May 012018
 
  1. Prezi
    1. http://prezi.com/v7mm9_wuxizf/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
  2. Packet’s tale
    1. http://viewpure.com/ewrBalT_eBM?start=0&end=0
  3. Mysterious cables
    1. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/oct/23/mysterious-cable-uk-us
  4. Submarine cable map
    1. https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
  5. http://viewpure.com/H9R4tznCNB0?start=0&end=0
  6. Packet game
  7. How do search engines work?
    1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/ztbjq6f#zqdfyrd
  8. BBC KS2 Computer Science
    1. https://www.bbc.com/education/topics/zs7s4wx
Apr 242018
 

Previous post – Mindmaps (1)

  • Go to Google Drive
  • Open your mind map from last week
  • Add ideas to your mind map
  • Can you…
    • Make the text bigger for main branches? (Drag the corner)
    • Add a picture?
      • On a new tab, find a picture
      • Click tools – clipart (we need really simple pictures)
      • Save image
      • In Coggle, click on the picture button and find your picture in Downloads or My Drive
  • ** In Coggle
    • Use the ? menu to learn how to do tasks quicker (shortcuts)
    • Click on markdown  on ? menu to find out how to format text
  • You could get some ideas for main branches and information here:

Success steps

  • recall ideas from topic;
  • classify ideas;
  • understand branch structure/rules of mindmaps;
  • explore new software with curiosity and positivity;
  • load blog.

Next post – Mindmaps (3)

Apr 242018
 

Famous Ships

  • Open this j2e page:  https://www.j2e.com/st-marks-wilts-sch-uk/Mr+W/Y3+Famous+ships+with+table/
  • Save
  •  Complete the table by putting in the lengths of the ships
  • Create a horizontal bar chart and make it the width of the page
  • Send the graph to the back by clicking ScreenHunter_80 May. 08 14.22
  • Make each ship the length of the bar on the bar chart.
  • Delete the bar chart
  • Line up the ships to make a bar chart of ships
  • Make the page into an attractive poster
    • add a title
    • could add a ship page border
    • don’t resize the ships!