[Yr11 Information Technology] Request for opinions, help, comments or any other feedback

[Litsa Tzelepis]

definately flash - its got grea actionscripts and fun to work with.
litsa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard, David" <dhoward at stmichaels.vic.edu.au>
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help,comments or any other feedback


>I vote for Flash and Actionscript, I did some with Yr11s last year and
> they found it very enjoyable. I am planning on doing it again this year
> and also with a select group of year 9s.
>
> I used a book called Flash Pro Game Development ISBN-13 978-1-58450-4870
>
> David
> St Michaels Grammar School
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Kevork Krozian
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:52 AM
> To: yr7-10it at edulists.com.au
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> Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] Request for opinions,
> help,comments or any other feedback
>
> Hi Folks,
>
>
>    I am at the horns of a dilemma ( sort of ) and need your help.
>
> I am taking a Yr10 Programming class in 4 weeks for Semester 2 and can't
> decide which language to use. I can count on 18 weeks at 3 periods of 72
> min per week.
>
> My criteria are :
>  1. It has to be fun, exciting and addictive so the kids are hooked and
> want to follow through with more in senior level(s).
>  2. It has to be reasonably rigorous and not a wizard driven, micky
> mouse gimmicky all sugar and no educational nutrition type of
> experience.
>  3. It has to be educational with the teaching of correct programming
> techniques, and extendible skills into future programming and other
> languages
>  4. It has to have some file storage capability and understanding of
> input and output beyond only user generated input at runtime.
>
> My choices are ( these are more than 2 horns I admit ) :
>
> 1. VB.NET
> 2. Flash and Actionscript
> 3. Python (we do this in Yr 11 )
> 4. PHP and MySQL ( we do this in Yr 12 )
> 5. Java ( too hard )
> 6. C/C++ ( too hard )
> 7. other
>
>
>    I am leaning towards Flash and Actionscript not least for its whiz
> bang features and some OOP programming and object handling as well as
> web based deployment and beautification of web applications.
>
>
>   Any feedback welcome
>
>
> Take Care
>
>
>
> Kevork Krozian
> IT Manager , Forest Hill College
> k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> http://www.fhc.vic.edu.au
> Mobile: 0419 356 034
>
>
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