Diamond Hunt - Lesson 1 - Planning

SCRATCH PROGRAMMING TASK

Lesson Objectives
 - understand and summarise the programming task requirements
 - revise knowledge of flowcharts
 - plan programming task

Starter

Set up a new folder called 'Diamond Hunt' in your SITES - Computer Science folder

Download and save the following 2 files to your 'Diamond Hunt' folder:

1. Resource 1 - Task Sheet
2. Resource 2 - Diamond Hunt Game

Main

Red Task:
Read through Resource 1 - Task Sheet and on paper make a  list of ALL the things your game must do.


Orange Task:
For your programming task you will need to show evidence of planning, using flowcharts. Here's a reminder of flowchart symbols and what they represent.

Practise Task: On paper, draw a simple flowchart for 'Making a Cup of Tea'.



Green Task
Set up an account in draw.io and use it to create a flowchart to show what must happen in your 'Diamond Hunt' game.

Plenary

Look at the Prezi to gain a further understanding of the task

Unit 1 Web Exam - Building Pages from a Template

Firstly, you should make sure that you have set up the Template for your page  - see last lesson's blog post.

In today's lesson you need to make the 3 main pages for your Recycling website, using the template you set up last lesson. 

You will need:

 - a Home page
 - a Benefits page
 - a Recycling page

Watch the video below for guidance:

Spend the rest of the lesson adding the text and images just as you have on your Powerpoint draft. Use the exam paper (green) in your folder to ensure each page includes all that it should.

Scratch - Create Your Own Game

In your final bit of preparation before starting your assessment you are going to have a go at designing a game of your own from scratch!

Red Task
Easy
 Create a Maze Game (eg: Pac-Man)
 Use your own sprites - one has to avoid the other or the game ends!
 Use your own background
 Must have a finish point

See HERE for help if you need it.

Orange Task
Medium
 Make a timer
 Make a score

Green Task
Hard
 Make multiple levels - different backgrounds
 Make collectables - eg good objects - coins, keys
 Make it two player (race against each other)

Rules
 You only have 1 lesson to create the game
 Use your knowledge from previous tasks – you can open previous tasks
to have a look at the code
 You may use the scratch website for ideas – http://scratch.mit.edu/

Unit 1 - Web Exam

Exam Advice

How to Guide

Help Videos Playlist

EdExcel Documentation
Click here to read the DA201 Unit Specification 

Scratch Programming - Lesson 3 - Variables

Lesson Objectives

Create and program variables using Scratch

Starter

What is a variable?
How can they be used in a computer game?

Main

Red Task:
Task 1: Creating a Variable

a) Open your Scratch game and create a 'score' variable

Orange Task
Task 2: Enemy Score

a) Add script to your main character that sets the score to '0' when the game starts

b) Add script to your 'enemy' that will decrease the score by 10 points (-10) when you hit it

Green Task
Task 3: Collecting Points

a) Load or create a sprite to act as a way to collect points (coin, heart, jewel etc.)

b) Add script to your 'good item' that will increase the score by 10 points when you collect it. (Make sure it hides once collected.)

Extension

Try adding a life or health variable into the game that you receive achieving a particular task or after a set amount of time.

Plenary

a) Open your Scratch Evidence Document

b) Complete the Lesson 3 section

c) Save your work

Homework

Complete the next task in your HomeStudy Booklet

Introduction to Scratch - Flappy Birds

Lesson Objectives

 - create a simple game using Sprites and Variables in Scratch
 - document your progress to evidence your work


For the next part of the Entry Level Computing course you are required to create a small computer program, using Scratch software

Helpsheet

Click on the image below to see the file in full.

Test your game to check that it works - go back and amend if not

Documenting your Work

Download the file HERE to evidence your work

Plenary

Email your completed EVIDENCE document to s.palmer@wildern.hants.sch.uk

Web Practise - Future Soundz

10m4 - COVER LESSON Friday 16th January

Open the ASSETS folder HERE and save to your drive.

Activity 1:    READ through the exam brief and highlight key points.	5 mins
Activity 2: Use plain paper to plan what needs to go on each page.	5 mins
Activity 3: Go on to Mrs Palmer’s blog post for today’s lesson – Web Practice – Future Soundz and download the ASSETs folder for this exam.	5 mins
Activity 4: Create a powerpoint version of the Future Soundz website. Make sure you use MASTER SLIDE to create a template for all the pages.	40mins
Plenary Ask a peer to check your work so far and give feedback on what is good and what could be improved.	5 mins

Software Revision

Lesson Objectives

Evaluate your learning of SOFTWARE in ICT so far using online resources
Prepare for Software test next lesson

Starter

1. Launch a new Microsoft Word document and save it as Software Revision 
2. Add the date and title Software Revision 

Main

RED Task 1: Operating Systems

• Revise Operating Systems  - CLICK HERE
• Do the Operating Systems test  - CLICK HERE
• Take a screenshot of your results and add it to your Revision Results document

ORANGE Task 2: Utility Software

• Revise Utility Software CLICK HERE
• Do some Software Quizzes CLICK HERE

GREEN Task 3: Software Concepts

• Revise Software Concepts - CLICK HERE
• Do the Software Concepts test - CLICK HERE
• Take a screenshot of your results and add it to your Revision Results document

Plenary

Add some revision notes to your blog on Software - something that you've not already added previously

Unit 1 - Web Exam_Banner

Lesson Objectives
 - understand how to create an effective banner for a website


Starter

1

2

3

4

Look at these banners and choose one to write about.

Who is the audience?
Why is it effective?
Are the colours appropriate? Why?
Is the font appropriate? Why?
How could you improve them.
                                                     

As part of the exam you will be asked to create a banner for  website. We shall be using exam resources from a previous exam on the topic of recycling. 

