Computer Science - Learn to make games here

http://gamestarmechanic.com/

Snakes and Ladders

Download this file and change the words to Wildern and ICT department High Frequency words

 

 

 

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ICT High Frequency Words

binary	hardware	network
byte	icon	output
cable	input	password
cartridge	interactive	preview
CD-ROM	interface	processor
computer	Internet	program
connect/connection	justify	scanner
cursor	keyboard	sensor
data/database	megabyte	server
delete	memory	software
disk	modem	spreadsheet
document	module	virus
electronic	monitor
graphic	multimedia

 

Common homophones and confusions

advise/advice	choose/chose	quiet/quite
a lot of	cloth/clothe	sites/sights
affect/effect	conscience/conscious	source/sauce
allowed/aloud	course/coarse	thank you
bought/brought	our/are	threw/through
braking/breaking	practise/practice	to/too/two

teachyourmonstertoread.com

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Wow of the week - 22.10 - Racism in football

Dear all

 

This week the WOW of the week questions the problem of Racism in Football.

 

It might be worth starting with a discussion about what Racism and Discrimination means. Have any students seen it in sport?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19974394 - news report on the racial incident in England's under 21 game last week.

Discuss - is Football a more racist sport than others? How do we know? Why might we think it is?

What is being done to stop racism in football?

http://www.kickitout.org/ - the official website to get rid of racism in football.

Explore the web page and the various campaigns.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20025598 

and

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20001544- Rio Ferdinand's decision not to wear a 'kick it out' T shirt.

Discuss - Was Rio F right to decide not to wear the T-shirt? Should he be disciplined or is he making a valid point?

 

Does it shock you that in today's world racist attacks and events like occur in big sporting events televised around the world?

 

 

Computing Science - Hardware?

Please answer these questions with text, images and a video thanks

1. What is the CPU?
2. Explain fetch- execute code?
3. Why do computers use binary?
4. Explain logic gates?
5. Explain logic diagrams?
6. What is ROM?
7. What is RAM
8. What is the difference between ROM and RAM
9. Describe virtual memory?
10. What is cache?
11. What is flash memory?
12. Give ten examples of input devices?
13. Give ten examples of output devices?
14. Give examples of input and output devices for specfic needs?
15. What is secondary storage technologie?
16. Examplain storage devices and storage media?

Computing Science - Computer Systems?

Please answer these questions with text, images and a video thanks

1. What is a computer?
2. The importance of computers?
3. What happens when computers go wrong?
4. Reliability?
5. Professional Standards?
6. Computers and the law?
7. Computers and ethics?
8. Computers and the enviroment?

Take It Away - Proposal Preparation

Shop. What Healthy fast food shop are there? What is the Biz name and contact details? What kind of meals will be on sale?

Logo. What is its logo? How does it relate to the purpose and style of the business?

Shop front. What do the shops look like? What are the colour schemes? What is the fascia like?

Packaging. What type of packaging do they use for a takeaway meal? Does need glue or other fixings?

 

Year 11 Moodboards in the making



 

 

 

Year 11 Realtime Boards

Realtime Board is a new online tool for hosting online, collaborative brainstorming sessions. Realtime Board provides a blank grid on which you can type, draw, and post pictures. You can connect elements on your boards through a simple linking tool. The boards that you create on Realtime Board can be shared publicly or privately. To help you communicate with your collaborators Realtime Board has a chat function built into every board.

Please create a Realtime Board as an electronic version of your Moodboard.  Log on via the google login and use your school email account.  If you login to school email first it will be easier for you.

 

stop frame animator

Something for Year 9 to try

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Year 11 Moodboard Checklist Unit 5

Before you start on any detailed design work you must create a paper-based moodboard. This is where you communicate your initial design ideas for your game. You will use it to get feedback from your me and a test buddy.

• Develop the different paper and material based elements of your moodboard. It should include the items in this list.
• Ask your test buddy and me for feedback and make changes if necessary.
• Update your game overview document to record the feedback on your moodboard.
• Finalise your moodboard.
• Save evidence of your moodboard in your DEVELOPMENT folder.
• How you do this is up to you.

 

For example, you could create a movie or presentation with clear photographs of sections of your moodboard.

      

Year 11 Overview Unit 5

Please answer in depth:

Target audience.

• Who is the intended audience for your game?
• Which age group (up to 14 years)?
• Girls and/or boys?
• Why have you chosen this audience?
• What are their interests?
• How do you know?

Event.

• What event will you choose? (Explain your choice )

Remember that it must be a sporting event suitable for the Olympics.

Purpose/objective. 

• What is the objective of your game?
• What does the player have to do to complete the game?
• Do they need to take part in heats or win points?
• How will you make each level more difficult?
• Is there a time limit?

PEGI rating. 

• What will the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) rating be?

Give reasons for your decision.

Test Buddy feedback.

• Record feedback on your game overview, and any action taken.

Teacher feedback on moodboard.

You must complete this section after you have produced a moodboard.



More info on the Unit 5 SPB here

Use this template if you wish

 
Game_overview.rtf
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Year 11 Click on the fruit GAME 1 Resources

Click on the Fruit.gmk Download this file

Click on the Fruit.gb1 Download this file

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music.mid Listen on Posterous

explosion.wav Listen on Posterous

click.wav Listen on Posterous

R4 Task3 - Creating a Room.pdf Download this file

R7 Task6 - Adding Instructions.pdf Download this file

R6 Task5 - Adding Bombs.pdf Download this file

R1 Intro.pdf Download this file

R3 Task2 - Adding Objects.pdf Download this file

R5 Task4 - Adding sound.pdf Download this file

R2 Task1 - Adding Sprites.pdf Download this file

Unit 3 Take it Away Planning

Please use the Planning Unit 3 Template here.  Download into your Sites Unit 3 folder and complete using the dealine PDF and looking at the SPB notes.

Click here for Unit 3 SPB Planning Notes

Planning - Unit 3 - Take it Away.doc Download this file

Year_10_Unit_3 Deadlines.pdf Download this file

ICT Deadlines for Blogs

Deadlines for the year10s and 11s have been added to the ICT deadlines calendar

 

Add the code below to and an HTML gadget and you can add it to your blog

 

<iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=wildern.hants.sch.uk_j14d061o67t5dklsagilcuiur4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/London" style="border: 0" width="1024" height="400" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Infographics Explained With Lego

Infographics are all over the web these days. Some are useful, some are not, and some are just plain fun. Yesterday, on Cool Infographics I discovered an infographic that explains what infographics should do. The fun and somewhat informative explanation of infographics is made using Lego.

Check it out below.

 

IP Address

Want to trace or track an IP Address, host, or website easily? With this highly reliable IP Address Location Database, you can get detailed information on any IP Address anywhere in the world. Results include detailed IP address location, name of ISP, netspeed/speed of internet connection, and more.

Track websites here

 

 

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