even on the OLPC laptops. Most Uni's teach Python and
there is a good support group in Melbourne. There are some good reasons
why it is a good first teaching language. I went to a day workshop at ISTE2008
that covered this that you can pick up the thread here:
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<DIV> <A
href="http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/python-teaching.htm">http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/python-teaching.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>I have a good collection of Diigo resources you can poke around with
here:</DIV>
<DIV> <A
href="http://www.diigo.com/user/rgesthuizen/python">http://www.diigo.com/user/rgesthuizen/python</A><BR>
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<DIV>Regards Roland<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 22 March 2012 14:57, Litsa Tzelepis <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:htzelepis@msj.vic.edu.au">htzelepis@msj.vic.edu.au</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hello.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I know this is a bit early, but what programming
language are people thinking of using for U2-O2?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>We haven't taught this in our school for a while.
Before I ask IT to make a purchase of some sort, I thought to
ask.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank-you in advance for any ideas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Litsa :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>---<BR>Litsa Tzelepis<BR>Mount St. Joseph Girl's
College<BR><A href="mailto:htzelepis@msj.vic.edu.au"
target=_blank>htzelepis@msj.vic.edu.au</A><BR>P:8398 2000 | F:9398
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