Reflections on the CAT practical exam

This year I was a good girl and set my practical examination papers out the number of marks as indicated in the Subject Assessment Guideline...

PAT - Value of

Seeing these final OMEWA PATs made me again realise how valuable the PAT is. A while ago a teacher posted a message on the CompStudies maili...

Videos - Downloading off the Internet and YouTube

There are many ways to get videos off the net and YouTube but most cost dollars! I do not have money to spare so try anything for free. So...

Gr 11 PAT - Value of OMEWA for revising

By using the features of Word, Excel and Access themselves and talking about it with their neighbours the learners processed the skills agai...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 5 and 6

Here are a selection of the final reports of the PAT from Justus , Kleinhans , Kolbe and Meiring . Marking this phase was very easy and qu...

Gr 11 2007 CAT and RTT National Practical Papers

These are the 2007 Grade 11 National papers I have managed to resource. English Question paper and English Data Files Afrikaans Question pa...

Gr 11 PAT - Phases 5 and 6

My learners are busy with the final phase of the PAT where they have to create a report, with sections showing the use of Excel for analysin...

Teacher training

I recently met two CAT teachers. One has a B.Sc in Computer Science and the other has a degree in Information Systems. Have they attended ...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 5 and 6

I wish to highlight the problems I have encountered in the last phase, the report. The rest of the report so far has been fine. FRONT Intro...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 4

This Grade 11 PAT Phase 4 – wow! The average for the database is 87%. A few learners did not have 30 records, and many left the title off t...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 4

This phase has enabled the most wonderful revision of practical skills in a meaningful way! The instructions and checklists have touched on...

Information Systems at UCT

UCT Information Systems Department in the Faculty of Commerce hosted an interesting afternoon today. They discussed the huge IT skills shor...

Gr 10 PAT - Phase 1

I met a CAT teacher who was so dankbaar vir al die opmerkings vanaf die blog post ‘Gr 10 PAT - Phase 1’ (11 October). Sy sé sy het amper di...

Training of CAT teachers

I have had the pleasure of training the 2nd year teachers doing an ACE course in CAT at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) f...

Gr 10 PAT - Phase 1

The learners had wonderful ideas for their celebrations and they enjoyed the planning stage. However many had difficulty doing the planning...

Examinations

Getting the balance in examinations is a bit tricky. Each AS does NOT carry the same weight. Not all ASs are tested in a written or practi...

Gr 12 planning documents

On the Grade 12 CD you can find the yearly Assessment program and Work schedules (Eng) and Work schedules (Afri) , and other useful materi...

Setting CAT examination papers

During the holidays I started setting my end of year exam papers. Here is what I will use as my check list for setting papers. Written pape...

Gr 10 PAT

The PAT is available for Gr 10. This PAT is based on Celebrations and Feesvieringe . Geniet dit!

Why use Excel, Access and Word – Reflections

I teach/train CAT teachers at a local university. They are finishing their PAT. On completion of Phase 4 I asked them to write down why/ho...

Between Themes / Video / Windows Movie Maker

May I propose that between themes we do something different? My Grade 10s had finished Theme 3 and I was tired from marking all the Matri...

Gr 10 Integrated task 3 on Pages 20-22

Does anyone else experience the same challenges? The Integrated Task at the end of Theme 3 is a ‘group’ task so why do the learners hand in...

Gr 11 Access test

The Grade 11s did their first Access test. We all work in different ways and use different ways to get the learners to eventually succeed. ...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 4 - Survey

My learners have moved on to the next phase of their PAT – the survey. For the survey they needed to have 10 completed forms. They need to...

Where are we now and future of IT/CAT

Many computer teachers attended a meeting at the Centre for High Performance Computing of the CSIR in Rosebank yesterday http://www.chpc.org...

Keeping a balance

I spent some time with teachers recently. We discussed some ways of coping and keeping a balance in life. Here is a summary Be tolerant and...

Blogging

The Debating teacher at our school created this blog http://phsdebate-aad.blogspot.com/ for the Debating Society. She followed the instruc...

