[Yr11 Information Technology] VB and girls

[Laurie Savage]

I like the idea of using Scratch as an intro. for my girls, we have
started teaching Scratch to our 7's and 8's but my current 11's fell
through the gap. I took a look at Ren'PY; it looks like a very good
intermediate tool to bridge the gap between Scratch/Alice and fully
coded scripts, and as a Python derivative it is probably within the
ambit of the study design.

<g>I'll rephrase the my earlier question</g> What types of projects are
you having your students create with Python? My last year 11 handled the
creation of a flat-file based mini-guest-book using PHP but my current
crop are more VisComm and Multimedia oriented which is why I'll borrow
your idea of easing them in via Scratch.

Laurie

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 23:12:27 +1000
Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Python for programming ;-)
> 
> Scratch is a good into for some curious reasons. Good stepping stone
> and seems to hook the girls in.
> 
> Regards Roland
> 
> 2009/6/3 Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> 
> >  What are you doing with Python Roland?
> >
> > Laurie
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> > The students will enjoy some of the funky stuff I am doing with
> > Python, Ren'PY or Scratch. Ooodles of resources online. You can
> > just google the details.
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> > 2009/6/3 Brett Groves <groves.brett.g at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> >
> >> You could instead teach them VBA and combine it with PowerPoint.
> >> It makes some really funky things possible in PPT and is great for
> >> interactive digital stories, pretty simple to learn and is still a
> >> scripting language.
> >>
> >> This site www.*mindtools*.*tased*.edu.au has some great basic
> >> tutorials to get started.
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