Month: June 2017

Unit 2: Information Systems OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technicals in IT. – ppt download

In this lesson you need to ensure you have completed the following tasks:

A WORD document that describes the storyline of your animation
A completed POWERPOINT research document that covers:
- Early animated characters (Gertie, Steamboat Willie etc)
- The people who created them
- What is a ZOETROPE?
- What is CEL animation?
- What is STOP-FRAME animation?
- A description of a more MODERN animation
- Appropriate IMAGES should be used throughout
- A single TRANSITION style (such as dissolve or swipe) should be used between the slides
- The NOTES section should contain DETAILED information – the slide should have basic bullet points
Your own animated story in POWERPOINT must be finished
It should contain:
- a complete STORY (beginning – middle – end)
- at least TWO background scenes (using the Slide Master)
- Automatic transitions (should not need to click to move it forward)
- TITLES (at the beginning) and CREDITS (at the end)
Write an assessment of someone else’s work (a PEER review). How well have they completed the task as outlined above?
ALL OF YOUR WORK MUST BE STORED IN A FOLDER CALLED ‘ANIMATION’ INSIDE YOUR YR 7 COMPUTING FOLDER. MOVE IT OR RENAME IT IF YOU HAVE TO

You have previously completed a database task following specific sets of instructions.

It is now time for you to apply your database knoweldge in a practical task you work on independently.

Your challenge is to create a database on the theme of Heroes of Computing.

Who were/are the important figures in the development of computing?
- e.g. Turing, Lovelace, Babbage
What categories of data will you need to display?
- Name, Surname, DoB, DoD. What else
What will the data types be that you need to use?
How will you capture the data?
- clue: remember the pizza parlour exercise we did?
How can you be sure that information you research is correct?

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