Cover for DP 21st September

Period 1

Year 11. Get folder from front and complete hand drawn sketches of forms and letters as per previous lesson’s notes.

For further examples go to shared/ict/ocr gcse year 11/project 2/design/and there is a picture file with 2 scans of example letters/forms that I have done.

The laptop has a scanner attached now (start/my computer – choose the third option from the list that appears) – Everyone should make sure that they have scanned in their work and reviewed it.

Notes on reviewing:

What are the advantages to you in going from:

Name -> title, forename, surname
Address -> address 1, address 2, town, postcode
Age -> DOB

What changes did you make to the form and why?

Remember user requirements 7&8 – looking professional and attractive, and easy to use.

What changes did you make to the letters and why?

Remember user requirements 7 – looking professional and attractive (remember to annotate what fonts/sizes/colours you will use in each version.)

Mailing sticker

Backwards design in this one – first design is all fancy – remember though that an address sticker is really small, so a big logo etc will make it difficult for the postman to read, so you could improve it this time by simplifying it – and explaining this in the evaluation.

Anyone finishing this should go to shared/ict/ocr gcse year 11/project 2/implementation and open the implementation template.

This is where you provide evidence of setting up your database. You need to create a database as per plan 2 in the design section.

You need screenshots, with annotations of:
Creating the new database,
Creating the table
Adding the ID and setting it as primary key
Changing data types
Changing field sizes
Adding any validation
To add a picture file the option is OLE Object

Period 2 – 8T

Go to shared/ict/year 8/8.1/and click on welcome.html

Choose unit content/activities/ activity 2 – systems 1

We looked at the starter activity last lesson – comparing the 2 weather sites. Have another look, and compare the information.

What sorts of graphs are used (in the Isle of White one you can click on the different display items to see the graphs)

Which graphs are easiest to read? What is it that makes them easy/hard to read?

You will need to think about it because you’ll be creating your own graphs in a minute!

Load the spreadsheet (remember – Do NOT just click on it!)

You need to do some graphs now (remember last weeks worksheet if you need help)

If you highlight the months, then hold down the CTRL key you can select different sets of temperature/data

You could do a graph to compare average temperature with minimum temperature.

Temperature with rainfall etc.

Make sure that you choose sensible labels for the axes etc.

Period 3 – 9T

Logo production worksheet – make sure that you have completed all the feedback sections and reviewed your work in light of your success criteria. Get feedback from other members of the class on your logos.

(remember, if you have a picture in Serif that you want to use, you have to select File/Export then save it. You can then use Insert/Picture/From file in word.)

If you have finished this, use publisher to create a business card for yourself to use when promoting the school’s involvement in Tenbury in Bloom

It should include your name, school contact details and the logo that you have designed.


Periods 3 and 4 – year 10 ICT

Using the text books from the front look at pages 13 and 14.

Students need to produce a presentation investigating parental concerns about children using a mobile phone – activities 1.9 and 1.10

There is a template in the shared files so that they do not have to put the headings in themselves.

I am looking for FACTUAL information and reasoned arguments. You need to consider BOTH sides of the argument, Parents feel that they have valid grounds for concern – what are they? Can you find evidence to contradict this?

There is a list of useful websites in the activeteach section for chapter 1 that they can use as a starter for their research.

(BTW – the youtube clip of phones cooking popcorn turned out to be a hoax)

Remember – open a copy of the sources table and make sure that you reference all the material that you use in the creation of the powerpoint – alternatively you could add a table on a page at the end of the presentation. It is VITAL that you do this as you go through – it is just as important as doing the actual powerpoint!