Task 3
1 – Define what its functional characteristics are (what does it do)
The object keeps things at a certain temperature so that they can be..
Task 2: Problems
What is a more complex problem you’d like to solve with interactive software?
Dementia is one of the leading causes of death. If there wa..
Task 1: Finding Objects
Choice 1: Find an example in the real world that you can separate into objects that work together to achieve its goal. How would you descr..
Vesna Suvala – Task 1 – Finding Objects!
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Welcome to the new CSER MOOCS 9-10 Explore! WordPress Community! We look forward to your insights on how you are implementing the DT curri..
CSER Adelaide▸ News & Information
We are moving our MOOC Communities to WordPress!
As you would be aware, Google+ is being closed by Google. After consideration, we have decided to move our existing CSER MOOC Google+ Communities to WordPress, where you can continue to browse and actively contribute to a shared CSER MOOC Community.
We have over 15,000 members across our four CSER MOOC Google+ Communities, and we greatly value your contributions and insights supporting the implementation of the Digital Technologies curriculum. CSER will transfer all of the existing posts for each of o
Katrina Falkner▸ News & Information
Hi everyone! I know many of you are curious as to Google's proposed changes to Google+ and what that means for our communities. We are still working through the fine details, but are currently working with Google on a solution – our aim is to migrate our communities to their enterprise system, retaining all of our current posts and information and maintaining all of your access.
I will post updates for you here, including any information on anything, if at all, that you might need to do.
To answer key questions that we have received:
– Our cou
Barry Stanton▸ Task 7 – Testing and Debugging
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The WA curriculum provides a good starting point for learning goals (for example, see Year 9 Digital Technologies page https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/technologies
Barry Stanton▸ Task 6 – Implementing Your Game
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I challenged students to create a computer game using Scratch(R). We discussed the types of games, elements they need to think about and discussed elements of coding over a two week period.
Some students found examples on-line which let me lead into a discussion about incremental and modular development and testing when we compared the initial code we had developed with the final versions of those games.
The four period
Barry Stanton▸ Task 5 – Defining Game Solutions
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The game of Minesweeper shows some interesting aspects as it has changed from the original Windows version to other platforms and later versions. The levels are based on board size and number of mines.
Help is provided through the standard F1-key and gives a basic overview of how to make moves. The rules are included as a section in the help. They are explicit.
The game seems to assume two-button mouse control for input.