[Informatics] [Yr11 Information Technology] Mathematics and ICT

[Roland Gesthuizen]

I sat on a workshop with John Pearce and saw somebody showcase some really cool Mathematics stuff with Scratch. You could do the same with Python too. There are other more elegant ones out there. Tony Foster assembled a good collection using Gamemaker a decade ago. It brought back a lot of memories with the maths games we played on computers with Logo in the 1990’s. Here is a prime number generator written by a student using scratch .. brute force but it works. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/978284/ <https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/978284/>

As Gary Bass will support, we also have Wolfram with places still available for next week’s workshop at JMSS. Register Now <http://vic.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5de104443164e1e3e01874e9b&id=ce7f53a909&e=41cba0a4b6> and DigiCON.

Regards Roland

PS: I will admit I was a bit of a wag last year, suggesting that students could be challenged with coding a big-coin mining tool then leaving it running for the teacher as a solid coding test and assessment reward.
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Roland GESTHUIZEN
http://about.me/rgesthuizen

> On 18 Jul 2017, at 1:31 pm, Paragreen, Chris J <paragreen.chris.j at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
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> Hi Chay,
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> We’re doing this at Kew High School with some coding in Scratch (many of our feeder schools have done some work with Scratch, so there are a lot of students already familiar with the environment.) Mostly we’re highlighting the use of algorithms we already use in our mathematical processes. To find out more, come to my session at Digicon next week! J
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> Regards,
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> Chris Paragreen
> Leader of Mathematics
> Kew High School
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> From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au <mailto:yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au> [mailto:yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au <mailto:yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au>] On Behalf Of Chay Ly Cheng
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> Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] Mathematics and ICT
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> Hi,
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> Just throwing a question out there - if you are a math teacher as well (or familiar with it).
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> The math curriculum indicates that students are to design and implement algorithm using a general purpose language. Level of knowledge varies from Year 7 - 10.
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> I was wondering if there are any schools currently doing this in math classes?
> Or is it specifically in Digiitech/Computing Classes.
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> If it is being implemented in Math class, may you please give me a run down on what is covered and 'done' for this part of the "already overcrowded math curriculum"?
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> Thanks.
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> Kind regards
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> Chay Ly Cheng :)
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