TB2L3 Big Brother

 

ON ENTRY: Think about when you have ever been observed - what did this mean to you?

TARGET: At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Value the methods and benefits of User observation as a means of gathering information  
• Appreciate the methods and benefits of Profiling as a means of gathering information

 

STARTER: Why would the aliens need to observe us before invading??

• Who was being observed?
• Who was doing the observing?
• Did mankind know they were being observed?
• Where did they make their observation from?
• Why were the aliens observing mankind?

TASK:

Use Observations & Profiling in O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 to independently take notes on this lesson's key terms (this will inform your homework for next lesson):

• User Observations
• Profiling

USER OBSERVATIONS:

In pairs, make as many observations about your partner as possible. Using different colours, highlight between Observations and Assumptions (guesses).

You have 5 minutes (2 1/2 minutes each) to complete the Summary section of Observations & Profiling

Observe me... You have 20 seconds to make some Observations and/or Assumptions about me - how did you draw your conclusions?

Using this knowledge consider the Benefits, Method and Reporting of User Observations and complete them on Observations & Profiling - do not be afraid to discuss your answers!!

PROFILING:

Where might you have heard of the term 'Profiling' or 'Profile' before?


Example of Use of Digital Products by Users and Stakeholders

Analyse or 'create User Profiles' for different users of the College website - is it just Students?!


www.hamblecollege.co.uk

EXT 1:

Think about the meaning of 'Stakeholders'. List them in the same way you have just done.

EXT 2:

Choose 1 of your Users you have just suggested. Try to outline the characteristics of the people in that user group.

The example is there to help you, have a go on your own....

OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson...

• All of you will have an understanding of the usefulness of User Observations and Profiling
• Most of you will be able to compare User Groups to Stakeholders
• Some of you will be able to analyse a users Characteristics

PLENARY:

Define for me your understanding of the terms User Observations, Profiling, Stakeholders and Characteristics

Post your answers as a comment on THIS post. Remember to select Name/URL as your profile and only include your FIRST name on your post

EXT: Consider other's views and comment on their posts...



Year 10 - End of Teaching Block 1

BA2 organise your Teaching Block 1 work and justify the conclusions you have come to

TASKS:

1. Use the Progress Tracker to identify what work (if any) you are missing and print if necessary - this includes homework
2. Put this work in order as per the Progress Tracker OR the top sheet of your folder
   
   SHOW ME!!
3. Once all the work is tagged together, use the Green Pens to self evaluate your work
• mini review what you have done
• complete missing sections
• correct spelling/grammar/bits that don't make sense
4. Using your completed project as a guide, write a review of your work
• highlight what you feel you now know, that you didn't before
• what advise you would give to particular audiences when thinking about purchasing a phone
• where your thinking might take you in the future when thinking about mobile technology...

You have 2 hours to complete EVERYTHING!

 

EXT:

 

If you believe you have finished everything, complete an animation (in software of your choice (or online)) summarising what you have learnt in this unit...

Visualise It! Screensaver

BA2 understand the tools of animation to prepare for the next SPB Activity

STARTER:

The chillout zone will include a large flat panel screen. When not in use it will display a screensaver.

Discuss what might be shown on it...

TASK:

Log on and access DrawPlus X6

Make sure you begin a new KEYFRAME ANIMATION

Follow the tutorials, and begin making an appropriate animation of your choice.

HINT: Animation of this style will be a BIG factor of your upcoming screensaver....

TASK:

• Create a character in a brand new animation
• Construct a story that should last about a minute
• Use advanced techniques that are suggested in the tutorial video (paths, envelopes etc)
• EXT: Make sure you have at least one close up of your character...

TODAY'S CHALLENGE! - BY THE END OF THE LESSON!

The chillout zone will include a large flat panel screen. When not in use it will display a screensaver.

Create the screensaver. It must:

• work on a screen at least 100 mm wide
• consist of a sequence of photos you have edited yourself
• loop continuously
• reflect the theme of the chillout zone.

Construct the Screensaver in the way that you have learnt, REMEMBER to set the right width first!!

By the end of this lesson:

• A completed ANIMATED screensaver
• A screenshot and written review of what you set out to do, why, and how you achieved it. Also, did anything not quite work? How did you overcome these problems?

EXT:

Going on to the work for next week, begin to use Google Sketchup as a means of laying out your Chillout room. REMEMBER it is more useful to see the inside rather than the outside!!

HWK: Complete all the work we have produced so far ready for the Christmas markign deadline! (ShowMyHomeowrk.co.uk)

2.1.2 Binary Logic

BA2 breakdown Binary Code by applying Logic Gates


In a nutshell...

