Friday 29 September 2017

Baseline Assessment Test



This is a test to see how much knowledge you already have about computers and computing.  There is no Pass or Fail!

Work through all the questions carefully, writing down your answers on paper. 

Make sure you are clear with question numbers so I know which question you are answering!

Link to Yr 7 Baseline Assessment

Wednesday 20 September 2017

History of Computing - Lesson 2


In this lesson, you are going to find out about Charles Babbage and what he did.  You will then make a slideshow with information and images about him.

Lesson Objectives and Outcomes

Explain who Charles Babbage was and what he did (band 4)
Apply your skills to create slideshow with information and images (band 5)

Your tasks
1.  Open your blog and a new post.

2.  Title your post (in the box at the top of the page) the same as this one.


3.  Open another internet tab and find my blog and this lesson's post.


4.  Copy/paste the Lesson objectives and Outcomes from this post onto your new one.


5.  Open up a third internet, click on the 3x3 grid of little squares at the top right and click on Slides.


6.  Click on the link below to take you to the relevant section of the Prezi 


Charles Babbage

Try to find out the following details (if it's not on the Prezi, open another internet tab and search on Google):

a)  When did Charles Babbage live?

b)  What did he build, what was it called and what did it do?
c)  We say that a machine is a computer because it solves problems for humans - what was the problem then that needed a solution?

Share your slideshow - click Share - then Advanced - where it says Private, click Change and choose Anyone with the Link - copy/paste the blue highlighted link on to your post under your Lesson Objectives.

7. Under your link, say what band you think your work is and why.

Publish!!

8. If you have spare time, go back and do more work on your Stonehenge slideshow.  
You can find this in your Drive (a triangle symbol in the 3x3 grid drop-down menu).  The link updates as you go along so you won't need to re-share or anything complicated like that!







Charles Babbage information

Sunday 10 September 2017

History of Computing - Lesson 1

We're going to be looking at the history of computers and computing.  This unit will also start you using the different Google apps and learn how to share work and attach it to your blog post for each lesson.

Don't worry if it's all very new to start with; you'll soon get the hang of it!

Just remember - don't panic if you don't understand!  Take a deep breath in, then out.....and ask!  :-)


Lesson Objectives and Outcomes:
Define: What is meant by the term computer (Level 3)
Explain: Why people think Stonehenge could be the first computer (Level 4)
Create: A post on your blog about the first computer (Level 5)


Your tasks
1.  Go to your blog and open a new post.  Title this post the same as this one.

2.  Open a new internet tab at the top of your screen.

3.  At the top right of the new screen, you should see a 3 x 3 grid of squares.  Click on this and look for 'Slides' (it's yellow).  Click on it.

4.  Click on this link to a special slide show / movie (called a Prezi).  It will take you to some information abut Stonehenge.

https://prezi.com/zllcxfqh85rr/2500bc-stone-age-people-and-stonehenge/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Click on the right-facing arrow at the bottom to go through it.

5.  You are going to write information on your slideshow (it works like a PowerPoint but saves as it goes along) about the following questions:

a) what is Stonehenge?
b) when was it built?
c) why do people think it was built?  What was its purpose?
d) why can Stonehenge be called a "computer"?

6.  Try and add some images to your slides.

7.  Go back to your new post for this lesson.  Copy/paste the learning objectives from my blog onto the top of your post (copy = ctrl-c,  paste = ctrl-v).

8.  Ask me how you share your slideshow correctly and copy/paste the link to your blog post.

9.  Under your slideshow link on your post, write down what level you think you have achieved and why.

Publish your post!




Monday 4 September 2017

Introduction to Computer Science at Cooper School

Welcome!

We do not have exercise books in Computer Science so you will need to set up your own personal Comp Sci blog.  This will be the equivalent to your exercise book and you will write a post every lesson, possibly with some work attached to it, and publish it at the end of the lesson.  I will have access to it to mark it by adding marking comments to it.

To set up your blog....
1.  Open a new tab and go to www.blogger.com

2.  Go to this shared Google slide show for instructions for how to set up your own Comp Sci blog......How to set up your Comp Sci blog

3.  When you have done this, let me know so I can check I have an invitation to your blog and can accept it.