Welcome to the summer 2010 newsletter
This newsletter contains details of new exercises that have been added to the icthomework site over the past term.
New exercises - June 28th 2010
Additional exercises on spreadsheet functions have been added to the Modelling section of the exercises menu. These look in detail at the SUM and IF functions. A number of Common Spreadsheet Functions, such as AVERAGE, MEDIAN and MODE are also covered. These exercises are supported by interactive models like the example below:
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An exercise entitled Database Sorting data has been added to the Database Searching section. This exercise covers the idea of nested sorting.
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An exercise which explores the idea of gestural interfaces and People as Input Devices has been added to the Hardware section. This supplements the other input/output exercise in this section. |
New exercises - April 26th 2010
ICT students have a great deal of exposure to software tools. As a consequence, they are fairly adept at manipulating virtual environments. They are perhaps less aware of the physical tools that are available to support virtual activities.
To help students to develop a greater appreciation of the hardware that supports their curriculum, we have added a new Hardware section to the exercises menu. This contains exercises on Keyboard Shortcuts, Input/Output Devices, Storage and Ports.
