[Yr11 Information Technology] yr11it Digest, Vol 99, Issue 8

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Hi,

I tried AppInventor with my Year-10 last term.While it is a good way of teaching programming, I had few challenges. Set-up takes a while and can be frustrating. Once, it is completed, I found students need to have administrator access to launch the Block Editor. Hence, could only work only on their netbooks. 
Then were times when few students could not get their Block Editor to launch. They would come in to the class the next day and were able to launch the block editor.

Thanks,
Jayanti Nayak
Sunbury College

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   1. U2O2 - programming resource (Van Der Westhuizen, Eugene Y)
   2. Re: U2O2 - programming resource (Kevork Krozian)
   3. Re: U2-O1 (Litsa Tzelepis)

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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 06:40:11 +0000
From: "Van Der Westhuizen, Eugene Y"
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Hi,

I've found what I think is a great resource to use for programming in unit 2 App Inventor http://appinventor.mit.edu/. It allows students to build Mobil Phone Apps which can be tested on a phone or an emulator. However we don't seem to be able to use it for security reasons, because to run this app you need admin access to the local computer which students don't have. In addition access to command prompt is restricted hence students cannot run the batch file to start the emulator.

Has anyone encountered similar security issues and do you have any suggestions of how we can get around this problem.

Thanks,
Eugene Van der Westhuizen
Gleneagles Secondary College
Reema Boulevard
Endeavour Hills, 3802
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:31:34 +1000
From: "Kevork Krozian" <kevork at edulists.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2O2 - programming resource
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Hi Eugene,

Yes an awesome resource to teach the students mobile applications . There
are free texts on line also
(http://explore.appinventor.mit.edu/resources?field_resource_lesson_type_tid
%5B%5D=23
<http://explore.appinventor.mit.edu/resources?field_resource_lesson_type_tid
%5B%5D=23&=Apply> &=Apply  under Resources)or you can download completed
applications such as "Where is my Car" which hooks into the mobile device's
GPS capability to guide you to your car wherever it was parked.

As for your security issue, one option is a multi-boot environment which we
use for different classes such as for Networking where students have greater
freedom to change settings and modify IP addresses, proxy servers, etc.

I am not sure whether you can enable additional rights through Group
Policies for App Inventor specifically, but I am in the midst of a project
for higher level students including enforcing group policies for Windows 7
client computers part of a Win2008, Win2012 and Linux servers and will
endeavour to throw this problem in specifically for App inventor and try to
give you an answer.

Are your client computers Win7 running off a Win2008 server domain  ?

Take care

Kevork Krozian

Edulists Creator Administrator

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On Behalf Of Van Der Westhuizen, Eugene Y
Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2013 4:40 PM
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Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2O2 - programming resource

Hi,

I've found what I think is a great resource to use for programming in unit 2
App Inventor  <http://appinventor.mit.edu/> http://appinventor.mit.edu/. It
allows students to build Mobil Phone Apps which can be tested on a phone or
an emulator. However we don't seem to be able to use it for security
reasons, because to run this app you need admin access to the local computer
which students don't have. In addition access to command prompt is
restricted hence students cannot run the batch file to start the emulator.

Has anyone encountered similar security issues and do you have any
suggestions of how we can get around this problem.

Thanks,

Eugene Van der Westhuizen

Gleneagles Secondary College

Reema Boulevard

Endeavour Hills, 3802

phone: 9708 1319

fax: 9708 1324

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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 11:33:19 +1000
From: "Litsa Tzelepis" <htzelepis at msj.vic.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2-O1
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A great tool - some free to use:

http://www.statsilk.com/

Litsa

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On Behalf Of Stephanie POLAN
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Showing bias and making you point!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/922737_10151719050767
323_1096885077_n.jpg

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Barnard, Laureen O
<barnard.laureen.o at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

This oldie but goodie - a TED talk from Aaron Koblin - has some awesome data
visualisations and thoughts on being human and on collaboration.it's deep :)
I have actually used this at all levels - not just VCE. Watch out for the
Arcade Fire interactive music video too - VERY cool!

Sharing as maybe others mind find it useful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4XxlfVk3o

Cheers,

Laureen

Laureen Barnard

Leading Teacher - eLearning & Transition

Year 7 Co-ordinator

Maths, Science, eScape, IT

Beechworth Secondary College

Phone 03 5728 1264

Fax       03 5728 2530

 <http://www.bworthsc.vic.edu.au/> http://www.bworthsc.vic.edu.au

          Connecting Communities, Widening Worlds .

On 17/06/13 2:54 PM, "Litsa Tzelepis" <htzelepis at msj.vic.edu.au> wrote:

Hello.

Here are a couple of good sites for data visualisations; not sure if they've
been posted before.

Litsa J

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-20-data-visualisation-tools

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/06/50-great-examples-of-data-visualizat
ion/

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