[Yr7-10it] Textbook + Programming for year 9

[Ziad Baroudi]

Those who have used Scratch will find some of the products built on top of
it interesting. I highly recommend getting middle HS kids to explore
generative art work with Scribble. An ebook is available on:
http://www.flipt.org/

Sincerely,
Ziad Baroudi,
Avila College

On 10 December 2014 at 08:19, Diana Hatch <hat at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Now, we mainly use the NCSS Challenge material from
> www.GrokLearning.com
> but prior to that my students used to work from
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_3/Hello,_World
>
> with some engagement.
>
> At the time, most of the online tutorials were still for Python 2, but I
> would hope there is more out there now for Python 3.
>
> On 9 December 2014 at 14:38, Jamie Le Rossignol <jlerossignol at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Diana,
> >
> > Do you have any good resources for Python, or at least as a place to
> start.
> > I wish to introduce some to the 3D Animation course I run, as Blender
> uses
> > Python for scripting.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jamie
> >
> > On 8 December 2014 at 17:45, Diana Hatch <hat at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Adam
> > >
> > > Here at McKinnon we teach Python to year 9.  The NCSS programming
> > challenge
> > > is a good place to start.  The challenge itself is in term 3, but they
> > also
> > > have an online course for a small fee.  I believe there are some other
> > good
> > > interactive online environments too.
> > >
> > > Our integrated year 9 subject has a mini elective with Gamemaker which
> > > works OK.
> > >
> > > While it is Hour of Code this week, you might want to check out what
> > > Khan Academy and
> > > Code Academy have to offer.
> > >
> > > Diana
> > >
> > > On 8 December 2014 at 17:10, Adem Sahingoz <
> asahingoz at minaret.vic.edu.au
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have two questions:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Is there a good textbook on the way for the new Digital
> Technologies
> > > > curriculum (similar to the Practice IT Books)?
> > > >
> > > > 2. I'm planning on teaching programming to my year 9 IT class next
> > year,
> > > > what software and programming language would you recommend? Is game
> > maker
> > > > a good option?
> > > >
> > > > Also, please bear in mind that I'm a second year teacher(and the only
> > IT
> > > > teacher at my school).
> > > >
> > > > Kind Regards
> > > > Adem Sahingoz
> > > >
> > > >
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> *Diana HatchTimetabler, ICT Learning Area ManagerMcKinnon Secondary
> College*
>
> *Diana Hatch*
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Ziad Baroudi
Curriculum Leader, Technologies
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