[Yr7-10it] Fwd: coding in 2017

[Mel Yuan]

Hi folks,
Didn’t get much response from the Primary folks, per below … what do you guys think?
Considering putting MS Touch Develop in somewhere too … anyone had experience with this? Microsoft have invested in a fair bit of curriculum materials.

We’re doing some Robotics/Systems as well - Y4 Blue Bots, Y6 Makey Makey, Y7 Mindstorm, Y8 Arduino.

Cheers, Mel


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From: Mel Yuan <melyuan at hotmail.com<mailto:melyuan at hotmail.com>>
Subject: coding in 2017
Date: 9 December 2016 7:35:37 am AEDT
To: primaryit at edulists.com.au<mailto:primaryit at edulists.com.au>

Hello all,

I am starting a new role next year in DigiTech 4-10, having taught 8, 11, 12 (SoftDev) this year. The school has a new program, having offered compulsory IT in years 7-8 for some years.

This is my current plan for coding in 2017 with a view to strengthening pathways over time. I’d be interested in your thoughts - do you do the same or different? Have a missed a language that is a must-have?

I’m thinking that code.org<http://code.org> is the theoretical ‘backbone’ that teaches concepts, and the other language is something they can make stuff with.

Y4 - code.org<http://code.org> Course 2, Scratch
Y5 - code.org<http://code.org> Course 2/3, Scratch
Y6 - code.org<http://code.org> Course 2/3/4, Scratch
Y7 - code.org<http://code.org> Accelerated Course 2-4, Alice 2
Y8 - code.org<http://code.org> Accelerated Course 2-4, GameMaker
Y9/10 elective - code.org<http://code.org> CSP course 3 AppLab, elective language (Scratch, Alice, GameMaker or other for project)

It’s a small school and when the cohort grows, current students can keep progressing through code.org<http://code.org> while new students start at Course 2 or Accelerated.

Cheers, Mel




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