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Discussion on: I am a secondary/high school teacher and programmer, Ask Me Anything!

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Michael Tharrington

What sorts of programs have you written? How about your students - anyone create anything particularly cool?

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Hey Michael, I've written mainly web applications nothing too fancy usually messing around with relational databases. The students create programs based on the curriculum, it is hard for them get their head around finding a solution to a problem to solve with a program as it is not reality for them. Having said that by the time they complete the course some become extremely geeky and can write/extend programs. There have been a few projects, one of which seeks to solve the car parking problem in car parks (parking lot) by designating parking bays to drivers at the entrance. Another created a program to team up students with study buddies by use of AI to analyse studying habits.