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  • 3 February - 9 February

    Kia ora...

    Welcome back to school and to a new academic year, 2020. I hope you have had a great holiday.

    My name is Mr Chen and I am going to be your year 10 digital technology teacher throughout the year. Some students are new to this course, you will have to make an extra effort to get up to speed so be prepared to put in some work!

    In this course we are going to explore and use a wide variety of electronic components in circuits. We will start this week by learning about simple circuits and how to use the bread board in building circuits.


     

      Breadboard                    


     


    Big Idea: 

    set up your breadboard ready for working with a picaxe IC 


    Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

    • Understand how a breadboard works

    • Build a simple electric circuit using a breadboard and components


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • confidently use the bread board to build a simple circuit using breadboard and components


    Activities:

    • Begin by finding website – Technology Student – bookmark this page.

    • Explore the circuit-analysing programme Yenka

    • Work with bread board and components to build a simple circuit


    Homework:
    Explore and practice the use of bread board using Yenka software.

  • 10 February - 16 February

    Kia Ora, welcome to Week 2, Term 1

    Big Idea: 

    using your breadboard to demonstrate your understanding of basic circuits and transistor operations


    Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

    • Understand how a breadboard works

    • Build a a basic electric circuit using a breadboard and components

    • build a transistor based circuit

    • use a multimeter to carry out measurements and then show an understanding of transistor operation


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • confidently use the bread board to build a  circuits and show understanding of the transistor operation


    Activities:

    • Work with bread board and components to build a circuit

    • use the slide show to build circuits and then make your own slides to show your understanding


    Homework:
    Explore and practice the use of bread board using Yenka software.


    See you in the class!

  • 17 February - 23 February

    Dear Class,


    Some of you did really well last week. 

    This week, please ensure you can build the transistor circuit correctly and know how to measure resistance of components, their voltage drops and current of each circuit path. You also need to use Yenka to build the same circuit and simulate how it works. Your Yenka circuit should work the same way as the practical one you have built.

    Also, if you have not downloaded Programming Editor 6, please follow the link provided to get the software ready on your device for our next stage of work.


    Big Idea: 

    using your breadboard to demonstrate your understanding of basic circuits and transistor operations


    Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

    • Understand how a breadboard works

    • Build a a basic electric circuit using a breadboard and components

    • build a transistor based circuit

    • use a multimeter to carry out measurements and then show an understanding of transistor operation


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • confidently use the bread board to build a  circuits and show understanding of the transistor operation


    Activities:

    • If you have not already done so then you must download Yenka.

    • Work with bread board and components to build two circuits 
    • use the slide show to build circuits and then make your own slides to show your understanding


    Homework:
    Explore how the transistor circuit works using Yenka software.


    See you in the class!

  • 24 February - 1 March

    Kia Ora, welcome to Week 4, Term 1

    Big Idea: 

    beginning to use a picaxe 14M2 IC for your lamp project.


    Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

    • Understand how a breadboard works

    • setup your bread board with a 14M2

    • test for power and connections

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • build the circuit and test the 14M2
    Activities:

    • If you have not already done so then you must download picaxe programming editor software (google, picaxe, home)

    Homework:
    open programming editor and read the section in the manual1 'getting started'



  • 2 March - 8 March


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING basic electronic circuits and coding (Picaxe 14M2).


  • 9 March - 15 March


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING basic electronic circuits and coding (Picaxe 14M2).



  • 16 March - 22 March

    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on learning to understand a schematic circuit diagram.

  • 23 March - 29 March

  • 30 March - 5 April

  • 6 April - 12 April

  • 13 April - 19 April

    Dear Class,

    Welcome back for Term 2 online!
    I hope you all have had a good break and have stayed warm and well.

    For the online learning before we get back to school physically, please remember to follow your timetable for this course. We are currently working on the Picaxe programme for our first project.

    First of all, please join the Google Classroom 10DGT1-20 (Code: eafdz2g)

    For any questions, I will be available to you in our online room at the timetabled sessions.

