[vet-mm] First time cert III 2009!

[claire]

Hi Travis,
It's the pits having to teach a year 12 course for the first and last time (I did it last change!!) but I think you'll find there are some things you'll be able to transfer across without too much change in 2010. Certainly I would not be scrapping the resources and tasks you developed this year as they should be adaptable to the new year 11 course.

PixelEd hope to offer some PD early in 2009 but details are not confirmed yet.

No books specifically tailored to this course. Natcoll Publishing is worth a look - NZ based but pitched at a good level and lots of interesting activities.

As far as I know yr 12 next year will still be actionscript 2, however there is no prac question involving scripting The multi-choice/short answer questions are often in pseudocode and/or cover the more general theory. 
I don't know how different AS3 looks if the kids have a question that requires them to read actual code(has happened a couple of times) - would recommend you have a look at past exams and judge whether you think your kids could do the scripting questions.
Others that know AS 3 may like to comment...
Regards
Claire Bloom
Warrandyte High



> Travis Parker <tparker at sjrc.melb.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Guys,
> 
> Have been reading the posts all year with interest, but now after 
> teaching
> cert II for the first time this year (And creating 2 overflowing folders
> of resources, most never to be used again!) I have to follow it up by
> teaching cert III next year. I have a few questions about this, if I 
> may:
> 
> 1) I have all senior classes and our transition period is during VITTA
> conference (I applied for the wednesday multimedia session and was
> rejected by my school), so are there any other PDs running?
> 
> 2) Are there any books I could get resources/theory from? I heard an
> author 'Thomson'?
> 
> 3) Are we using actionscript 2.0 or 3.0? I taught my students 3.0 this
> year, and am hoping to continue with it.
> 
> Any help (on anything!) would be greatly appreciated - I know everyone 
> is
> very busy this yime of year!
> 
> All the best
> 
> Travis Parker
> 
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