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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Mel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I’m still using Visual Basic at Unit 2 and for Software Dev U3O1 – but usually let the students pick what ever language they want for their SAT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As for what I’ve used in the past at Year 10 – typically HTML/CSS/JavaScript does the job and I extend students that need it into Python/Ruby/SQL etc.
I find that using the earlier three requires little intervention (if any) from IT Support Staff too since it doesn’t need any specific software to run on student or school devices (obviously you can use software like Notepad++ and the like if you wish). It
also makes it easy for kids to show their parents what they are doing in class because of the ease of working with the languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Not sure what you mean by Microsoft resources and support have degraded though Mel – MSDN reference libraries are now free and updated semi-regularly.
<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/</a> They also provide a good background to understanding the technical underpinnings of what is there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Keen to hear what everyone else is doing though<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> yr11it <yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Melissa Yuan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 February 2019 9:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> yr11it@edulists.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Yr11 Information Technology] SoftDev pathway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello Y11 Teachers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It’s been a while since I’ve heard much on this list but I am hoping you are all still there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I last taught SoftDev in 2016 and at that time we used Visual Basic. In 2019 I am looking at pathway languages in Year 9 but it seems that the Visual Basic materials
and support have degraded significantly, especially as Microsoft has been trying to keep pace with computer science learning with Minecraft and Makecode.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Given this, what are people using in Year 9/10 and VCE Unit 2 Programming for pathway to SoftDev?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Has the pendulum swung fully over to Python now and is there a consensus about filling the gap between Python and Unit 3&4 Study Design content on User Interfaces?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hopefully that makes sense
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers, Mel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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