[Year 12 SofDev] PCs and MAC

Thu Jan 24 03:13:36 UTC 2019

Thank-you Benjamin - that sounds very logical and reasonable.
I appreciate you getting back to me - many thanks :-)
Litsa

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:09 PM Benjamin Ratcliffe <
Benjamin.Ratcliffe at yvg.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Litsa,
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>
> From my experience, it comes down to the availability for your chosen
> language/development environment and it’s availability/portability on the
> two platforms.
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> I wanted to ensure all students had access, but in the end I decided to
> keep with the school’s standard: Visual Basic / Visual Studio / Windows.
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> I made it clear from the outset that students who did not have access to a
> Windows PC would need to plan accordingly, e.g., using the school’s
> computer labs, a home PC or set up their Apple Macs to also run Windows.
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> The other option is to choose a language/development environment that
> works on both platforms, although it is always a risk switching code
> between two OSs, so I would be suggesting student pick one and stick with
> it, but it could make marking and review harder for you.
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> Happy to discuss further: Benjamin.ratcliffe at yvg.vic.edu.au
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> Regards,
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>
> Ben
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> *Benjamin Ratcliffe*
>
> Year 11 Tutor *|* Co-House Coordinator - Plummer *| *Teacher - Media and
> Digital Technologies
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> *From: *sofdev <sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au> on behalf of Litsa
> Tzelepis <htzelepis at msj.vic.edu.au>
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> *Date: *Thursday, 24 January 2019 at 12:51
> *To: *"sofdev at edulists.com.au" <sofdev at edulists.com.au>
> *Subject: *[Year 12 SofDev] PCs and MAC
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> Hello.
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> Just a quick question I hope.
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> My IT lab has PCs but my students have Mac laptops.
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> I have commenced our headstart program last year using the PCs. Are my
> students going to have problems working between the 2 OSs? I should know
> this but I’m new to this. Previously we are all Windows.
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> Thank you kindly in advance.
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> Litsa :-)
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