[Year 12 SofDev] Pondering SD U3O2

[kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]

But U3O2 does not mention 'web-based'.  U4O1 does, though it actually 
refers to "networked information system", not specifically the web.

I was curious about U3O2's emphasis on portable devices.

David Dawson wrote:
> My interpretation is that any small web-based application that can be displayed in a mobile phone or PDA accessing the internet would be acceptable.
> If anyone thinks this is not ok - then please let us know asap.
> We will be using PHP mostly.
> David Dawson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Tue 13/02/2007 10:46 AM
> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Pondering SD U3O2
>  
> Hi all.  Have spent a quiet time with the study design...
> 
> Can someone suggest why U3O2 would specify a software module for a 
> *portable* computing device.  It seems oddly esoteric and specialised 
> for a student's very first programming task.
> 
> I wouldn't be game to program for my Palm OS, or for a Nokia phone.
> 
> One would have thought a module for a traditional computing system would 
> be more logical.  (Yes, I do realise a laptop is both portable and 
> traditional so kids can easily write a module for a "normal" PC :-)
> 
> Just wonderin' what VCAA's motives might have been.
> 
> And while I'm here, I'm curious what languages people have chosen. My 
> fallback is VB, but I am toying with Python as an alternative - and 
> trying to get used to its odd punctuation and lack of endings to loops 
> and IF constructs.
> 
> 

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