[Yr7-10it] programming curriculum

[Peter Ruwoldt]

On 14/05/07, Paul Sijpkes <paul.sijpkes at aanet.com.au> wrote:
>
> Good evening list,
>
> I am in the process of developing a curriculum for a Year 10 elective in
> programming.  I have done some initial research and found that there is an
> enormous range of options from the more popular products eg. Gamemaker and
> Visual Basic to Python, Ruby, BlueJ, Robocode (very cool!) to just scratch
> the surface.


Great idea. Use 'Scratch'. Absoutely perfect. http://scratch.mit.edu/

I believe that a good grounding in Java or a C based language is probably
> beneficial but I don't want to overwhelm the students with an overly
> technical approach.


You're right.  Scratch could be the fun way to provide an excellent
grounding.  It is also freely available.
http://waraku.blogspot.com/2007/03/scratch-mobile-phones-and-podmo.html

Here are some other links relating to Scratch
http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=scratch&type=user

Then again, I don't want them to be purely based in
> Microsoft products and GUI development.
>
> Could anyone else share their ideas and experiences in what works and what
> doesn't?  Your wisdom and feedback is much appreciated!
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Sijpkes
> The Knox School
>
>
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