[Yr11 Information Technology] Coding help PLEASE!

Sat Jul 1 19:25:32 AEST 2017

Thanks for the advice so far, everyone,
I've had a super-quick look at Grok with a few teacher account and I'm not sure it represents value for money. It looks quite similar to Codecademy which is free. Plus the students need to be able to create a programable GUI as well in Year 11.

Am I missing something?

Cheers,
Michael Poke

On 1 Jul 2017 4:50 PM, "Graham, Margaret M" <graham.margaret.m at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
I agree - Grok is great. Have used the Python courses for unit 2 and even used Grok for my year 7 Digital Technology class this semester. They used the  Blockly module.

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On 30 Jun 2017, at 11:03 pm, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com<mailto:rgesthuizen at gmail.com>> wrote:

Thumbs up from me for Grok Learning. I have used the Grok Learning Challenge with all my year 11 (and some year 10) students for the past few years. They helped to set up my my pre-service teachers with free accounts to get them up to speed with coding. My personal fav amongst their tutorials was the Python and the BBC:Microbit.

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On 30 Jun 2017, at 10:31 am, Chay Ly Cheng <chaylycheng at gmail.com<mailto:chaylycheng at gmail.com>> wrote:

hey mate,

if money isn't a big concern (30 bucks a kid )

Grok learning is fantastic - python
https://groklearning.com/

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Poke, Michael C <poke.michael.c at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:poke.michael.c at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:

Hi all,

New to this list.  Wondering what software people are using to teach programming in Unit 2.  Are you still using VB.net<http://VB.net>? I have Apple Macs but have Windows running with bootcamp as well. What language are people doing? Ideally I’d like to teach Python (because it’s easy) but in a simple drag and drop UI environment like VB.

My students are learning Python via codecademy.com<http://codecademy.com/> for now until I work out what I’m doing, but time is running out.

Any advice would be great.

PS. Coding is NOT my forte.

Cheers,

Michael

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