    (Google Meet, Code: bvx36qdcvn) 


    Hope the instructions above are clear.

    Stay warm and stay well!

    Ngā mihi 
    Mr Chen


  • 20 April - 26 April

    Dear Class,


    Welcome back online for Week 2, Term 2!


    The two links below will show some basics of Picaxe programming and setting up a breadboard for your information. In the video, 8M or 8M2 was used as an example, but the same tips apply to our 14M2 as well.

    For those of you who have already learnt these basics, please refer to the three Picaxe manuals for more advanced programming.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su9BSAnsM8Q

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4MSPeDeDoY


    Apart from the list of commands in the Picaxe manuals, the link below will show you the Picaxe commands categorised according to their circuit functions.

    http://www.picaxe.com/BASIC-Commands

    I have found it very useful.


    Stay well and stay safe!

  • 27 April - 3 May

    Dear Class,

    As a milestone check on your Picaxe programme for the project, please copy and paste your programme (may still be work in progress) in a Google document and load it under the newly posted Google Classroom assignment.

    To the right-hand side of this assignment page, you will find a little window with the tab '+ Add or create'. That is where you can load your work. Do not turn it in until your programme is fully completed.

    Any questions, please ask. I will look forward to receiving your work in GC.


    Ngā mihi 
    Mr Chen

  • 4 May - 10 May

    Dear Class,

    Before we have access to our breadboard again for practical work, it is a good idea to have our device all checked and ready for operation. Some of you have indicated issues with the programming cable connection. In response to this, please check the link below to ensure your AXE027 driver for the programming cable is all installed ready.

    AXE027 Driver installation

    Also, you may come across some practical issues later when you have the breadboard connected to your device via the AXE027 programming cable. In that case, the following link will provide really helpful tips to get you through.

    Fault finding tips

    Keep working to your best and let me know if you have any queries.


    Ngā mihi 

    Mr Chen


  • 11 May - 17 May

    Dear Class,

    Thinking ahead for our Project 1, we will use the laser cutter to cut out the casing to contain our circuit. You will need to produce an Inkscape drawing (svg format) with your patterns of design. This part will be explained further later, but it pays for you to get Inkscape downloaded and installed on your device ready in the meantime.

    Here's the link:

    https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.92.4/

    Please note you need to choose the right version of software according to your device (Mac or Win) and version of OS (Operation System).

    Should you have any queries, please let me know.

    Have a great week ahead!

    Mr Chen

  • 18 May - 24 May

  • 25 May - 31 May

    We are exploring:

    • that digital devices store data using just two states represented by binary digits (bits).
    • logical thinking to predict the behaviour of the programs, 
    • that there can be more than one algorithm for the same problem. 

    Task:

    • learn to use #no_data to reduce the time for downloading a programme
    • learn to use Command "readadc" to introduce a variable input

     

     


  • 1 June - 7 June

    We are planning:

    • In authentic contexts and taking account of end-users, students decompose problems into step-by-step instructions to create algorithms for computer programs.


    We are doing:

    • develop and debug simple programs that use inputs, outputs, sequence and iteration (repeating part of the algorithm with a loop).


    Tasks:

    1. Use "For ... next" to create loops

    2. Use "Debug" to monitor dynamic changes of a variable


  • 8 June - 14 June

  • 15 June - 21 June

  • 22 June - 28 June

  • 29 June - 5 July

  • 6 July - 12 July

  • 13 July - 19 July

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  • 3 August - 9 August

  • 10 August - 16 August

  • 17 August - 23 August

  • 24 August - 30 August

  • 31 August - 6 September

  • 7 September - 13 September

  • 14 September - 20 September

  • 21 September - 26 September

  • 28 September - 4 October

  • 5 October - 11 October

  • 12 October - 18 October

  • 19 October - 25 October

  • 26 October - 1 November

  • 2 November - 8 November

  • 9 November - 15 November

  • 16 November - 22 November

  • 23 November - 29 November

  • 30 November - 6 December

  • 7 December - 13 December

  • 14 December - 20 December