Thursday 26 February 2015

Unit 9 'Creating an app' - Lesson 1

Your tasks this lesson!

There is a homework task for this unit. It's on the first screen when you click on Unit 9 (under the list of all the lessons).
Write it down in your planner - it's due 20th March.  it will take a while to do some research before writing it up on a blog post titled 'Homework' or attaching a correctly shared Google doc or presentation.

For this unit you will either be using a tablet provided or you can use your phone if it is an Android phone and has internet connection.

You will need to organise yourselves into groups of 5 or 6 (or less) depending on the number of people using their own phones.  You will need to use a PC or Chrome book to refer to and another one to write the app on, plus a tablet to upload it to at the end.

1.  Go to Unit 9 'Creating an app' - Lesson 2.

2.  Read through the teacher's presentation.

3.  Do what it says on slide 9 - go to Activity sheet 1.

4a.  Activity sheet 1 - On your computer or Chrome book, go to the link on slide 2 and click the orange Create button.  (You shouldn't need to follow instructions 3 and 4 to get to the screen shown).

4b.  On another Chrome book or PC in the group, go to slide 3 and watch the video.  Copy the steps in the video on the Chrome book or PC that has the app open on it.

5.  When you're done, get a help sheet for emailing from the box the tablets came in and follow the instructions on it - the email address for the tablet is on a sticker on the tablet cover. 
If you have the pink tablet, you need the help sheet for scanning the QR code as the scanner for that works on that tablet (but not the others)

6.  If you have time, write a description of today's lesson on a new Blog post.

7.  Please return the tablets back to Mr Surrall's office at the end of the lesson - thank you

Tuesday 10 February 2015

Last lesson of Unit 11 Networking

Last lesson of Unit 11 Networking

This is your last chance to improve your work before I submit your reports!

Firstly, make sure you have done all the tasks below from last lesson

1.  Improve your work where and how I have suggested and Update those Blog posts.

2. Make sure there are no posts missing for any of the lessons - if there are, then please either Publish them if they are still Drafts or go to that lesson on Learning Computing and write up a summary of the info for that lesson on a new post.  Give it a relevant title and Publish it.

3.  Email me to let me know which Blog post/s you have improved.

This is your last chance to improve on the unit grade and effort grade I have given.  If you had posts missing I will have given you either an effort grade 3 or 4, depending on how much work was missing - you don't want that on your report!

Last chance to improve all your grades and effort mark before I send your reports in on Thursday 12th Feb!!!

Secondly........
4.  Create a Google presentation explaining how you could network 15 computers in a classroom.  Describe what type of network it would be (LAN or WAN) and the best layout to use (bus, ring or star) and why.  Include diagrams to help explain your choice.  What equipment will you need?

5.  Share your presentation correctly (Advanced - Anyone with the link) and paste the link to a new Blog post for this lesson.  Publish!

Thursday 5 February 2015

Feedback lesson Unit 11 Networking

Tasks for this lesson!

I have marked your Blog posts for this unit.

You are to spend this lesson reading my comments and acting on them! 

1.  Improve your work where and how I have suggested and Update those Blog posts.

2. Make sure there are no posts missing for any of the lessons - if there are, then please either Publish them if they are still Drafts or go to that lesson on Learning Computing and write up a summary of the info for that lesson on a new post.  Give it a relevant title and Publish it.

3.  Email me to let me know which Blog post/s you have improved.

This is your chance to improve on the unit grade and effort grade I have given.  If you had posts missing I will have given you either an effort grade 3 or 4, depending on how much work was missing - you don't want that on your report!

Last chance to improve all your grades and effort mark before I send your reports in on Monday!!!