Introduction to Programming (Dev C++ and Turbo C)

Turbo C had served us in our school days. Of course you project that you will also be using that in your teaching and hence the students will be forced to use that. I of course used the same tool, since it is a free download in the internet. Microsoft Visual C++ comes with a hefty price, besides, it is not suitable in our setup where we have slow computers.

Dev C++ under Windows XP

    Our requirement requires an Integrated Display Environment (IDE) since I will be teaching starters so leaving it is not likely. But as we all know, the free Turbo C is a 16 bit program and could only be run in 32 bit operating systems (No longer compatible with XP, Vista and 7 x64). I successfully made it work with Windows Seven x64 through Dosbox (at home) but we know its not a real or possible solution. Hence one remedy is to ask the administration to buy a license of Turbo C++ or Microsoft Visual C++. That is my thinking until I learned of the open source way.
    I looked around and lo and behold, Dev C++, we are now using the program. Yes, why stuck yourself in old 16bit program when others (better) are available for free.
    You can download Dev C++ at sourceforge or by clicking here.
    We are requesting the developers of the said project to continue, since its development seemed to have stopped last 2005. Until then until another free one will arrive, Dev C++ is the solution.

Week of Spiritual Refreshing - a must have program

Teaching in a sectarian school has its benefits. One of which is that you are guided in all your daily routines and lessons. You have to base everything on the Bible/God and you have to observe Christian behavior at all times. Disciplining students are also affected. You have to apply Christlike character in all decisions every now and then and not just what is stated in the handbook. It really sounds hard but at the end of the day you feel that you have made a great job and not feeling that something is missing. Just last two weeks ago, the school had its Week of Spiritual Refreshing. It is a program where the whole school will pray and go to a hall and sing and worship God. Its aims are clearly seen but it also trains the students in presiding, leading the sing inspiration, share their talents, etc. This year is somewhat refreshing and different for we see and hear totally young-acts. Yes, the speakers are a few years younger than I and yet they can already do preaching with grea...

Browsing with Firefox 4 RC2 - a mini review

Mozilla Firefox 4 RC 2 It seems decades, since my last blog. It is due to some things that I have been busy with that I forgot about this. It's great that Google still have my account even with the long absence, unlike the other I used to post to. Many educators are still using Internet Explorer 6 for their daily net life. We usually use what is readily available and learning something new that is not our forte is never pleasing to our ears. Most of us do not even know what is an Operating System and what we see when we load our computer is what all computers are. We are used with Windows XP and we think all computers behaves like it. Yes, there are many out there, but this is not my subject this time. We are used with clicking the e icon in our desktop that states Internet Explorer and we will surely look for that always. Internet Explorer 6 with its time but no longer the case today. There are numerous better alternatives. Not just more secure since they are regularly upd...

Grading Online with Engrade

One of the tiresome and boring jobs of educators is computing grades during card day. Add the fact that grade conscious students (and parents) want to see their performance most of the time even before that day. Filtering in Excel or any other spreadsheet seems a likely solution and of course programming your own in C or any other language could help but problems occur when many student ask it at the same time. Big universities started posting their grades on their own web servers but how not on small schools and that include high and elementary schools who could not afford their own dedicated server. Besides setting up and maintenance is more of their problem. Engrade.com is a free online service that lets you, as a teacher input your assignments (quiz, exams, homework, etc.) and set the percentage equivalence of each. Students and parents then see the results, including the items they missed so that they could make-up for t...

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