PATs - In general

Grade 11 - The marking of Phases 1 and 2 went really quickly. The learners had done much of their work in tables and I was able to skim th...

Access - Inserting image in a form possibly in the PAT

The learners may want to add pictures to their PAT database. This video can teach learners how to add images to a database and view them ...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 3

I am so excited. Here is a list of what my learners are creating to show the management of Omewa the uses of Excel - Accommodation fees, Ac...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 3

My learners are collecting information for Phase 3 of Omewa PAT. Their questions in Phases 1 and 2 were bad, I know, and some of the presen...

Gr 10 PAT from the Gr 10 SAG

Some teachers made these comments about Phase 1 of the Grade 10 PAT in the 2007 SAG. Some of these comments are applicable to other PATs as ...

Gr 11 PAT - Phases 5 and 6 - Documents

Here are the last phases of the Omewa PAT, phases 5 and 6 - the English and Afrikaans versions.

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 4 - Documents

The instruction and assessment sheets for Phase 4 are available in Afrikaans and English .

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 3

This should have been dealt with in Phases 1 and 2, but I am now trying to fix something not done! The learners cannot follow instructions!...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 3

I started working with my learners today on Phase 3. I returned their Phases 1 and 2. Only 1 learner out of 55 had given me an example of ...

Blogging - Create first blog

Blogging is most useful. Listen to the slide show or read the pdf of the slide show.

Gr 11 PAT - Survey

Give this to the learner BEFORE they start Phase 4 (Processing of information) Remember that you have to process the data received on your...

Monitoring the learners’ work

All of my learners have to print out their work, all the activities and tasks. My web shows what work has to be done each week. I have st...

Gr 11 Excel and Access

What a wonderful week with Grade 11! They have spent the last few days working on Excel doing the section on Analysing data (pages 184-193)...

Gr 11 PAT – Phases 1 and 2 – Comments

I have just finished marking phases 1 and 2. Most of my learners created wonderful questions on Cybertracker. But I want to hang my head in...

Gr 11 PAT - Phase 3 - Documents

Please find the link to Phase 3 of the PAT in English3 and in Afrikaans

PATs

I have been thinking and 'broeiing' about the PAT a lot lately. We are working on the assessment for the Gr 11 OMEWA PAT and also cr...

This weekend

I have been putting off marking the Grade 11 PAT Phases 1 and 2 – it just seems so much marking but then again there must be a clear system ...

Excel - Analyse data with a pivot table

Analyse information with a pivot table. Hope this short video will be of use.

Gr 11 PAT - Phases 1 and 2

For teachers Problems encountered Learners need guidance on designing a survey. That is covered in many places including pages 312-322. Be s...

Gr 11 PAT - Questions

My learners asked me how many questions must they have – The answers is ‘Enough questions to get information to solve the problem. Keep the...

PAT – General overview

Try this fun presentation to check if you have grasped all the features of the PAT.

Access - Datatypes quiz

Use this quiz to consolidate knowledge of Access datatypes.

Excel - Errors quiz

Use this quiz to check if you can identify common errors in Excel. The information was found on Page 150 of the Grade 11 book.

Excel - Functions quiz

Excel as many ready made functions. Use this test to check if you can identify some important functions.

Access - Primary key quiz

A primary key plays an important role in a database. Use this test to consolidate knowledge of the primary key.

Excel - Gr 11 Activity 4 on page 189

I had a worried phone call from a teacher. She could see the formulas in cells C15 to C19, but not the answers! Solution – select those ce...

Gr 11 PAT - Phases 1 and 2

I have started with my PAT on Omewa so that I have information to share with others so they do not make the same mistakes as I do. I gave my...

Gr 11 PAT - Let's start

I am nearly ready to start my Grade 11 PAT. First I am going to look at the Assessment Sheet and the Task Description and do Phases 1 and 2...

PAT - Dokumente Afrikaans

Ons het besluit om riglyne en ondersteuning (en nie ‘n algehele oop PAT) vir die voltooïng van die PAT in Graad 11 te verskaf. Dit is om lee...

