[Yr11 Information Technology] Programming self paced no installation work

[Groves, Brett G]

Hi all,

Hope the break has been kind!

I'm back teaching a combined 11/12 IT in Action /Application class this year, how I love combined classes...not.

Nonetheless I thought for the programming component of Unit 2 I'd get the students using Code Academy, (I've played with it a bit and found it a good introduction) because I have such a huge ability range in the class direct instruction is basically a waste of time as someone's needs will always be missed by a country mile and with two subjects at once time is non-existent. So self-paced, giving me the ability to roam and help you'd think would be a good solution.

Alas I have found Code Academy's shell to be incredibly unreliable and it seems to hang constantly (through VicOne anyway) - anyone else had this issue??

So to get around the problem I have compiled a set of exercises and resources for PHP, Ruby, JavaScript and Python that don't require any installation of anything (apart from I suggest Chrome not IE) and give the opportunity for self-paced work. We are using Blogger as our online record as the college has a Google domain setup so it makes it very easy all round. So if you are struggling with programming work with students and torturing the techs into installing software for you this list below is for you.

Hope it's useful (None of the resources are mine btw this is simply an aggregation targeted at breadth rather than depth)
Ruby
Please go to http://tryruby.org/levels/1/challenges/0 Read the instruction carefully as you must type specific commands to navigate the tutorials.
At the end of each lesson, screen grab the last exercise you got to, upload it to your Blogger and describe what you did.
PHP
Go to http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp <http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp>  complete all tutorials down to Form Handling
Go to http://phpexercises.com/php-exercises-beginnings.html and complete all exercises Beginnings 1 to 7 and Control Structures 1 to 3 (4 for extension if you wish) and Forms 1.
Please screen grab and title each complete exercise and upload to your Blogger.
This site https://phpacademy.org/videos/learn-php is also a very useful how-to site all by video if you need further help
JavaScript
Go to https://www.codeschool.com/ sign in with your Melba Google Domain account under the courses link locate the JavaScript Roadtrip Part 1 and complete all exercises.
At the end of each lesson, screen grab the last exercise you got to, upload it to your Blogger and describe what you did.
Python
Go to http://repl.it/languages/Python Rather than installing Python we are going to use an online shell for speed and ease. This site is your online shell, this is how you will run your Python code.
Go to http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python>  and commence from Hello, World and continue down to Decisions.
Complete each set of Exercises at the bottom of each tutorial section and screen grab and title the corresponding shell output from repl.it. Upload this to your Blogger each time.

Kind Regards,

Brett Groves
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