<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For a Python GUI the best and simplest is PySimple, it can be learnt and used in 30 minutes. Very suitable for year 12 and down to beginners.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just download the package into PyCharm – the best of the development software for Python.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> sofdev <sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah Gale<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 14 April 2020 1:29 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <sofdev@edulists.com.au><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Computer hardware at home<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All of my student (Unit 1) are Apple users so it’s been tricky trying to navigate a work around VB which is what I have come to find nearly everyone is using! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are learning Python and we will use Python IDLE and Tkinter for GUI building. Certainly not as intuitive as VB but as we have no Windows machines, I have no choice! They all have Grok subscriptions and have completed the Python courses which a FABULOUS.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’d LOVE to hook up with anyone else who is teaching Python – if you’re out there please get in touch! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hang in there team! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br> <br> <b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sarah</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Gale</b></span><br> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Team Leader: Year 8 | Curriculum Leader: Technology | Teacher</span><br> <br> <img width="333" height="108" style="width:3.4687in;height:1.125in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D61262.78A829F0"><br> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">301 Cotham Road Kew VIC 3101<br> <a href="http://genazzano.vic.edu.au"><span style="color:black">genazzano.vic.edu.au</span></a> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">D</span></strong> +61 3 8862 1216 <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">T </span></strong>+61 3 8862 1000 <br> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GenFCJ"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01D61262.78A829F0" alt="Facebook"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/genfcj"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.png@01D61262.78A829F0" alt="Twitter"></span></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/genfcj"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.png@01D61262.78A829F0" alt="Instagram"></span></a><a href="https://au.linkedin.com/company/genazzano-fcj-college"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image005.png@01D61262.78A829F0" alt="LinkedIn"></span></a><br> </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CRICOS Provider No. 03298G<br> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ignited by beauty, truth & goodness<br> Genazzano FCJ College promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people<br> <br> <a href="http://www.genazzano.vic.edu.au/"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="590" height="147" style="width:6.1458in;height:1.5312in" id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D61262.78A829F0"></span></a><br> <br> <br> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">sofdev <<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>> on behalf of Victoria Farrell <<a href="mailto:farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au">farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au</a>><br> <b>Reply-To: </b>Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a>><br> <b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 14 April 2020 at 1:19 pm<br> <b>To: </b>Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a>><br> <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Computer hardware at home<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">I'm going to suggest students with Apple machines who can't run Windows on them, to learn Python on Grok Learning. Grok is free till July. <o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"> <o:p></o:p></p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" style="width:.3333in;height:.3333in" id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Victoria Farrell</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br> Head of Technology Department </span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">St Kevin's College</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br> <i>P 03 9832 4980</i></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#274E13">E <a href="mailto:farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#274E13"><a href="https://www.vicfarrell.com.au/" target="_blank">vicfarrell.com.au</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#274E13"><a href="https://www.skc3.club/" target="_blank">Computer Club</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Software-Development-Applied-Computing-Design-ebook/dp/B07WJRHPCF/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1565860890&refinements=p_27%3AVictoria+Farrell&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Victoria+Farrell" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Software Development Text Book 2020</span></a></i><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 13:13, David B Thomas <<a href="mailto:david.b.thomas@rmit.edu.au">david.b.thomas@rmit.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">A couple of students are saying that they are unable to use Visual Studio on their Apple computers at home because they say that it runs differently on an Apple. Also, because of ongoing technical issues at the college, they are unable to use the copy available on the VPN.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Is it a requirement of the course that students have hardware at home so that they may practice their coding? 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