The computer uses electronic circuits to store one of two values using a switch - the switch is either on (1) or off (0)

Please open "Binary Logic" from O:\ICT\GCSE Computing and be prepared to answer the questions!

 

 

TASKS FOR TODAY:

• Truth Tables

 

 

Please open "2.1.2 Binary Logic - Test your knowledge" from O:\ICT\GCSE Computing

• Draw a Truth Table for each of the following Boolean expressions:
• NOT(A OR B)
• NOT(A) OR NOT(B)
• A AND NOT(B)
• A AND NOT(B OR C) 
• Draw the logic circuits for each of the expressions above
• Draw the truth tables for A AND (B OR C) and for  (A AND B) OR (A AND C)
• Calculate 3x(5+^) and 3x5 + 3x6
• What do you notice?
• Complete the Binary Logic activity sheet from the past 3 lessons

EXT:

1. Draw a Logic Circuit for A OR (B AND C) OR D
2. How many rows must the truth table have?
3. Complete the truth table
4. De Morgan's law says NOT(B OR C) is the same as NOT(B) AND NOT(C). Show this is true by completing the truth tables
5. The NAND gate is an important type of gate and is used to create a circuit called a flip-flop. Investigate what is a flip-flop, what does it do and why is it important?

 

 

 



TB2L2 Question Time

BA2 develop interview questions as a means to gather information

STARTER:

User Centred Design is an approach that supports the entire development process with user-centred activities, in order to create Digital Products which are easy to use and are of added value to the intended users.

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it!”

Albert Einstein (German born American Physicist (1879-1955))

MAIN TASK:

 

Complete TB2 L2 R2 from O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 listing a Summary, Benefits, Method and Reporting of:

• Interview
• Forums
• Questionnaires

You may work in pairs but complete your own document

TASK 1: INTERVIEW

In pairs, come up with 10 interview questions covering all things you need to know to help you develop the design for your Digital Product.

Post these as a comment on THIS post. Remember to select Name/URL as your profile and only include your FIRST names on your posts


TASK 2: FORUM

Online? Meeting Room? Face2Face?

TASK 3: QUESTIONNAIRES

Complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9V7Q68K

How can I analyse this?

PLENARY:

Complete TB2 L2 R2 with all of your research

HWK:

ShowMyHomework.co.uk

Create your own Survey using http://www.surveymonkey.com/ invite others to complete this Survey and be prepared to analyse your data next lesson.....

 

Practise for Activity 3!

BA2 understand the tools of animation to prepare for the next CA Activity

STARTER:

Textbooks - there importance to you!

• Keeping them safe/in good condition.
• Returning them and Prom/Signing off...

If you have time owing you should finish off Activity 2 as an after school activity. You should ALL come to ICT after school in the near future to polish up your Controlled Assessment.

TASK:

Log on with your NORMAL account and access DrawPlus X6

Make sure you begin a new KEYFRAME ANIMATION

Follow the tutorials, and begin making an appropriate animation of your choice.

HINT: Animation of this style will be a BIG factor of CA Activity 3 beginning next week....


PLENARY:

After school working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Reaction after first marking...

Letters sent home.....

HWK:

Task 3 is due in today! Merits for those who have completed....

2.1.2 Memory

BA2 distinguish between different forms of memory and identify when the use of each is appropriate

STARTER:

You should be able to idwentify how the CPU uses memory by now...

Use the link below to test your own memory. Consider how a computer would order and then recall a process like this.

Memory Test

TASK:

Using a method of your choice, you need to explain and give examples of the following points:

• RAM (Random Access Memory)
• Cache Memory
• ROM (Read Only Memory)
• Virtual Memory
• Flash Memory

EXT:

Within the same document you have created, explain the following:

1. Describe the difference between RAM and ROM
2. How does installing more RAM affect the use of virtual memory and how does this affect the performance of the computer?
3. Investigate the sizes of flash memory drives available and their cost per GB of capacity
4. Investigate new developments in memory technology and describe their benefits over existing RAM technologies
5. Find out how much memory a typical computer had between 1970 and now and plot this on a graph. Write some comments on the results. Define 'Moore's Law'.

Year 9 - Print and Check

BA2 collect and assess your own work ready for marking!

You need to have ALL of the following printed, in order and in your folders by the end of this lesson ready for assessment

• Proposal (Word document)
• Printed Completed Floor Plan (2D Design)
• Printed Completed Wall Elevation (2D Design)
• Printed Cartoon Character (InkScape) 
• Printed Completed Tiling Wallpaper (InkScape)

PLEASE SEE ME BEFORE PRINTING FROM 2D DESIGN!

