Tuesday 6 December 2016

Electricity and Information Revision lesson

You have a written test next lesson!  ðŸ˜±

But you are going to spend this lesson going over all the work we have done in this unit so you are well-prepared for the test.

On a slideshow, make notes, with images if they help, about the following topics:

You need to know:

1.  What electricity is and the circuit symbols used in drawing circuit diagrams.

2.  Where logic gates are found and what they do.  Be able to identify each type and how it changes the input to a different output (NOT, AND, OR).  Be able to follow the input - output changes in a sequence of logic gates.

3.  Be able to change simple binary numbers to decimal numbers.  Be able to change larger binary numbers to decimal numbers and add up binary numbers - gold to do this too.

4.  Understand that images are made up of pixels of binary code. Understand how the number of bits in a pixel can affect the number of colours available. Understand how the number of bits and pixels can affect file size.

5.  Understand how binary is used by computers for coding and instructions. Gold to do this too.

Make your notes as detailed and thorough as possible.  Share your slideshow correctly (Advanced - change form Private to Anyone with the link) and copy/paste the link to a new blog post, titled the same as this.

Publish!   And learn it all for next lesson!

Wednesday 23 November 2016

Electricity and Information - Lesson 4 Binary images

Today's tasks

1.  Share your 2 spreadsheets (Anyone with the link) and paste the 2 links to your Blog post.

2.  Explain that images are made up of pixels in a bitmap.


3.  Explain how the number of pixels relates to the size of the image file.


4.  In terms of file size (or memory), what do the binary numbers '1' and '0' represent?


5.  Write down how many bits are in a byte, how many bytes in a kilobyte, how many kilobytes in a megabyte - in full sentences.


6.  How does the number of bits relate to the number of colours available?


7.  Relate this work to work from previous units, eg creating an app...

Finish this, this lesson.  It is your STAR marked assessment!

Friday 18 November 2016

Electricity and Information Lesson 3 - Binary numbers

Binary numbers!

1.  Go to Learning Computing - Electricity & Information - Lesson 3.

2.  Open Activity 1 worksheet - File - Make a copy. 

3.  Work through the tasks on each sheet:
Task 1 & 2
Tasks 1 - 4
Tasks 1 - 4

4.  Open Activity 2 worksheet - File - Make a copy.
Task 1
Task 1
Tasks 1 - 2

5. Share all worksheets to Anyone with the Link and copy/paste to a blog post titled the same as this one.

6.  On your post, explain what binary code is and how the computer uses it.  Link this to app programming.    Publish!

Friday 11 November 2016

Electricity and Information Homework link - due in 2nd December

Here is a link to an alternative homework as the link on the Learning Computing website does not work.

http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/binary.swf

You need to practise the game and then screenshot your best score.  Either paste that onto a Google doc, share it correctly (Anyone with the Link)and copy/paste the link to a blog post called Homework OR paste the screenshot directly on to your homework post.
if you paste directly to your blog post, please make sure that the image is visible, sometimes they are not when I go to view it.  Probably best to go the Google doc route to be sure I can see it to mark it!

Due in 2nd December!

Friday 4 November 2016

Electricity and Information Lesson 1

Electricity and Information - lesson 1

Your work for this lesson!

1.  Go to Learning Computing website and open up the Unit Electricity and Information - Lesson 1.

2.  Open the presentation at the top of the page and read through the information there - you will need to use this info for your blog post work.

3.  Go back to Lesson 1 and watch the Starter video about electrical circuits.

4. Open a new blog post and title it 'Lesson 1 Electricity and Information'.

5.  On your post, write about the following:

a) Explain what atoms are (band 4)
b) Explain why electrons flow around a circuit (band 4)
c) Explain how electricity is used to produce binary code (band 6)
For this last task, it might be useful to research the answer on Google or you could go to Year 7 on the Learning Computing website  and to the Building a Computer unit.  There's a lesson there about storage which talks about binary code in the teacher's presentation at the top of that lesson page.

6.  When you have finished this work, make sure you publish  your post!


 If you still have time left - you could start work on the homework for this unit.  The link and information is on the first page of the Electricity and Information unit, where all the lessons are listed.
You'll like the homework!!

Monday 4 July 2016

Modelling - Lesson 5 onwards

Modelling - Lesson 5 onwards
Your tasks!

1.  Open the presentation on Modelling - Lesson 5.

2.  Do Task 1 directly on a new blog post titled the same as this one.

3.  For Task 2, input the data into a Google sheet and use formula to calculate the profit for each month. HINT: profit = money made - money spent.

4.  Share the spreadsheet to Anyone with the Link and copy/paste the link to your post under your Task 1 notes.

5.  Add conditional formatting to your spreadsheet according to Task 3.

6.  Task 4 work is done on your spreadsheet.

7.  Task 5 work is to be written on your post under the spreadsheet link.

Check slide 7 to see where the marks are given for this work.
Publish this work at the end of your last lesson!



Sunday 26 June 2016

Modelling Lesson 4 - spreadsheets

Modelling Lesson 4 - spreadsheets

Your tasks for this lesson!

Watch the video on how to use Google sheets in the Starter on this lesson.

Click on this link to open a Google sheet with 7 tasks.
You must make a copy before you can use it!
You may need to keep going back to the video to remind yourself how to do some of the tasks

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D7Ul2qStsJgZbxk8CJwwQA9hgRzJ1o4-1rioIm8WoIk/edit?usp=sharing

When you have completed the tasks on the spreadsheet, share it correctly and copy/paste the link to your Blog post for this lesson, titled the same as this post.
Publish!

Monday 20 June 2016

Modelling - lesson 3

Modelling - lesson 3

Your tasks for this lesson!

