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Monday, 22 April 2019

IB Final Papers Revision

Just a last reminder to help you prepare for your IB final papers.

https://youtu.be/hP5TNI_2VRs how to keep focused (general advice)
This former IB DP CS student summarises the general recommendations we have shared in class: https://youtu.be/RtWxiryDrek
http://www.teachcomputing.net/ib/computer-science.html
http://ibcomp.fis.edu
I've updated my blog with links to topics you requested in class: http://technomess.blogspot.com/search/label/ib

Best luck in your revision and finals!

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

The following HTML & CSS exercises have some questions outside the IGCSE ICT syllabus, but I think they can be very useful to practice and prepare. They include hints and answers. I'm adding recommendations on which ones to do and which ones to skip. Quizzes are available at the same website, but are optional, just one more resource to study and remember.

HTML EXERCISES @ https://www.w3schools.com/html/exercise.asp

From HTML Attributes to HTML Lists
Skip HTML quotations
Skip HTML classes and id, but we will study these later, they sometimes appear in the real exams. https://css-tricks.com/the-difference-between-id-and-class/

CSS EXERCISES @ https://www.w3schools.com/css/exercise.asp

Start from CSS Syntax, all the way to ...
CSS Positioning, up to and including exercise 3
Skip CSS Overflow, but ...
Do CSS Align Exercise 1

DO NOT FORGET:
Use validators when in doubt--

The types of CSS and their differences--

In a nutshell: external < internal < inline

Sunday, 25 November 2018

HTML and CSS for ICT

HTML & CSS revision resources for (I)GCSE ICT

To revise at home, may use the following resources to study, revise and prepare for our course's examinations and practicals.

Reference:

https://www.w3schools.com/
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/
https://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input HTML validator (checks and shows errors)
https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/#validate_by_input CSS validator

Tutorials/Learning tools (note that these may not be IGCSE ICT-specific):

https://youtu.be/bupWPZdXqIA <= excellent video tutorials about HTML & CSS (not IGCSE ICT-specific, detailed and thorough); you may want to skip to video number 6 (CSS basics) if you find the pacing on the slow side at the beginning
https://youtu.be/6mZsGqMHV9E <= IGCSE ICT web authoring taks of the specimen paper 3; author has video tutorials about other practical tasks as well, check his channel
Check the HTML examples from W3Schools and their HTML online exercises as well
They also have CSS examples and CSS exercises
https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/index.php online exercises to practice HTML & CSS, with answers

Memory training:

Minimum set of HTML tags and CSS selectors

This is a list of what you should know. It is a suggestion and may not be exhaustive; always check and compare against the examination topics and your current syllabus). For example, <!DOCTYPE> and <META> are not included, although you may be asked about them in exams and they are useful to know; I just do not consider them as essential as others.

HTML

<html>
<head>
<body>

<title>
<style>
<h1 … h6>
<p>
<br />
<hr />
<img />
<a href="">
<a href="mailto: ...?subject= …">
<a name="anchor_name">
<a href="# anchor_name">
<b> <strong>
<i> <em>
<u>
<s> <strike>
<sub> <sup>
<ol> <ul>
<li>
<table> <caption> <thead> <tbody> <th> <tr> <td> (also remember colspan and rowspan)

CSS

Size in pixels (at least px and % )
RGB hex notation #000000 ~ #FFFFFF
RGB (decimal notation) – rgb(0,0,0) ~ rgb(255, 255, 255)
width
height
background-color
background
background-repeat
background-image
background-position
color
text-indent
text-align
text-decoration
text-transform
letter-spacing
word-spacing
font
font-family
font-style
font-weight
font-stretch
font-size
font-size-adjust
margin
margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left
padding
padding-top
padding-right
padding-bottom
padding-left
border
border-top
border-bottom
border-right
border-left
border-color
border-top-color
border-right-color
border-bottom-color
border-left-color
border-style
border-top-style
border-right-style
border-bottom-style
border-left-style
border-width
border-top-width
border-right-width
border-bottom-width
border-left-width
table-layout
border-collapse
border-spacing
list-style
list-style-type
list-style-image
list-style-position

Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Databases with FileMaker Pro

If you have to work with FileMaker Pro instead of MS Access, these resources will hopefully make your life a little easier:

Best luck!

Monday, 27 April 2015

IB Computer Science Exam Revision

Hi there!

I will be using this blog to save and manage my resources for the computer subjects I teach. I may transfer them later to a wiki, which in my opinion is the ideal format for this, but I want to try the blog format first, as I will do my best to post every time we are meant to have a lesson (both standard and higher levels). If you subscribe, you should get notifications as soon as I post an entry, and perhaps this way you can also study "on the go"/wherever you are.

A full list of topics for IB Computer Science can be found here.
A couple of glossaries of Computer Science terms can be downloaded from our school's online class resources.

Hope you will find this useful. Mainly for my awesome IB Computer Science students, but this may also be useful if you're taking (I)GCSE ICT/Computer Science and similar courses.

I will be working on a "Table of contents" blog entry as well, which I will post separately and link to this entry as well, so if you're interested, keep an eye on this blog!

Thanks for reading and best luck!

tM.

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