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Words do not come easy when a friend and a colleague is taken away so young and so abruptly.

I would like all students who wish to leave a lasting comment about Mr Harrhy as a person and as a teacher to comment on this blog.

David was so committed to making ICT a great subject to all students… let’s make his dream come through at AHS now!

R.I.P

Your friend

Carmine

January 2007 

Dear Year 9 Student, 

From the beginning of the year we have been researching and comparing the lives of young people in the UK and the
USA. 

You have helped to create an online survey and you have used one.

As a result you have been able to collect information and start to analyse the data. 

We are now 3 lessons from the end of the project and we would like you to produce a report which explains what you found out. 

Your reports will provide you and your teacher with your current level of attainment in ICT. This will be a focus of discussion with your parents during parents’ evening.

 The best reports will be put on a website so that young people in the UK and the
USA can download them and read them for themselves.

All of you will be preparing the report for other students to read, only a selection may be asked to present their findings to the all class

YOUR TASKS

1. Complete your analysis by producing charts to prove or disprove your hypothesis. Use the information contained in lesson 7 following this LINK.
2. When you have made the Charts or found the Data to prove/disprove your Hypothesis, You need to follow the link below and SAVE the report that fits your current level in ICT (Ask your teacher for this). Complete the report to the best of your ability following the instructions. GO.

 Thank you and Good Luck!

HI, This is Mr De Grandis.

I am away on a course this morning, but I know you will work hard as our deadline for project 1a is next monday.

I want you to totally finish your presentation and complete the report template. Take this home or come during the week if you think you are behind.

I would also like you to read the information that is included in the link below about Copyright and confidentiality. Click on the link. Then, go to complete the section of the report called so.

Remember I gave you a grid to complete with page numbers and references to your project, if you finish everything else, get ahead and complete that one.

I look forward to see you tomorrow and be amazed by the amount of work you have done in my absence.

yours

Mr De Grandis

P.S. Do not forget to leave me a comment at the end of the two lessons to let me know how you got on. 

P.P.S. Do not forget the Homework on storage devices theory. You find the worksheet and resources in this website, under categories, on the right hand side.

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Here you can dowload a detailed plan of what you will be doing in each lesson for the whole of year 11. Please download this and save it. Contained in this spreadsheet are some very important dates and deadlines that you will have to take note of to ensure you keep your work up-to-date and progress with your project on time.

Year 11 - detailed plan for year 11

Here you can download the word document that you should have came and recieved on lunchtime of the 28th of November regarding the re-entry of either your 1a and/or 1b coursework and/or your 10 year exam.

Year 11 - Letter regarding 1a/1b coursework resubmission (Nov 2006).

What is the topic about? 

This topic is designed to explain to you the great learning tool that the Internet can be and the important role it now plays in the world by allowing us like sharing information, knowledge and ideas. 

In this unit we will also be discussing the dangers of the Internet and the precautions we can take to help protect us again some of the hazards the Internet can present.

Lesson1: Introduction 

This is the first lesson on the topic of searching the web. We will be looking at the differences between fact and opinion and how to tell if a websites content is reliable, accurate, bias or valid by checking various points such as the websites address and the date it was last updated.

Here you can download the presention that was shown in class when introducing the topic:

8.3 - Lesson 1 - Introduction to topic

Here you can download the worksheet that was given to aid you in deciding a ’websites reliablity’:

Website Reliability Worksheet

If you were given the task of creating your own website reliability worksheet, so you know what to look for when checking a website for reliability, accuracy, bias or validity you can download the prompt sheet on how to create one here.

Create your own website reliability check sheet 

The following are links to the teach-ict website and there is a test you can complete to see how much you can remember on the topic of Networks.

Here you can find the network question worksheet you will need to hand write your answers on.  

Here you can find some resources to help you answer the questions fully if you are unsure.

 Here you can download a test based on Networks so that you can find out how much you have taken in.

The following are links to the teach-ict website and to the powerpoint we showed you in class, on the topic of storage devices.

Here you can find both the worksheet you will need to hand write your answers on.  

Here you can find the link to the homework that has come from todays lesson.

You can also download the original powerpoint presentation on ICT Theory - Storage Devices we showed you in class, should you want to save it to keep it for reference when exam time comes around in June.

Hi, I thought it would be interesting to see what technological advances have happened this week.

I will simply post two pictures.

You will be the ones responsible for guessinng what they are and telling the world your opinion on whether they work well or not. Are they a true step forward in using technology to improve the way human beings communicate?

Have fun and post lots of comments.

Ciao

Carmine