[Informatics] RDBMS Choices

[Roland Gesthuizen]

I got them started the year before with some SQL homework using the Khan
Academy Tutorials .. I then moved to using Libre Office Base (letting
students peek at the SQL code under the hood), I only had a hiccup with
adding an auto-calculated primary key.

The Linda.com tutorials for Base did the trick for getting them up to
speed. If your school doesn't have a subscription to Linda.com then check
out the local library as your students could access it this way. If anybody
wants to look at some of my video tutorials, drop me a message off list and
I would be happy to share. Not my best stuff but it got us across the line.

Afterwards I got a thumbs up from friends in industry for starting with SQL
and approving nods from the students who would occasionally pause to check
the code being generated by Base.

On 3 November 2016 at 17:11, Fitzpatrick, Michael <
michael.fitzpatrick at carey.com.au> wrote:

> Try Libre Office. It is better.
>
> https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/
>
>
>
> *From:* informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:informatics-bounces@
> edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Pate
> *Sent:* Thursday, 3 November 2016 3:23 PM
> *To:* Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <
> informatics at edulists.com.au>
> *Subject:* [Informatics] RDBMS Choices
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have looked at past messages but am still unsure what those of you who
> decided to NOT use MS ACCESS for this choice went with.
>
>
>
> I have tried
>
> ·         Access (easiest but I have a BYOD policy and lots of Macs in
> the classroom)
>
> ·         Filemaker (noted limitations on this list plus COST)
>
> ·         OpenOffice Base – tried it 3-4 years ago not lots of
> documentation and buggy
>
> ·         MySQL using phpMyAdmin. I also use PHP as my programming
> language in Unit 1/2 and SofDev but this is a steep learning curve next
> year as most of my students will not have done 1/2  OR SofDev
>
>
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
>
>
> Thanks as always this list is invaluable.
>
> Andrew Pate
>
> Mentone Grammar.
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*Roland Gesthuizen*
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