Welcome to the introductory lesson for GCSE Computing. For 2014/16 I have decided that we will follow the course offered by Edexcel. I feel that this will give you a far better learning experience and that you will be better equipped to tackle AS Level and beyond.
LEARNING BLOG
You will be required to set-up your own learning blog. This is where you will record what you have learned in lessons, show links to Google docs containing your homework and receive feedback. You can use your yellow exercise books to take notes etc.
TASKS
1. Go to Blogger and create your blog.
2. Reply to this post with the URL of your learning blog.
EDEXCEL GCSE COMPUTING
The specification for the course is below.
http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCSE%20New%20GCSE/9781446908358_GCSE_Lin_CompScie_web.pdf
TIMESCALE
This is a link to the initial plan of what we will cover over the next two years. Depending on the progress we make this may be adjusted.
http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCSE%20New%20GCSE/Edexcel_GCSE_Computer_Science_Course_Planner_v2.xls
NEXT LESSON
If you haven't already make sure THAT YOU HAVE ENROLLED IN AND ARE FOLLOWING THE CODECADEMY Python course. Python will be the language we will use for the controlled assessment - you cannot use anything else.
HOMEWORK
Reply to this post with 5 facts about Python.
http://artlawtoncomputing.blogspot.co.uk/ My Gcse Blog
ReplyDeleteMy blog (Josh): joshy10computingblog.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletehttp://leilasummerscomputingblog.blogspot.co.uk/
ReplyDelete- Python was created by Guido van Rossum in 1991
ReplyDelete- He named it Python because he liked Monty Python
- He used a language called ABC for scripting, he liked it but felt it lacked features. He felt he could utilize ABC and another language called Modula-3 to create his own language better suited to his tasks.
- In most programming languages to show the start and finish of a section of code you would use ‘Begin’ and ‘End’ or curly brackets/braces { } or other similar methods, however in Python and some other languages indentation is used, for example:
#Set variables
i = 1
times_table = 5
#Main part of program
while i<=10:
print(i, "x ", 5, " = ", i*5)
i = i + 1
#End program, and indentation returns to left.
input("To end program press RETURN")
- Web pages can be written in Python, when you do this you use the .py extension instead of the .html used when writing in HTML/CSS
The formatting on the code that I inserted in that last post messed up when I clicked publish. The 6th and 7th line are supposed to be indented from the rest of the Code.
Delete1. Python 1.0 started in 1991.
ReplyDelete2. Python ranked in the top eight most popular programming languages.
3.The inventor is a fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus so he named it after the film.
4. The creator of the programming language is Guido van Rossum.
5. In 1989, during the Christmas holidays, he decided to give it a try and design a language which he later called Python.
5 facts about Python (Programming language)
ReplyDelete1. The Python programming language was named after "Monty Python's Flying Circus" sketch.
2. Guido van Rossum is the creator of Python. He was born on the 31 of January 1956 and
is a Dutch computer programmer. He is best known for creating the coding language.
3. Python was first conceived in the late 1980's and then the initial designs started in 1989.
4. Python 1.0 was released in December 1997. Python 2.0 was released in 2001, It had major
changes such as; more community based work, and a full garbage collector.
5. The latest Python update is V3.4 and it was released on March 16th this year.
1. The code blocks work on indentations rather than braces, which makes python inherently very readable.
ReplyDelete2. The name came from Monty pythons flying circus. So it has nothing to do with the species of snakes.
3. Python is one of the official languages at Google.
4. Guido Van Rossum is the inventor of Python.
5. Python was invented in December of 1989- early 1990.
5 facts about Python:
ReplyDelete1:It was created in 1991 by Guido Van Rossum
2:Many organisations such as Google and NASA use python
3:Python was created as a successor to the ABC programming language
4:It is called Python because the creator was a big fan of “Monty Python's Flying Circus”
5:The core philosophy of the language is:
Beautiful is better than ugly
Explicit is better than implicit
Simple is better than complex
Complex is better than complicated
Readability counts