[Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 2 languages?

[David B. Thomas]

Hi,
I am teaching IT unit 2 for the first time but I have got a vast background
in IT itself.
Outcome 2 requires the students to use a programming language and although
I know Basic and an object oriented language called Ada inside out; there
may be quite a steep learning curve for me if I was to return to c++. I
haven't used it for a while.

I was wondering if there was any stats about what languages are taught in
Unit 2? Is it OK to use something like Scratch? One of my students
suggested Processing.org and although I haven't had a good look it seems
interesting.

Basically, I have a small class who have English as a second language and
they haven't programmed before. Is it ok to use what I regard as a more
visual language? Perhaps even a "in browser" language?
Regards,
David.
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