MrKnight.co.uk: November 2015

Friday 27 November 2015

Pseudocode and Logo

Apply sequencing techniques using pseudocode and interactive resource

Complete the Algorithm Game worksheet following the instructions closely

Task 1:

Use pseudocode to write the steps needed to draw a square in Logo

Task 2:

Add your pseudcode steps to the Unit 1 Evidence Document (click here to download)

Task 3:

a) Open Logo by clicking here

b) Create the shape you have been given from this document

Develop your sequencing skills further by trying The Artist

Complete the Logo section of your Unit 1 Evidence Document

Wednesday 25 November 2015

HDD v SDD

Find out what SSD (Solid State Drive) and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) are. What is the difference between them. Give advantages and disadvantages

Worksheet here

The CPU

The CPU

Learning Objectives:

State the purpose of the CPU
Describe the function of the CPU as fetching and executing instructions stored in memory
Understand how different components (ROM, RAM, I/O, storage) link to the processor
Explain how common characteristics of CPUs such as clock speed, cache size and number of cores affect their performance

Click here for the notes on The CPU

Monday 23 November 2015

Digital Maker & Digital Citizen Badges

Digital Citizen Staged Activity Badge

Digital Citizen – stage 1

Digital Maker Staged Activity Badge

Digital Maker – stage 1

Use this search engine when looking for anything on the internet

http://www.safesearchkids.com/

Make your own Character for a game her

Take sometime to watch this video again on how to stay safe online

Can you draw a Square, Rectangle, Triangle using logo?

Click Here to Open up Logo

How many levels can you complete by programming Minecraft using the blocks of code?

or Code Star Wars

How Storage Devices Work

Unit 2: How Storage Devices Work worksheet for the GCSE

Worksheet 1

Application Software ELCS

There are two types of software:

Systems Software
Applications Software

Application System Software Worksheet

Application System Research

Saturday 21 November 2015

You must produce a review of your game that would be suitable for publication in an on-screen computer games magazine.

Ask game reviewers to play your game and give you feedback.

The review should include:

technical details
strengths and weaknesses
user ratings for different aspects of game play
comments from game reviewers.

Produce a review of your game.

Resource 1 - Click here to download the review template

Friday 20 November 2015

Operating System quiz

Operating System quiz answer this correctly then copy into your books

Thursday 19 November 2015

Web Exam Final Prep

Past papers and assets are shared on the google drive @

DA201 Developing Web Products

The how to guide is also on google drive - please use / share it with all pupils as needed

Unit1 Developing Web Products - A How To Guide

You need to make sure you are happy with :

Open Dreamweaver
Manage Sites
Create Blank HTML template
Make container 100% width
Customise the template (colour scheme, banner, nav bar, editable regions)
Save as a template
Make pages from the template
Link all pages on the template
Add content to pages

Thanks for all the hard work put in so far - the end is in sites

Any problems yell

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Introduction to HTML

Learn the basics

Page 1: Starting off	Page 5: Font colours
Page 2: Setting up the webpage	Page 6: Aligning headings and text
Page 3: Bold, underline, italics	Page 7: paragraphs, font size, line breaks
Page 4: Heading styles	Page 8: Adding images

Step 1

Open Notepad (start > programs > notepad) HTML code is written inside tags. This is a tag: < > To start, you have to tell it that you are going to be writing code in HTML. Write <html>
Once you have finished, you have to tell it that the html has ended. If you do this right now you won’t forget later. Write </html> (the / means ‘end’)

Step 2

Now you have to set up what is going to display in the top section of the web page. This is called the ‘head’ section.

Type in the starting head tag <head>

Type in the finishing head tag </head>

Step 3

We want to give the webpage top bar a title and to do this, you need to tell it that you want a title.

Do this by putting in a ‘title’ tag in between the <head> </head> type:

<title>

</title>

Step 4

And in between the title tags you can type whatever you want to appear in the title bar of the web page.

Try typing ‘my first effort’ ( make sure it is exactly as shown here)

Pixelart

To create pixel art sprites click here http://makepixelart.com/free/

Task 1

Create some sprite using pixel art to change your click a fruit game into a click on a monster game

Look at these examples

More Examples here

The CPU

Task 1: CPU research
a) Use the presentation above and your own research to complete Worksheet 1: The Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Task 2: Revision and Test
a) Revise CPU and memory by clicking here
b) Complete the test on CPU and memory by clicking here

Download and complete this extension activity on the CPU

Test your skills using this quiz on the CPU

Tuesday 3 November 2015

Boolean Logic

Monday 2 November 2015

Year 8 Unit 3 Mid Way Evidence

Unit 3 Evidence click and download

Unit 1 Computer Systems Revision Notes

Learning Objectives:

Understand that a computer system consists of hardware, software, data and often, communications technology
Understand that the basic elements of a computer system are input, processing, storage and output
Understand that a computer system may have one user or thousands of users, each performing different tasks
Learn about the role of computers in today’s society
Consider the influence of computers on your life
Understand how computer technology affects everyone in modern society
Learn about the laws relating to the use of computers and the implications for computer systems design and use
Understand the need to recycle old computer equipment and the benefits of doing so
Understand the meaning of “computer ethics”