[Year 12 SofDev] No news from the VCAA bulletin is good news

[Mark]

Hi Ben.

The question was mainly tongue-in-cheek since we have been asking it at the
start of every new study design for the last century - or so it seems.

And - according to VCAA's language specs - VB6 is still acceptable at the
ripe old age of 25.

Regards,
Mark

On 14 October 2016 at 07:41, Baas, Benjamin B <
baas.benjamin.b at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Does VB6 meet the requirements Mark?
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> Ben Baas
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> -Alkira
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@
> edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Thursday, 13 October 2016 4:27 PM
> *To:* Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <
> informatics at edulists.com.au>; Year 12 Software Development Teachers'
> Mailing List <sofdev at edulists.com.au>
> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] No news from the VCAA bulletin is good news
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> Nothing to see here in the latest VCAA bulletin
> <https://www.vision6.com.au/ch/18689/2dbj6hc/2491925/36862grnf.pdf>.
> Please move along...
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> "*VCE Computing: Informatics*
>
> The VCE Computing Study Design (2016–2019) advises that students studying
> Informatics Units 3 and 4 are required to use a mandated set of software
> tools. The study design lists the software tools that students are required
> to both study and use in Units 3 and 4. Students use other software such as
> tools for documenting project plans and capturing data, but there is not a
> mandated list of functions for these. *No changes have been made* to the
> Informatics software functions requirements for 2017.
>
> *VCE Computing: Software Development*
>
> The VCE Computing Study Design (2016–2019) advises that there are mandated
> programming requirements that students are required to use when developing
> working modules and purpose-designed solutions. This means that schools
> must use these requirements as the basis for choosing a programming
> language for study. *No changes have been made* to the Software
> Development programming requirements for 2017."
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> So, Paula (please stop packing for a moment) - is VB6 still OK for SD?
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> Mark Kelly
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