Snap Day 26/11/2015

Go to the the following location:

Students Public   –>   ICT  –>   SNAP 26112015 and click on the shortcut Carnegie Cadets

Instructions

1. Attend the Academy Orientation
2. Obtain a Cyberspace Pass from Commander Omni
3. Use the Cyberpedia in the PAL

4. Speak to Alan in the Atrium and Complete the ReQuest: Alan: The Spam Attack
5. Take the Detention Centre Tour, talk to Officer Ward and view the Wall of Shame
6. Read the character bios in the PAL

7. Read Hint Sheet 02 on Protecting your Personal Information

Reviewing Websites

Lesson Aim

  • Think about criteria for judging a website

  • Understand that an effective website will match the needs and interests of users.

  • Evaluate the good and bad features of websites.

Starter

The Wordsearch (accessed via the link below) contains 15 keywords on the topic of Web Design. Find the words and try to remember them, they maybe useful in future weeks! 😉
Wordfit starter

Main

As a class review the websites below and think about the different features of a website which have to be considered when creating a website.

BBC Website

BBC Children

BBC Beebies

Main Task

Using the template (Choose the appropriate one for yourself) below it is your task to pick two/three of the websites and evaluate them. You need to think about the good and bad points, what you would change and how you might do this.

Bronze worksheet – Level 4C last year

Silver worksheet – Level 4B or 4A last year

Gold worksheet – Level 5C or above

Plenary

Click on the link below and give three must have features in a website

Web review 

 

Year 8 – European Database

Lesson Aim

  • Gather information for creating a database of European Countries

Main Task

Your task is to gather information about the countries in Europe and store it in MS Excel. You need to gather the following information:

  • Name (Country)
  • Area
  • Population
  • Capital
  • Language spoken
  • Currency

Extension

If you complete the gathering of all the information for all the European countries. Create a presentation about one of the countries in MS Powerpoint.