Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Scratch Challenge 3 and 4


This sprite/bat moves its wings as it moves towards you.

Scratch Challenge #2


These two sprites move across the screen, and when they touch each other, they go back to where they started.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Scratch Tutorials - Moving-Animation


In this tutorial the parrot flies around the screen...

Scratch Tutorials - Key-Moves


In this Scracth tutorial the cat moves up when I press the up arrow, down when down arrow pressed and right or left when right or left arrow is pressed.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Scrath Tutorials - Keep-Score


In this example of Scratch, the score increases by 1 point every time the shark touches the crab.

Scratch Tutorials - Whirl



In this Scratch tutorial, the cute little monkey sprite whirls.... whatever that means. Well, you can see what it does on the two pictures of the monkey above:-)

Scrath Tutorials - Animate It, Change Colour, Glide and Follow The Mouse


Yeah, so above is another example of what you can do on Scratch :-)
I've made the sprite change costume, so it looks like it's walking, and as it walks, it changes colour. When i press the space button, it glides to different points, and when the green flag in top right corner is clicked, it follows the mouse ;-)

Friday, November 6, 2009

Scrath Challenge #1

SCRACTH IS A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR EVERYONE, IN WHICH YOU CAN CREATE INTERACTIVE STORIES, GAMES, MUSIC AND ART.
Below is an example of what you can do on Scratch:


Here I have made the sprite (the cat) glide from one edge to another. When I press the green flag in the top right corner, it starts to glide.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Sample flowcharts

The blue flowchart will design, code and test and if there is an error, you will be able to go to the beginning and strat all over again.

The green flowchart will turn LED on, start timer, turn LED off and reset timer.

The red flowchart will read template and print the below or above freezing.


Below I have converted an algorithm into a flowchart. Don't know what an algorithm is? There are some definitions in another post below, where algorithm has been defined;-)


Flowchart: Opening a door

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Windows 7






1. What versions is Windows 7 available in?

Windows 7 is available in Starter, Home Premium, Proffesional, Ulitmate, OEM and Enterprise.


2. Describe some of the features of the new taskbar:

Some of the features of the new taskbar include driver support, multitouch groundwork for the future, better battery management and easy-to-use interface.


3.What are jump lists and how will they be useful?

Jump lists are another new taskbar improvement that make recently opended documents easier to get to.


4. How can one quickly size two windows to fill the desktop side by side?

To size two windows to fill the desktop side by side, drag one window to the left edge and one to the right, and they wll automatically resize to fit the desktop.


5.Describe the 9 multitouch gestures that Windows 7 uses:

  1. Tap and double-tap
  2. Planning with Inertia
  3. Selection/Drag
  4. Press and tap with second finger
  5. Zoom
  6. Rotate
  7. Two-finger tap
  8. Press and hold
  9. Flicks

6. What is XP mode? What users would find this feature most useful? Would it be useful?

XP mode creates a virtual XP environment in which you can run older programs. This will be useful for businesses, as it doesn't have much of a practical application for the home consumer.

7. What feature related to to removable drives has Windows 7 removed in a bid to increase security?

To increase security, Windows 7 has removed AutoRun.