[Yr7-10it] [Yr11 Information Technology] Programming on the iPad with Codea

[Roland Gesthuizen]

G'day Kevork

Darryl and Tony from the EdTech Crew had a great chat with the developer Simon. Well worth listening to. Here is a link to the show. Some of my senior VCEIT students were asking about it too oddly enough.

http://edtechcrew.net/podcast/ed-tech-crew-230-interview-simeon-twolivesleft

Regards Roland

Roland Gesthuizen | eLearning Leader 
Keysborough College DEECD
http://about.me/rgesthuizen



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On 26/10/2013, at 2:32 PM, Kevork Krozian <kevork at edulists.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>  
> Sorry for the cross posts but recently  I have been quite absorbed with Codea as a programming language that can be a huge attraction for students of any year level in schools using iPads.
> Has anyone taught programming on the iPad using this application? – it uses the language Lua,  http://www.lua.org/about.html
> I am already looking at creating a beginner’s tutorial of say 10 lessons and then an intermediate version. It looks like an amazing hook to get students into IT / gaming / programming in middle and senior years considering they can do the work anywhere with their tablet on the bus, on the train, in the school playground, at home, in the car and oh I nearly forgot,  the classroom J
>  
> Kind Regards
>  
> Kevork Krozian
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