Now that I do not work at Chace I will NOT be providing any after-school sessions.
This page is simply a placeholder to maintain the link to the list of after-school session postings. The previous announcement for 2009/2010 part 3 can be found here.
GCSE ICT after-school sessions - 2010 onwards
Summer break - and closing down
The usual post at this time of year says, "No posts - apart from this one - during August.".
But now that I have finished teaching, this weblog must close not just for August but more permanently. There may be the 'odd' post but nothing like the two or three updates per week I have maintained for some time now.
This site will remain operational for one year in the event that anyone finds it useful. Then it will be archived elsewhere for my own use.
As usual I hope you have a good summer break and that when you return in September you make the most of all the opportunities that are made available to you.
What if CCS-PK had been on Geocities?
Geocities was a 'community' site started in the early 1990's that became very popular for a time and made it easy for people to set up their own "homepage". These were often very garish. It was taken over - and later closed - by Yahoo!
This site - Wonder Tonic - has a page where you can enter any URL and see what the page might look like if it had originally been created on Geocities - you can see how 'CCS-PK' came out in the picture at the top. (Click here to see the current CCS-PK Geocitized.)
Here are some other sites that have been Geocity-ised :
This site - Wonder Tonic - has a page where you can enter any URL and see what the page might look like if it had originally been created on Geocities - you can see how 'CCS-PK' came out in the picture at the top. (Click here to see the current CCS-PK Geocitized.)
Here are some other sites that have been Geocity-ised :
A couple of games for summer
The holidays are here and I thought you might like a couple of games to help pass the time.
First - 'The IT Crowd' game.
Based on the popular Channel 4 series written by Graham Linehan. Your job? Help manage the network, get rid of spam, stop viruses and lots of other lovely IT admin stuff. And if it stops working you know what to do ..... that's right ..... turn it off and back on again.
Second - 'What the Hex' game.
If the 'IT Crowd' game made you feel like a real IT sysop then prove it .....
In 'What the Hex' you have to choose the correct colour from the ones shown by reading the RGB colour which is shown in hexadecimal notation. (Read about it here at Debbie T's)
Extra - 'Pixel Breakout'
This can hardly be called a game - which is why the title of this posting mentions only a couple of games - but it's quite neat and a bit of fun too. Based on one of the early video games, Breakout, where you controlled a bat which was used to keep a ball in play while also knocking bricks out of a wall.
In this version the ball and the bricks are pixel-sized. It starts slowly but does get quite hectic AND delightful. Refresh the page to try it again.
(Found via BoingBoing.)
First - 'The IT Crowd' game.Based on the popular Channel 4 series written by Graham Linehan. Your job? Help manage the network, get rid of spam, stop viruses and lots of other lovely IT admin stuff. And if it stops working you know what to do ..... that's right ..... turn it off and back on again.
Second - 'What the Hex' game.If the 'IT Crowd' game made you feel like a real IT sysop then prove it .....
In 'What the Hex' you have to choose the correct colour from the ones shown by reading the RGB colour which is shown in hexadecimal notation. (Read about it here at Debbie T's)
- if you find 5 colours too hard try it with just two colours to choose from - EASY
- on the other hand you might want to try ten colours - HARD
- then again, if you really are an IT superstar try the 48 colour version - MADNESS
Extra - 'Pixel Breakout'This can hardly be called a game - which is why the title of this posting mentions only a couple of games - but it's quite neat and a bit of fun too. Based on one of the early video games, Breakout, where you controlled a bat which was used to keep a ball in play while also knocking bricks out of a wall.
In this version the ball and the bricks are pixel-sized. It starts slowly but does get quite hectic AND delightful. Refresh the page to try it again.
(Found via BoingBoing.)
Volunteering
The summer holidays are coming up - why not set yourself something difficult to achieve - it will probably take you more than just
the summer vacation as well.
There are lots of activities that you can offer your time and enthusiasm towards. This Google search will show you lots of activities in Enfield.
I expect some of you have already thought about getting involved with the London 2012 Olympic Games too - they are looking for people who can present themselves and London in a positive way.
There are lots of activities that you can offer your time and enthusiasm towards. This Google search will show you lots of activities in Enfield.
I expect some of you have already thought about getting involved with the London 2012 Olympic Games too - they are looking for people who can present themselves and London in a positive way.
Make a working Lego model
The summer holidays are coming up - why not set yourself something difficult to achieve - it will probably take you more than just the summer vacation as well.
The picture above shows a Lego Technic model - it is a fully-working bridge launcher. It carries it's own bridge which it can lay across a gap, it then crosses the bridge and is finally able to pick up the bridge and move on to the next location.
You can see it in action - with full 'Thunderbirds' theme tune - in the video below.
I first came across this wonderful model via the Makezine site here. The actual "maker" is Peer Kreuger who has a Flickr site with pictures of this and other models.
So ..... why not use a bit of time this summer ..... and get making.
Learning a language
The summer holidays are coming up - why not set yourself something really difficult to achieve - it will probably take you more than just the summer vacation as well.
Making a list of things to do is often referred to as a "bucket list" and there are many sites that can advise you how to go about this or even provide somewhere to store your list. You can even look at other lists to get some ideas of things to set yourself to do. (This Google search will start you off.)
Today I'm going to suggest you try learning Mandarin Chinese. Certainly difficult but most likely to be very useful in the future as China becomes a more dominant force in the world.
Making a list of things to do is often referred to as a "bucket list" and there are many sites that can advise you how to go about this or even provide somewhere to store your list. You can even look at other lists to get some ideas of things to set yourself to do. (This Google search will start you off.)
Today I'm going to suggest you try learning Mandarin Chinese. Certainly difficult but most likely to be very useful in the future as China becomes a more dominant force in the world.
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