Monday, 29 February 2016

Text Adventure Game

Click here to download the template file

 Click here to download the instructions document
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Web Exam practise paper

Escapades

 Escapade is a new adventure park for extreme sports, opening in August 2015. Escapade

 needs a website to attract visitors to the adventure park.

 The website must appeal to families and youth groups who plan to visit the adventure park. 

 The basis for the content and information for the website can be found in the ASSETS folder.

The task itself can be found by clicking HERE

 All the images and videos to build your website can be found HERE

 The mark scheme can be found HERE



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Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Trends in Computing: Lesson 1 of 4


1 (a) Choose a computing technology that interests you.
   (b) Describe the technology you have chosen.
   (c) Describe what changes have taken place in this technology.

2 (a) Find some examples of the technology you are looking at and describe what impact
    these examples have had.
   (b) Describe how these examples are different.

3 Technology can have social, ethical and legal effects. Describe two examples of these
   effects that your technology has had.
Click HERE for specification

 Before you get started, you will need to research and plan your presentation:

 In the blog post below, you will find some useful videos.
Click HERE for a planning document
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Trends in Computing - Useful Links

Use the links below to help you choose or begin your research into a Trend in Computing

Computers and Computing:

 

 

 


The Games Industry:



 

 


Mobile Phone Technology: 






Internet and Social Media:


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    Monday, 22 February 2016

    Storyboard Feedback

    LO:  To give detailed feedback on each of the storyboard screens
    To Respond to the feedback provided

    H/W - Complete your responses to the feedback provided


    TASKS:

    1) Log on and open up your storyboard document.

    2) Move seats to where you are directed.

    3) Read every page of the sotryboard and study the images.

    4) Give feedback as outlined in the image below on all completed pages of the storyboard. 20 mins
    5) Respond to the feedback provided as detailed above. 15 mins

     H/W - Complete your responses to the feedback provided
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    Thursday, 11 February 2016

    Safer Internet Day







    Complete the survey HERE

    Acrostic Poems

    http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

    Storybird

    Diamante Poems

    http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante_poems_2/

    Haiku Poem Interactive


    Word Mover

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    Game Analysis

    LO:  To critically analyse existing games in Game Maker and consider which elements may benefit your game ideas.


    Fruit Game



    Play the game here








    Platform Game


    Play the game here 








    Scrolling Game


    Play the game here









    Rapid Finger Race Game


    Play the game here









    Complete the following document for each of the games:
    Click the image to download the template

    Which aspects could you bring from these games to your own ideas?  Edit some of your design decisions to show this.


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    Monday, 8 February 2016

    Cover Work: Tuesday 9th February Period 1

    Period 1 7xd/Is2


    L/O - To develop your understanding of eSafety


    Starter

    Watch the video HERE

    Main

    Complete the survey HERE

    Create a poem - the top 3 receive shopping vouchers! Use Word, Photoshop or storybird.com


    More information can be found on the e-safety blog HERE


    Plenary 

    Showcase!


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    Sunday, 7 February 2016

    Cover Work: Tuesday 9th February Period 3

    Period 3 11n/Is5

     Continue working on your games in game maker.

     Complete the basic platform tutorial before moving on to and completing the advanced platform tutorial.

     Guides and resources can be found HERE
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    Cover Work: Tuesday 9th February Period 2 and 4

    Period 2 and 4 9m/Is2 and 9p/Is6

     Develop skills in Game Maker in preparation for your actual game

    TASK 1 - Complete:
    Tutorial 1: Fruit Game
    1. Download the following folder and save the whole thing to your GCSE folder
    2. Locate and run Game Maker (Start Menu > All Programs > ICT & Business)
    3. Read and complete the 'Fruit' game tutorial which is displayed in the panels on the right hand side of your screens using the resources you downloaded

    TASK 2:
    Tutorial 2: Basic Platformer
    1. Download the following folder and save the whole thing to your GCSE folder
    2. Locate and run Game Maker (Start Menu > All Programs > ICT & Business)
    3. Use the files in the folder 'Worksheets' to complete the basic platform game
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    Cover Work: Tuesday 9th February Period 5

    Period 5 10p/Isc3
    Next lesson you will be sitting your Unit 2 Assessment on Hardware.