EXT:

Use the green pens to self evaluate your own work before it is marked by me!

If this is completed an I have checked it, continue with your Wallpaper design.

2.1.2 Computing Hardware - Test your knowledge

BA2 appreciate the importance of Hardware by assessing your base understanding

You have 1 hour to complete this task.

Consider this as an 'open book' test, meaning you can research answers from the Internet if needs be.

Use this document for your answers: 2.1.2 Computing Hardware - Test your knowledge found in O:\ICT\GCSE Computing

COPY + PASTE is pointess - I would rather you got a low mark at this stage with your own knowledge than copy and pasting answers you don't understand!

1. Describe the purpose of the CPU [3 marks]
2. What is meant by 2.2 GHz? [2 marks]
3. What is a Dual-Core processor? [2 marks]
4. Describe how cache memory is used by the CPU [3 marks]
5. What are the key factors that govern the performance of the CPU in a computer? [3 marks]
6. Annotate and explain the functions of all aspects of the below photo of a motherboard

Motherboard

Print this test when complete

2.1.1 Fundamentals of Computer Systems - Test your knowledge

BA2 appreciate the importance of Computer Systems by assessing your base understanding

You have 1 hour to complete this task.

Consider this as an 'open book' test, meaning you can research answers from the Internet if needs be.

Use this document for your answers: 2.1.1 Fundamentals of Computer Systems - Test your knowledge found in O:\ICT\GCSE Computing

COPY + PASTE is pointess - I would rather you got a low mark at this stage with your own knowledge than copy and pasting answers you don't understand!

 

1. Define a System [3 marks]
2. Explain the diffference between proprietary standards and open standards [2 marks]
3. Explain how de facto standards have helped the development of easy to use computer systems [3 marks]
4. Define the term 'embedded system' [2 marks]
5. Explain what the kernel of an operating system is [3 marks]
6. State two reasons why new IT systems can fail to deliver what was intended [2 marks]

Print this test when completed

TB2L1 Getting the go ahead!

BA2 understand the purpose and content of a product brief

STARTER:

Appreciate where TB2 lays in the scheme of the course: Teaching Blocks > Skills Building > Controlled Assessment

Create a short document detailing the definitions of a BRIEF and a PROPOSAL and how they work together

TASK:

1. Audience & Purpose
2. Outline of how it will work
3. Outline of user interface
4. Testing

In your groups, mindmap your section of a Proposal, think about the following points:

• How this will inform design decisions 
• What activities need to be carried out 
• What resources will be needed
• How long they think it will take 
• Identify what else they need to know
• How will they gather the information

TASK 2:

Digital Product: iPad app for the hard of hearing

In your new groups, consider the detail and reason of what kind of information is required, where that information would be acquired from and how it would be acquired. To do this, open up TB2 L1R2 A- D from O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 and complete your section for your new group.

When complete, you will need to print your document once for everyone in your group - everyone should end up with all four sections.

Clip together and place in folders.

HWK:

Showmyhomework - Drafting a Proposal

 

Examples of Proposal MindMaps!

Paper IT! Pattern Design

BA2 demonstrate skills in Inkscape by creating a repeating pattern

 

What to do:

 

Design an original pattern for your wallpaper. It must:

• be created using only digital tools
• be an accurate scaled design
• work on standard wallpaper width (530 mm)
• work as a repeat pattern both horizontally and vertically (you can do this on-screen or by printing it)
• reflect the theme of the zone

TASK/EVIDENCE:

 

Create an image showing that the design works both horizontally and vertically. It must use four repeats of your pattern design (2 x 2).

 

Set a new Inkscape file up as follows: (YOU MUST SET TO 530MM WIDE)

 

File > Document Properties (Shift + Ctrl + D)

 

You may also want to set a GRID and SNAP TO to help you design your pattern and uses the ruler guides to line everything up!

 

 

Examples of Tiling Wallpaper

Here is a tutorial on how to do it professionally in Inkscape to really push yourself!

EXT:

To perform above and beyond, make sure that you create a pattern that uses images that you have created (as the examples above).

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON (PLUS HOMEWORK IF NEEDED):

• Completed Tiling Wallpaper design (InkScape)
• Printed out 4 times and cut to size
• Photograph of 4 sheets in Word/PowerPoint and explanation of what you have done
• Finished Wallaper applied to Wall Elevation (bring both images into PhotoPlus)
• Annotated final image of wallpapered wall
• Everything printed and in folder!

PHOTOS FOUND IN: O:\ICT\NG CiDA\9b1 Photos