[Yr7-10it] Fwd: coding in 2017

[ken price]

Doesn't year 7-10 require a general purpose programming language? (based on
Aust Curric Digital Technologies)

kp

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Mel Yuan <melyuan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Mel Yuan <melyuan at hotmail.com>
> *Subject: **coding in 2017*
> *Date: *9 December 2016 7:35:37 am AEDT
> *To: *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 is the theoretical ‘backbone’ that teaches
> concepts, and the other language is something they can make stuff with.
>
> Y4 - code.org Course 2, Scratch
> Y5 - code.org Course 2/3, Scratch
> Y6 - code.org Course 2/3/4, Scratch
> Y7 - code.org Accelerated Course 2-4, Alice 2
> Y8 - code.org Accelerated Course 2-4, GameMaker
> Y9/10 elective - 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 while new students start at Course 2 or
> Accelerated.
>
> Cheers, Mel
>
>
>
>
>
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Dr Ken Price MACS(Snr) CP ACCE Professional Associate.
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