Christopher Whitehead Language College Year 8 ICT & Computing Extended Learning Project (ELP) Spring Term 2015 Date given out: Date due: Help is available in the LRC, the LSC and at the ICT department club (Tuesday in CR2 from 3.15pm-4.00pm) Name __________________________________ Learning Mentor Group _____________________ ICT Teacher___________ ICT Group_________ ASSESSMENT You have achieved the following grade for this ELP How your home learning will be assessed: Your Extended Learning Project is a RESEARCH Task! 1. When you hand in your work, we will be checking that you have completed each of the tasks. 2. You will then take a YacaPaca Quiz, in class, based on the contents of the research you have carried out. 3. Your percentage score will then be recorded as your ELP Grade. 2 Dear Parents/ Carers, Welcome to the Year 8 E.L.P for ICT and Computing. This booklet contains a series of homework RESEARCH tasks which are based on Computing. Your child’s teacher will provide support with the work and explain what should be done. We are also expecting students to go away and think for themselves. We value parental/ guardian support with the completion of this E.L.P. Some students will need more support than others and we hope that this is not too onerous for you. We do not expect you to spend hours on the project yourself. However it is important that you get an insight in to the sort of work that we expect students to complete. Your comments are valuable and I would ask you to complete the parental section on the back page. The E.L.P aims to foster the students’ independence, confidence, group work and life long learning related to ICT and Computing. Enjoy! 3 Task 1a: Hardware, Software and Storage Hardware: This is all the parts of a computer system you can physically touch. You need to be able to identify the difference between Input and Output devices Software: This is all the programs that the computer runs. Computers use TWO kinds of software: 1. An Operating system: this is the software that controls the whole computer system e.g. Windows, UNIX or MAC OS 2. Application software: this is things like Microsoft Office, Scratch and Games etc. Storage Devices: Any device which is used to store data is called a storage device. There are lots of different types, each with their own purpose and use. YOUR TASK Complete the table below; identifying the categories the item falls into. The first one has been done for you. Hardware Printer  Software Storage Input Device Output Device  Microphone Speaker Barcode Reader DVD Scratch CS5 Dreamweaver Digital Camera Web Cam Joy Stick MS Office Monitor Flash Drive Keyboard Mouse Projector Magnetic tape Scanner Audacity Biometric Devices AVG 15 Touchpad 4 Task 1b: What’s inside a computer Component Picture What does this component do? Hard Drive CPU Motherboard RAM Graphics card Power supply 5 Task 2a: Computer Networks A network is two or more computers connected together. Computers in a network can communicate with each other. We use a computer network at CWLC to allow us to share printers and files. This is an example of a network Question 1: Explain the term Local Area Network (LAN) Question 2: Explain the Wide Area Network (WAN) 6 Task 2b: Network Topologies Star Networks:  Used when a large number of workstations need to be connected to a central computer, such as a main frame or server.  Each workstation is connected directly to the central computer Question 1: Draw and label a diagram for a Star Network Line (Bus) Networks:  Data is sent to and from the file server along a line of cable.  All terminals are connected to this central line Question 2: Draw and label a diagram for a Line Network Ring Network: A bit like a line network, except that all the equipment is linked in a ring. Data flows around the network in only one direction Question 3: Draw and label a diagram for a Ring Network 7 Task 2c: Advantages and Disadvantages of Network Topologies Question 1: Complete the following table, showing the advantages and disadvantages of each type of network. Network Advantages 1. Disadvantages 1. 2. 2. 1. 1. Star Line (BUS) 2. 1. 1. 2. 2. Ring 8 Self Assessment Student What Computing knowledge have you developed? How do you feel about the project as a whole? What Effort grade would you give yourself? Urgent Improvement Needed Requires Improvement Good Outstanding Parent comment 9