    For this lesson, please complete the following:
    • Make sure you have completed all worksheets you have done.
    • Collect your book and make sure all pages are stuck in. If you can do this in order (the numbers are on them) then this would be even better. You should have no loose sheets of paper in your book.
    • Refer to the Unit 2 Assessment you sat before we started the unit, this will be similar to the assessment you will sit next lesson. Use green pens to complete work/go over work from before.
    • Use the highlighters to highlight key points from your work on Hardware that you feel may be relevant to the assessment.

    This may be of interest to some of you!
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    Cover Work: Monday 8th February Period 5

    Period 5 8x/Is1

    BUSINESS TASTER LESSON

     You may work in small groups of up to 3 or individually

    You are thinking of setting up a new supermarket in the local area.
    You are going to look at aspects such as:
    • Location
    • Customer Expectations
    • Competitors
    • Suppliers
    • Retail Layout
    Click on the Picture below and and work through the powerpoint 


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    Cover Work: Monday 8th February Period 2 and 3

    Period 2 and 3
    10m/Is2
    10n/Is5

    Continue working on your revision websites in dream weaver.
    REMEMBER: To manage your Site BEFORE you begin!

     So far you should have made, and know how to do:
    • Create a new blank HTML Template
    • Make the template 100% width
    • Changed the colour scheme
    • Inserted an editable region
    • Created a banner
    • Added the banner to your template
    • Saved the template as a .dwt
    • Created pages from your template
    • Linked these pages to your template
    You now have to add details to your sites pages on how to create a website. Your pages should have different sections on this.

    To find some suitable videos to add to your site, type the following into a new explorer window: \\files.wildern.hants.sch.uk\read\ and go to ICT > Mr Fenner > DA201 Web Development


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    Wednesday, 3 February 2016

    Scratch Evidence

    LO:  To begin gathering evidence showing your progress in the Scratch unit.

    Download the Scratch evidence document by clicking the Scratch cat below!

    File:ScratchCat-Small.png
    You will need to sign in to your using your Wildern email


    1)  Open up each of your sprites and background you have created.
    2) Use the snipping tool to take screenshots of each and paste into Lesson 1 section of the evidence document:



    3) Open up your scratch project and complete steps 1 and 2 to give evidence of using an 'if' statement.
    4) Save your document into your Unit 1 Scratch folder.  This will need created if you have not done so already.
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    Unit 2 Hardware Revision

    Next lesson you will be sitting your Unit 2 Assessment on Hardware.

    For this lesson, please complete the following:
    • Make sure you have completed all worksheets you have done.
    • Collect your book and make sure all pages are stuck in. If you can do this in order (the numbers are on them) then this would be even better. You should have no loose sheets of paper in your book.
    • Refer to the Unit 2 Assessment you sat before we started the unit, this will be similar to the assessment you will sit next lesson. Use green pens to complete work/go over work from before.
    • Use the highlighters to highlight key points from your work on Hardware that you feel may be relevant to the assessment.

    This may be of interest to some of you!
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    Tuesday, 2 February 2016

    Game Maker - tutorials

    Develop skills in Game Maker in preparation for your actual game

    TASK 1 - Complete:
    Tutorial 1: Fruit Game
    1. Download the following folder and save the whole thing to your GCSE folder
    2. Locate and run Game Maker (Start Menu > All Programs > ICT & Business)
    3. Read and complete the 'Fruit' game tutorial which is displayed in the panels on the right hand side of your screens using the resources you downloaded

    TASK 2:
    Tutorial 2: Basic Platformer
    1. Download the following folder and save the whole thing to your GCSE folder
    2. Locate and run Game Maker (Start Menu > All Programs > ICT & Business)
    3. Use the files in the folder 'Worksheets' to complete the basic platform game
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    Monday, 1 February 2016

    Year 9 Exam




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