The topic is I believe important to students who feel that they may like to pursue the area of computer programming. As the Horizon Report (2012) has detailed in the recent report, Mobile Apps is a revolution in the software development area. There are apps that are developed and being developed to assist students and teachers in learning (Horizon 2012).
Resources
To introduce students a terrific FREE web site called SCRATCH, provides a simple to use site for students to create animated programs, games and stories. A "community" exists where fellow teachers and students provide samples and work sheets to assist create the enjoyable activities.Scratch web site: http://scratch.mit.edu
Video 1. Scratch Tutorial. You Tube
There are a number of tutorials available on You Tube to assist teachers and students learning programming. Some of the sites that can be used to assist with basic programming include:
- Visual Basic
- Java Script
- Python
Text - Information & Software Technology. Grover
The recommended test for IST is the recently released 2nd edition by Grover, Information & Software Technology. The text breaks up in chapters each of the core and option topics, providing simple language, suitable graphics, tasks and engaging activities. I found the text extremely assisting with understanding the topic and provided many ideas for the unit of work I prepared for the assessment.
References
Grover, D.,2011, Information & Software Technology, Second Edition, Pearson Education Australia.
2012 Higher Education Advisory Board, 2012, NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition. New Media Consortium, Texas USA.
Web sites
www.scratchl.mit.edu
www.Youtube.com
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