[Year 12 SofDev] Fwd: WindowsPhone SDK apps and programming...

Fri Aug 17 10:13:46 EST 2012

And iOS, WinPhone etc would suit the "mobile device" theme of SD nicely
too...

On 17 August 2012 09:13, Sonia McDonald <
Sonia.McDonald at gippslandgs.vic.edu.au> wrote:

>  I'm most likely jumping in the middle of a conversation here - but,
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> How likely is it that a language such as WindowsPhone SDK could be
> included on the list of languages?
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> I have used the Xbox SDK, and iOS (for game development outside class
> time), and these also seem to have interesting/benificial applications -
> and could be interesting languages for students to learn (both are OO)...
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> It would be good to see this type of technology appearing on the list...
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> Cheers,
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>
> *Sonia McDonald*
>
> Teacher of Information Technology/Multimedia - Garnsey Campus
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of Kent Beveridge [kbeveridge at stbc.vic..edu.au]
> *Sent:* Friday, 17 August 2012 8:56 AM
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> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] Fwd: WindowsPhone SDK apps and programming....
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>   Sorry..forgot to add this to the possible options for the next "allowed
> languages" option for SD study design? It's very OO!
>
> *Kent Beveridge*
> ICT Coordinator & Maths teacher
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>  *From:* Kent Beveridge <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au>
> *Date:* 17 August 2012 8:49:27 AM AEST
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <
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> *Subject:* *[Year 12 SofDev] WindowsPhone SDK apps and programming.....*
> *Reply-To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <
> sofdev at edulists.com.au>
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>    Wondering how many out there are using or have tried this tool to use
> with programming or just to build Apps.
> I am currently looking at it. I like the emulator interface and actually
> prefer it to the GoogleAppInventor.
> People's thoughts?
> Kent.
> Ps. AJ it has XBox tools too! (XNA)
>
> *Kent Beveridge*
> ICT Coordinator & Maths teacher
>
> On 16/08/2012, at 2:37 PM, "Margaret King Iaquinto" <
> iaquinto at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>   Hi Mark
>
>  In pseudocode, END IF does not need to be written. It commonly is -- but
> it is not required. I recall on past exams in SD that the assessors did not
> flag this as an error.
>
>  I think this is because 'VB-centric' languages (wish I had a better way
> of describing this phenomenon since so many teachers use VB) require the
> END IF in the code. But some  languages, such as PHP, do not require it.
>
>  But perhaps someone else might add to the discussion?
>
>   Maggie
> VK3CFI
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> [Year 12 SofDev] Pseudocode tweak - VITTA 2012 SD Exam #1, Question C8b
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> Hi all. I believe in the VITTA 2012 SD Exam #1 there's a missing END IF to
> close the last IF in C8b.
>
> It's not crucial to any of the subsequent questions, but you might want to
> add it before giving it to the kiddies.
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