1.  Go to Learning Computing - Modelling - Lesson 3 and run the lemonade Business Game from the link in Activity 1.

2.  Note the weather before you start to buy your stock and then run your simulation.

3.  Print screen your report and paste it to a Google doc.  Write a sentence about your business that day, relating it to the weather and amount of stock you bought.

4.  When I tell you, you will need to either write a definition of the 2 new words: variable and rule on the Google doc or on your Blog post direct.

5.  Share your Google doc correctly (Anyone with the Link) and paste the link to your Blog post for today. 

6.  Title your Blog post the same as this one and click Publish!

Friday 10 June 2016

Modelling - lesson 2

Modelling - Lesson 2

Your tasks for this lesson:


1.  Follow the instructions for the Starter activity and write your list on a new Blog post for this lesson, titled the same as this one.  


2.  Complete Activity 1 - using Prezi.  You will need to create a free public account first - make sure you use your school email! 

At least one group of people who use computer models
At least 2 groups of people who use computer models
At least 3 groups of people who use computer models

3.  Share your Prezi by getting the relevant link and copy/pasting it onto your Blog post.


4.  Publish!

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Modelling - lesson 1

Modelling - lesson 1

Your tasks for the lesson!

1.  Work through Activity 1 and Activity 2 tasks. Use Google drawing instead of Popplet as it's quicker!

2.  On a new Blog post for today, titled the same as this, write the following (or put it on a correctly shared and linked Google doc):

Explain what a computer model is.

Give some examples of where they are used.

Add in a screenshot of your Popplet or share and link your Google drawing mind map.

Add in a screenshot of your work using the flight simulation (either directly to your blog post or on a shared & linked Google doc).

Evaluate the flight simulation (good and bad features, how realistic it was, how easy to fly, etc) and say whether you think it has prepared you for flying a real plane.

I have made these tasks coloured so that they link in with goldsilver and bronze so you can see which are the most challenging tasks.  Challenge yourself!

Publish your post when you have finished!



Friday 20 May 2016

Networking Lesson 5 - the internet

Networking Lesson 5 - the internet

Your tasks for this lesson!

1.  Download the red Editey and green Editey according to Activity 1 worksheet

2.  Open the green Editey and log in top right (school email account!).  First time log in, you will have to agree to everything in order to be able to continue.

3.  Once logged in, click on Blank.

4.  Use Activity 2 worksheet and copy the coding shown in the screenshots.

5.  Work through the examples shown on the worksheet until you get to the end.

6.  Once you've done this, you should have an idea of how the coding works and can add in to, or edit / change, the coding you've already done.

7.  To evidence your work for this lesson, you will have to screenshot your coding work, paste it to a Google doc and share it to Anyone with the Link.

8.  Paste the doc to a new blog post titled the same as this post.

9.  Underneath your pasted link, explain what the difference is between the internet and the World Wide Web.

10.  Publish!!

Sunday 8 May 2016

Networking lesson 4 building a network

Building a network

Use the internet (I suggest GCSE bbc bitesize - computing - network hardware - P3) to help you find out all the items of equipment you need to build a network for a business.  

Write up a report on Google Docs, explaining to the business manager all the bits of equipment you would need, even down to cabling, to build a network.

In the report, you also need to discuss the different ways in which a network can be set up (bus, ring or star), describe, with images, each type, including its advantages and disadvantages,  and then advise the business manager which type of set-up you recommend and why.

Your report will need to be smart, well-organised and clearly laid out.

When you have finished, share your report correctly (click Advanced, change it from Private to Anyone with the Link) and copy/paste the link to a new blog post for today, titled the same as this Blog post.

Publish!




Tuesday 3 May 2016

Networking lesson 3 - transmitting data

Transmitting data across a network

Your tasks this lesson:

1.  Watch the video in Activity 1.

2.  Using the information from this video and from the presentation I showed you, create a Google slideshow that explains how data is transmitted across a network.

I want details of what exactly is being transmitted (what is that data that is sent, think binary, etc) and, using images from the internet, explain and show the differences between circuit switching and packet switching.

Explain which type of transmission is most secure (circuit or packet) and why.

3.  If you have time, animate your slideshow.

4.  Share your slideshow correctly (Anyone with the link) and copy/paste the link to today's blog post titled the same as this one.  Underneath your link, explain how the information from this lesson links in with previous lessons.

5.  Publish!!!

Thursday 28 April 2016

Networking unit - lesson 2 - client and servers

Here is a link you can use instead of the video links on the Learning Computing website which are no longer available,

You should be able to find the information you need from the video on this page and, if you scroll down further, you will find some written information as well.

http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-client-server-network-definition-advantages-disadvantages.html#lesson


Friday 26 February 2016

Electricity and Information - lesson 1

Your work for this lesson!

1.  Go to Learning Computing website and open up the Unit Electricity and Information - Lesson 1.

2.  Open the presentation at the top of the page and read through the information there - you will need to use this info for your blog post work.

3.  Go back to Lesson 1 and watch the Starter video about electrical circuits.

4. Open a new blog post and title it 'Lesson 1 Electricity and Information'.

5.  On your post, write about the following:

a) Explain what atoms are (level 4)
b) Explain why electrons flow around a circuit (level 4)
c) Explain how electricity is used to produce binary code (level 6)
For this last task, it might be useful to research the answer on Google or you could go to Year 7 on the Learning Computing website  and to the Building a Computer unit.  There's a lesson there about storage which talks about binary code in the teacher's presentation at the top of that lesson page.

6.  When you have finished this work, make sure you publish  your post!


 If you still have time left - you could start work on the homework for this unit.  The link and information is on the first page of the Electricity and Information unit, where all the lessons are listed.
You'll like the homework!!