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Monday 1st Oct: Continue making website comparison table (complete template on the datapool) & email to me. (Assignment B1 - Part 1)

Tuesday 2nd Oct: Write report showing HOW you searched the web, downloaded info into the mind-map, made the table & emailed it to me. Show & explain screenshots of how you did all these things. (Assignment B1 - Part 2)

Wednesday 3rd:

Print off B1 Assignment parts 1 & 2.

Complete the Self Assessment form for this Assignment (in the datapool).

Put inside folder in Coursework cabinet.

HW: (for Mon 8th) Write 300 words in your hardbacked book describing:
- What you had to do
- How you managed to do it
- What did you like / not like about this coursework.
- Any problems you had or things you didn't understand.
- What software features did you use?
- What have you learned from doing this assignment?

Assignment B1: Activity 1: Making a Table

By the end of this class you will have…
- Put the photocopied notes into your Assignment B1 Project File
- Put the Assignment B1 Project File into your area in the Filing Cabinet
- Created “Assignment B1 Activity 1.doc” in My Docs\Coursework\B1 folder
- Added the title Assignment B1 Activity 1 Using the Internet
- Created a table with the following headings:
--> Search Engine
--> Website / URL
--> Picture of homepage (screenshot)
--> Information found
--> Good Points
--> Bad Points
--> Links to other websites
--> Accessibility
--> Rating (1 – 10)

Fill this table in for 3 sites that you found.

Email this table to me.
(Take screenshots of how you created the email & added the attachment)

Using the Library!

Period 9 – Library Research

Today you will go to the Library, where the Librarians will direct you to resources on “Our Environment” e.g. Pollution, Recycling, Climate Change, Renewable Energy etc…
They will also show you how to use the photocopier.
* Your task is to find and photocopy 2 useful resources.

You will write the details of the book on the back of each photocopy:
Book Title
Author
ISBN
Published By
Page No’s photocopied
You will keep your photocopies safe for future use.

Period 10 – Back to IT1!!!
Continue working on your "Our Environment" Web Research Mindmap

• (The one you had to copy & complete from the datapool)
  Your mindmap should include:
  2 Search Engine ‘Branches’
  You should explain the search terms used
  3 ‘Hits’ branches for each Search Engine
  The web address
  Some text copied from the site
  An image copied from the site
  Use icons to rate the site
  
  Homework
  Write at least ½ a page in your Hard Backed Books describing what you learned about using the library today.

Using Email (ii)

Log on to your C2K email system.

Find out what each of the icons beside "Send" is for.

Complete the table in the datapool GCSE ICT\Theory\Email\AdvFeatures.doc

Using Email

Today we continued learning about Email.
We took down notes describing the main features of an email system, and listed the advantages and disadvantages with this.

You had to log on to your own C2K email system, take a screenshot of a new email window, and label the different parts. This should be printed and stuck into your HBB (hard backed book).

Homework:
- Read page 242 in your text book and add in any advantage / disadvantage that we didn't cover in the notes today.
- Answer Question 3 on pg 247 (can be typed & printed & stuck into your book if preferred).

Using the Internet (ii)

Accessing your School Email:

www.c2kni.net

then

"Learning Services for Schools"

then

Email

Enter "school\C2KUSERNAME" along with your C2K password.

Your email address is C2KUSERNAME@stcolumbs.com or C2KUSERNAME@c2kni.net
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Your task for today is to log on to your email and send me the 5 sentences you wrote for homework, summarising what you learned last week.

Using the Internet (i)

Today we will continue learning about the Internet.

1) Go to "S:\ICT\GCSE ICT\Theory" on the Datapool.
2) Copy the "Using the Internet" folder over to YOUR OWN "Theory" folder (that you created yesterday).
There are 2 worksheets in this folder.
3) You are to read through "Internet 1" and then answer the questions at the end.
You can EITHER:

• Write out the answers by hand in your hardbacked book OR
• Type out your answers in Word (you can use Autoshapes and Clipart to create the diagram in Q7). Stick a print out of the work into your hardbacked book when you are done.

Homework:

• Complete this task, ensuring that all questions are answered in the book.
• In your hardbacked book, write 5 sentences describing what you learned / did this week in ICT class.

Extension Work:

Anyone who completes this task early gets a good comment in their daybook, and can begin working on the second worksheet.