Schools' Computing page

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Schools' Computing page

Web resources to help teach computing courses

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Introduction
General Computing links
National Qualifications
General Purpose Packages
Communication systems & Networks

Introduction
This collection of links is provided by the Business and Computer Education Department of the University of Strathclyde. These links may help you with the teaching of Computing in schools. Included in this collection of pages are converted versions of paper based pupil and teacher materials which were developed as part of inservice courses. It seemed sensible to make the material more widely available since the courses have not run for some time and, with the development of Higher Still, some may have a limited shelf life!
If you have any suggestions for additions to this collection, please send them to d.d.muir@strath.ac.uk who may include them in future versions.
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General
Information about the current availability of Information and Communication Technology in Scottish schools can be found in School Survey of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), October 1999. Previous Scottish surveys can be found at the SCET Annual Survey of Listening, Viewing and use of Microcomputers. A summary of The Internet in Secondary Schools document is also worth reading although it deals mainly (exclusively?) with schools in England.
An excellent source of definitions can be found at the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. This contains definitions of just about every computing term and acronym you can think of and is updated on a regular basis. (For one of the more light hearted entries, try looking up the definition of TLA.
There are many links which are of general interest to Scottish teachers.
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National Qualifications (Higher Still)
Not a lot here at the moment... Just some links that might help with the Computing Higher, in particular the systems unit, the multimedia unit and the networking unit.
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General Purpose Packages
A series of tasks were prepared to support the teaching of this section of Higher Grade Computing (although some of the tasks may be useful in other contexts). The pages are formatted so that, if you wish, they can be printed and used as worksheets. Myrmidon was used to do the original conversion from Word documents to Web pages, but they were then heavily edited in Home Page to get them into the format presented here.
The first set of tasks converted relate to Objects and Operations. Pupils are invited to analyse to different documents by considering the objects they contain and the operations which would have to be performed to produce the documents. The tasks are not dissimilar to a question in the 1992 Higher Grade Paper 1, question 1. Further practical investigations are suggested.
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Jump to section...
Introduction
General Computing links
National Qualifications
General Purpose Packages
Communication systems & Networks

Communication Systems and Networks
Themes is a list of resources which allow pupils to explore the six themes identified in the Higher Grade Computing Arrangements document within the the context of the Communication Systems and Networks section.
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This page was first created on 18 December 1999.
It was last updated on 6 December 2000 by David Muir
Please e-mail comments to d.d.muir@strath.ac.uk
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This site includes links to pages beyond the authors' control for the convenience of this site's users. The authors assume no responsibility for the content of pages accessed by means of these external links. Since web sites frequently change, no guarantee can be made regarding the accuracy of the description of these links. In addition, some of the linked pages may have moved or disappeared. If you discover an in-accurate link on these pages, please notify the author by sending a message to d.d.muir@strath.ac.uk

Jump to section... Introduction General Computing links National Qualifications General Purpose Packages Communication systems & Networks	Introduction This collection of links is provided by the Business and Computer Education Department of the University of Strathclyde. These links may help you with the teaching of Computing in schools. Included in this collection of pages are converted versions of paper based pupil and teacher materials which were developed as part of inservice courses. It seemed sensible to make the material more widely available since the courses have not run for some time and, with the development of Higher Still, some may have a limited shelf life! If you have any suggestions for additions to this collection, please send them to d.d.muir@strath.ac.uk who may include them in future versions. Top
	General Information about the current availability of Information and Communication Technology in Scottish schools can be found in School Survey of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), October 1999. Previous Scottish surveys can be found at the SCET Annual Survey of Listening, Viewing and use of Microcomputers. A summary of The Internet in Secondary Schools document is also worth reading although it deals mainly (exclusively?) with schools in England. An excellent source of definitions can be found at the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. This contains definitions of just about every computing term and acronym you can think of and is updated on a regular basis. (For one of the more light hearted entries, try looking up the definition of TLA. There are many links which are of general interest to Scottish teachers. Top
	National Qualifications (Higher Still) Not a lot here at the moment... Just some links that might help with the Computing Higher, in particular the systems unit, the multimedia unit and the networking unit. Top
	General Purpose Packages A series of tasks were prepared to support the teaching of this section of Higher Grade Computing (although some of the tasks may be useful in other contexts). The pages are formatted so that, if you wish, they can be printed and used as worksheets. Myrmidon was used to do the original conversion from Word documents to Web pages, but they were then heavily edited in Home Page to get them into the format presented here. The first set of tasks converted relate to Objects and Operations. Pupils are invited to analyse to different documents by considering the objects they contain and the operations which would have to be performed to produce the documents. The tasks are not dissimilar to a question in the 1992 Higher Grade Paper 1, question 1. Further practical investigations are suggested. Top
Jump to section... Introduction General Computing links National Qualifications General Purpose Packages Communication systems & Networks	Communication Systems and Networks Themes is a list of resources which allow pupils to explore the six themes identified in the Higher Grade Computing Arrangements document within the the context of the Communication Systems and Networks section. Top