[Yr7-10it] 'Alice' and similar programs for sub VCE classes for 09

[Kent Beveridge]

Considering expansion of programming languages on offer to junior classes here for next year...
Already have Scratch, VB6 and HTML in the curriculum..
Does anyone have some samples of materials used for Alice or similar programs I could implement next year and perhaps a planner with how/when they implemented them?
I havent yet downloaded Alice to try it but you guys rant about it so..it must be good! 
What about Python for the junior levels..(Roland, your cue here!)..online materials available? Sample programs, etc??
 
Yep, I'm on the curriculum expansion trip again for my courses for '09. Just trying to keep it interesting and up to date(for both me and the kids!).
 
KB.
 
Kent Beveridge,
I.T. co-ordinator
St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
 http://www.stbc.vic.edu.au/ <http://www.stbc.vic.edu.au/> 
Horsham Ph (03) 5382 3545
email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
Hear about the bloke who struggled and fell?  At least he gave it a go!!
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From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Bill Kerr
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 5:36 PM
To: Information Technology teachers group; Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List; csteachers at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Yr7-10it] Scalable Vector Graphics


I've written an outline for a course <http://xo-whs.wikispaces.com/SVG_course>  in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) - the course details are not completed but there is more than enough there for anyone to consider running it

Some of the points from the rationale:


*	students like working with images 
*	animations are fairly easy to achieve (SMIL or Synchronised Multimedia Integration Language is part of SVG) 
*	it offers a path into some core web techniques and standards: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SVG 
*	It's mathematical - both simple co-ordinate systems and more complex maths such as bezier curves. I like the fact that art can be done with maths 
*	good free software is available, eg. inkscape <http://www.inkscape.org/>  
*	the small size (low bandwidth) and scalability of SVG graphics means they have a big future, eg. in the mobile phone industry 

Opera is by far the best browser for viewing  SVG files - that needs to be installed if you are going to do some serious SVG work. By the look of it Opera is the browser which conforms best to W3C web standards

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Bill Kerr
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/
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