Gr 11 PAT - Documents English

We decided to provide some scaffolding (and not give a complete open-ended PAT) in Grade 11. This is to guide learners so that, if they get ...

Access - Saving

Saving a database is easy. You just click the Save icon on the menu bar or pull down menu To save a database to a different folder or stor...

Access - Gr 11 Activity 11 on page 219 - Boolean feature

Information can be added to a database using checkboxes, and then changed into Yes/No, True/False, or On/Off. Have a look at the video avai...

Access - Introduction to

This video clip (as a swf file) or the video clip (as an html file) may be a useful introduction to Access. I do not know which is quicke...

Paint - Industrial action - more

I like this picture made in Paint.

Paint - Industrial action

Many of the learners have started drifting back to school as the industrial action is hopefully coming to a satisfactory end. We have been ...

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Gr 12 textbook

I have just received a preview copy of the book. It is grand. It will be available from Friday.

Excel - Entering marks - Validation, Conditional formatting and Vlookup

I used Camtasia to create the following clips relating to working with marks in Excel: the first is about checking that (slow) and (fast...

Gr 11 May examinations

Have a look at the Grade 11 Written paper where the scenario is being honest and honourable when using the computer. The Practical paper ...

Access - Afrikaans Quiz on terms

Have a look at the quizzes on Access terms made by a student doing the ACE course for CAT teachers at Cape Peninsula University of Technolo...

Afrikaans Internet Quiz

Kyk na die Internet Quiz wat deur 'n onderwyseres geskryf is. Die meeste van die vrae laat 'n mens dink, en is toegepaste kennis. ...

Gr 12 textbook

Have a look at the wonderful cover of the Grade 12 CAT textbook. Three of my learners are on the page! The book will be available soon! I...

Excel - Processing marks

This PowerPoint slide show looks at processing the marks from a test or an examination. The slide show is made with Camtasia which was dow...

How to manage and mark a practical computer examination

This PowerPoint was written as a number of trainee computer teachers asked how to manage and mark a practical computer examination. This i...

Gr 10 May Written Paper

The Grade 10 written paper is available here and on my web site . I am very lucky that my learners were able to afford to print the work t...

Printing

In CAT the learners need to print out all their work so they can learn the work. They need to see their theory and see what skills they ...

Gr 11 PAT

I have decided to leave the PAT until the 3rd term and complete it that term. The learners need to know how to use their tools before they ...

Gr 9 Vakkeuse vergadering

We are coming up to time in the year when the learners are doing their subject choice for Grade 10. Here is a PowerPoint which can be adapt...

Gr 10 May Practical Paper

The Grade 10 learners wrote their Practical paper today. I believe it is a CAT paper and not a Computer Studies SG paper. I believe that C...

Text book or no text book

The use of a good textbook has made me a better teacher. I used to develop my own material when I taught Computer Studies, and I developed...

My first video post

To view my first video on online safety click on the picture below. And before you create a video make sure all animals, i.e. pug dogs are n...

Gr 11 Integrated Task 2 on page S14

The learners have just completed the task. Many made their focus on the Smartphones part of the task and not on the first part where the fo...

Hot Potato quiz with assessment words vocabulary

I was concerned with the fact that learners cannot answer questions correctly. This HotPotato quiz may be of help.

Gr 10 May Written Paper

I feel very good. I have just finished setting the Grade 10 May Written Paper. It is based on a scenario of setting up a computer lab in a...

Gr 10 Integrated Task 2 on page 14

The Grade 10 learners have just completed their Integrated Task 2, about the Wannalearn family. It is such a nice task to do as revision jus...

Word - Gr 10 Activity 6 on page 200

I showed my Grade 10 learners how to use the Tables and Borders toolbar. Have a look at the work done by Raeez Omar and Siraaj Arnold . C...

Word - Gr 11 Activity 9 on page 104

There are two ways to add borders to a table. The first way is to select the cell/table and then go to Format, Borders and Shading, go t...

Mid year examinations

We are coming near to the mid year examinations and the learners need to start their revision. The following are my ideas for revision. ...