OUTCOME: Create a banner for a recycling website.

It needs to:

• Suitable for recycling (What does that mean?)
• Include suitable text
• Include the logo provided

Main Task
Task 1

Download the 'Jan Exam 2014' files in to your sites folder.
CLICK HERE

Task 2

Create a banner in Adobe Photoshop / Fireworks

Size 
Width: 1024
Height: 200

RED TASK             Create basic banner with suitable text and logo	AMBER TASK Using suitable colours and effects
GREEN TASK Experiment with different effects.	CHALLENGE TASK Animate your banner

Photoshop Tutorials Site - HERE

Plenary

Get feedback from a peer:
2 stars and 1 wish

Software - Utility Software

Lesson Objectives
 - identify different types of system utilities (Utility Software) and their function

Starter

Test your knowledge - Applications

Main

Utility Software is used to make sure your computer is safe/secure and running efficiently.
Examples are:

1. anti-virus
2. spyware protection
3. firewall
4. disk formatting
5. file transfer
6. de-fragmentation
7. system clean-up
8. system restore

Red Task
Go to http://www.cambridgegcsecomputing.org/software-main and watch the videos and do the tests on 28. Common Utility Software - Part B and C

Orange Task

Use your examtime.com account to create flashcards for each of the examples above.

Share and embed the code for your flashcards on to your blog

Green Task
Log on to ICTworkout.co.uk and complete an Exercise on Software


Plenary
Look again to check your understanding - Utility Software worksheet

Extension
What is open source software?
Write a definition and add some examples to your blog.

Scratch programming - Lesson 2 Using If and Else

Lesson Objectives

Demonstrate Selection programming using 'if' in Scratch

Starter

Click the image to watch an introduction to 'selection' and 'if'

Main Tasks

NOT GOT SCRATCH ON YOUR MACHINE? - Click HERE

Red Task

Task 1: 'If' in Scratch

a) Launch your Scratch game from last lesson

b) Add some code blocks to your game for the enemy sprite that:

• makes the enemy sprite move in a random direction
• if touching the edge bounce away

Try experimenting with the degrees and steps

Orange Task
Task 2: If Else

Click here to read and learn about If Else

Green Task
Task 3: 'If Else' in Scratch

a) Edit the code blocks of your main character sprite to include an 'If Else' statement

Try changing the 'mouse down?' block and the timings on 'say'

Extension
Add in some If and If Else statements of your own into the game

Plenary

a) Open your Scratch Evidence Document 

b) Complete the Lesson 1 & 2 section

c) Save your work

Homework

Complete the next task in your HomeStudy Booklet


Year 7 Exam Week - next week - 19th-23rd January. Revise HERE

Binary and Logic Gates Revision

Click on the links below for some fun Binary and Logic Gates Revision....

Test next week - Practice on Monday, Exam on Thursday

BBC Bitesize

Binary Fun

Logic Gate Scratch Game

Matching pairs game

Counting with your fingers

Scratch binary game

Scratch binary tutorial

Binary tutorial

Storyboards - Design Choices

Lesson Objectives

Develop project planning skills using storyboard techniques

Starter

1. Download the storyboard templates by clicking here
2. Save them all in your Storyboard folder in SITES> DA203SPB > Evidence > Storyboards

Main

Red Task:
Take photos of EACH of your completed hand drawn storyboards and save them in your folder SITES > DA203SPB > Evidence > Storyboards

You will need at least the following:

Main Menu Screen

Instructions/Help Screen

Back Story Screen

Win Screen

Lose Screen

Orange Task
Insert the images into your storyboards as shown and complete the rules that apply to that screen as shown:

Green Task
Complete the written sections of EACH of your storyboards in FULL SENTENCES with details on the following:

Colour, Font, Layout, Style

Plenary

Link your completed storyboards in to your Changing Worlds portfolio

Unit 1 Web Exam_Lesson1

Lesson Objectives
 - understand the requirements for the Unit 1 Web Exam


Starter

Review of previous exam paper - Jan 2014 paper

We will spend 10 lessons setting up a website 
(you will have 2 and a half hours to do so in the actual exam!!)

Main Task

Red Task
Take a look at the example exams below and answer the following questions:

1. What was the purpose of the website?
2. Who do you think the intended audience was? Why?
3. What do you like about the website in particular?
4. Which elements do you think could be improved and how?

Examplar 1

Examplar 2

Examplar 3

Examplar 4



Orange Task
Think, Pair.. Share 
What makes a GOOD website? Come up with 5 key elements

Green Task
On plain paper, start planning your website design for the Jan 2015 exam

Plenary
Take a look at ALL the help and guidance you will need for the Developing Web Products exam HERE 

Homework

Revise the Google slides HERE

Scratch Programming - Lesson 1

Lesson Objectives
Demonstrate importing and editing sprites using Scratch

Over the next 6-7 lessons we will be creating a game using the Scratch software

Starter
Creating a Main Character
a) Go to makepixelart.com/free/ (or you can create your OWN character in Scratch)
b) Create a main character for your game - the video below will help

Main Task
Red Task
Importing and Programming

Open Scratch and follow the video below to import and edit your main character 

Add script to your main character to so that the character will always follow the mouse

Your script should look like this

Orange Task

Import a sprite that will be the enemy in your game

Green Task

a) Create or import a background for your game

Download your own enemy or object sprite from the internet and import into your game


Plenary
a) Download the Unit 1 Scratch Programming Evidence Document

• Year 7 CLICK HERE
• Year 8 CLICK HERE

b) Save in your SITES > ICT > Unit 1 folder
c) Complete the Lesson 1 section of the document

Homework

Complete the next task in your Home Study booklet