[Year 12 IT Apps] Creating websites?

[Mark]

Girls... in IT? Are you sure?

I haven't seen one in the wild for years.
Just the occasional documentary that suggested they might not be completely
extinct.
There was a rumour of some girls in an IT class in either Tibet or
Manangatang. Can't remember which.

I tried laying traps - like Scratch, and social website construction - but
they're too wily to take that bait.

But wow.
First, the Higgs boson.
Now, actual sightings of girls in IT.

What a world we live in.


On 27 November 2014 at 10:30, Savage, John L <
savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  Hi Benjamin,
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> It’s funny you should mention Notepad++. We love it. My girls were sold on
> it for two reasons – Block Selection and Themes! Once they discovered Hello
> Kitty and the dark, brooding Twilight-ish themes that was it. Some of them
> even went so far as to turn off colour coding/matching just because they
> could. And the appalling fonts they chose! I have never seen HTML coded in
> 18pt Segoe Handwriting before; all in all it was a lovely way to lure them
> into coding, and quite unintentional.
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> Laurie
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Savage, John L
> *Sent:* Thursday, 27 November 2014 8:46 AM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Creating websites?
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> If we could use a CMS it’s not far from building the site in Google Sites
> is it?
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> Laurie Savage
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [
> mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au <itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au>] *On
> Behalf Of *Baas, Benjamin B
> *Sent:* Thursday, 27 November 2014 7:56 AM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Creating websites?
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> It would be nice to be able to use a CMS, there are some good free ones
> available. At the moment I have limited software choice and most of
> students will be making sites using only notepad++.
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> Ben.
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> Alkira
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [
> mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au <itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au>] *On
> Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 26 November 2014 11:09 PM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Creating websites?
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> An interesting question indeed. A decade ago, knowledge of HTML would have
> been required. Times change, CMS and click/drag site builders are now the
> norm. VCAA's list of required skills for websites may need a face lift,
> because its age is starting to show...
>
> On Wednesday, November 26, 2014, Bill Oldham <0woldham8 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>   Hi everyone,
>
> Just home from an Adobe presentation of Adobe Muse for website creation on
> a visual basis. No knowledge of HTML, CSS seems to be needed.
>
> Could a software program like this be used to meet the Year 12 ITA course
> requirements?
>
> It is able to  create a website. But little more than point and click
> appears to be needed to create an online community.
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> Cheers,
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> Bill Oldham (retired from RMIT)
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> --
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> Mark Kelly
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> mark AT vceit DOT com
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> http://vceit.com
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> --

Mark Kelly
mark AT vceit DOT com
http://vceit.com

*I enjoy non-sequiturs because... cows.*
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