<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">At the ISTE conference in the USA, I was pleasantly surprised by the resources available for educators teaching Filemaker. I think that the focus on MS Access is something local to just here in Vic or Oz. From what I could see when I used it for a couple of weeks, it isn't all that hard to learn or use or adapt for VCEIT.<div><br></div><div>I know from these lists that a couple of schools are also teaching VCEIT with Filemaker. You can just search back through these lists or they can poke you with a stick and an offer for support.<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On 12 Dec 2013, at 3:29 pm, Ian and Roslyn Gibson <<a href="mailto:igibson@bigpond.net.au">igibson@bigpond.net.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I have traditionally taught databases using MS Access. However, I have been asked to develop some database activities using the Mac operating system and MS Access is not available in this environment. Would anyone on the list be able to suggest a Mac compatible database program? I have heard of File Maker Pro but have never used it. Also, if there are any recommendations on books/resources/activities related to this it would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ros Gibson<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">IST and Science Teacher<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ph 02 9816 0828<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br><a href="http://www.edulists.com.au/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<br>Year 11 It Mailing List kindly supported by<br><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/infotechindex.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/infotechindex.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.vitta.org.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc<br><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Swinburne University</div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>