[Yr11 Information Technology] Databases in Mac Operating System

[Diana Hatch]

Last time I looked the Bowden tutorials were only up to FMP 10.  There
weren't too many differences with FMP 11 though.  Pretty easy to learn.

Diana Hatch
McKinnon SC

On Thursday, 12 December 2013, Mark wrote:

> FMP is easy to learn and use, but not too cheap any more.
> Greg Bowden has fmp tutorials... Gct com.au
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> At the ISTE conference in the USA, I was pleasantly surprised by the
> resources available for educators teaching Filemaker. I think that the
> focus on MS Access is something local to just here in Vic or Oz. From what
> I could see when I used it for a couple of weeks, it isn't all that hard to
> learn or use or adapt for VCEIT.
>
> I know from these lists that a couple of schools are also teaching VCEIT
> with Filemaker. You can just search back through these lists or they can
> poke you with a stick and an offer for support.
>
> Regards Roland
>
> *Roland GESTHUIZEN*
> http://about.me/rgesthuizen
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
> can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
> --Margaret Mead
>
> On 12 Dec 2013, at 3:29 pm, Ian and Roslyn Gibson <igibson at bigpond.net.au>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I have traditionally taught databases using MS Access. However, I have
> been asked to develop some database activities using the Mac operating
> system and MS Access is not available in this environment. Would anyone on
> the list be able to suggest a Mac compatible database program? I have heard
> of File Maker Pro but have never used it.  Also, if there are any
> recommendations on books/resources/activities related to this it would be
> much appreciated.
>
> Kind Regards,
>  Ros Gibson
> IST and Science Teacher
> St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
> Ph 02 9816 0828
>
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>
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