Year: 2022

Weekly Response: Video games (Consoles)

Video Games

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  1. What is the name of a specialised device used to play a video game at home?

 

  1. a) PC 
  2. b) Controller
  3. c) Console
  4. d) Video Game

 

  1. What is the best selling video game console of all time? 

 

  1. a) Xbox       b) Nintendo 64
  2. c) Playstation 2     d) Playstation 5

 

  1. Console games which have been recreated so they can be played on PCs are called?

 

  1. a) Emulsions           b) Emulators
  2. c) Transistors d) Emotional Damage

 

  1. What are the two reasons people like to play old games on their PC?

 

→For people who are young and want to play.

→And for people who played it before when they were young.

 

  1. True or False: Video games used to come on cartridges.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
manufacturer The maker of something. The manufacturer made my game.
download To copy data from one computer to another. I downloaded my photos.
designed Putting detail onto something. Sony designed the Playstation.

 

  1. Explain: Do you think video games are good for kids? Explain why,or why not.

 

→ No beacuse video games are not important to the day. Scientists have studied that video games make people lazy and unhealthy. If you are outside and get fresh air, there will be no stress and sore backs. If you play those violent games. It may cause your brain to act like the game. You can stress if you rage in the game or overthing the game.

Would you Rather? (W1, T2)

WOULD YOU RATHER

I would choose to go into a world with no video games because computers can help people in many ways. Video games are fun but are not important to use.

 Like in a hospital, patients need to be treated with computers to make medicine. This is also how they make special chemicals to make the medicine by mixing them together in a special way.

 For education, computers can be useful for many reasons. Kids get really used to using computers and it is easy to learn with computers.

For research on something, computers can be smart enough to research a specific topic like astronomy, science, etc.

 

Task Description: This week for writing, I wrote a would you rather about no computers or no video games. I chose video games.

Wednesday 4 facts: Computers

Fact 1: The first computer was invented in 1946. It was in 1943 when it was starting to be built.

Fact 2: Did you know that about 90 percent of money exists on computers. This is how advanced money will be.

Fact 3: To not get confused, the RAM was the memory of the computer. The CPU is the microprocessor (The brain) of the computer.

Fact 4: Over 6 thousand computer viurses are released every month. So beware of what you are clicking on…

Task Description: This week’s reading is about computers. I wrote 4 facts about computers.

Wednesday Response: Computers (Pt.2)

Computers Pt. 2

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  1. What is the name of the inventor of the first computer?

 

  1. a) Charlie Babbage 
  2. b) Charles Cabbage
  3. c) Charlie Cabbage
  4. d) Charles Babbage

 

  1. In the first electronic computers, what were the electronic switching devices called? 

 

  1. a) Vacuum Cleaners        b) Transistors
  2. c) Vacuum Tubes     d) Microprocessors

 

  1. What is the language of 1s and 0s that computers are able to understand called?

 

  1. a) English           b) Javascript
  2. c) Binary Code d) None of the above

 

  1. Rearrange the letters of DOG in binary code to read GOD? Put the Binary Code below

 

→01100111 01101111 01100100

 

  1. True or False: The first electronic computers cost millions of dollars.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

  1. Which piece of hardware made personal computers possible, and more affordable in the 1960s?

 

  1. a) CPUs b) Transistors
  2. c) Vacuum Tubes d) Motherboards

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
Mechanical

Mechanical

Parts that operates the machine. The part needs to be powered by electricity. There was a mechanical issue.
complex An area of different and congested parts. The computer tower was a complex one.
coding The process is entering a special keyword into something. I was coding to control my robot.

 

  1. Explain: What do you think computers of the future will be like? What will be different from our computers now?

 

→ All computers will not be bulky but will be thin as paper. Mice will be long gone and will be replaced with a digital mouse.

Tuesday Response: Computers

Computers Pt. 1

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  1. What is the huge network that connects computers around the world called?

 

  1. a) Google 
  2. b) Intranet
  3. c) Internet
  4. d) Bitcoin

 

  1. What is “hardware”? 

 

  1. a) The physical parts of a computer b) A new game from Activision
  2. c) The programs used to run a computer       d) None of the above

 

  1. Which piece of hardware works as the computer’s “brain”?

 

  1. a) Hard Drive           b) Modem
  2. c) Microprocessor d) Keyboard & Mouse

 

  1. What are some examples of output devices?

 

→Monitor, printer, speaker, headset, any type of video card.

 

  1. True or False: There is a computer in your family car.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

  1. Which devices, starting with the letter A, are used to send signals without wires?

 

  1. a) Apple b) Antenna
  2. c) Aristocrats d) Applications

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
network A system that connects to others. I connected to the network.
software A system that can activate applications. The software is too hard to use.
data Facts and informations for the computer to use. The data is downloaded onto my computer.

 

  1. Explain: What do you think life would be like with no computers?

 

It will contain more paper again and more outside time.

Response: ANZAC’s and ANZAC Day

ANZAC 

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  1. What does ANZAC stand for?

 

  1. a) A New Zealand Australian Army Company 
  2. b) Australia New Zealand Army Corporation
  3. c) Australia New Zealand Army Corpse
  4. d) Australia New Zealand Army Corps

 

  1. When did Great Britain first declare war on Germany? 

 

  1. a) August 1916        b) November 1915
  2. c) August 1914 d) April 1915

 

  1. The Dardanelles are… ?

 

  1. a) a country in WWI           b) a strait separating Gallipoli from Turkey
  2. c) the location of the ANZAC landing d) nobody knows

 

  1. What was the ultimate goal of the Allied Forces on the Gallipoli Campaign?

 

→ Relive pressure on the russian army.

 

  1. True or False: The Turkish forces were well prepared for the ANZAC invasion.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

  1. When did the ANZAC troops begin their evacuation?

 

  1. a) August 20th, 1915 b) April 25th, 1915
  2. c) December 25th, 1915 d) December 20th, 1915

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
strategic Thinking open-minded for strategies. The commander was strategic
entrenched Making a military force in trenches. The military was entrenched on the battlefield.
reverence A word to honor them. Their was reverence down the road.

 

  1. The phrase “second to none” was used to describe the New Zealand Division in “combat, planning and administration”

What does the phrase second to none mean?

 

→ Second to none meaning first!

 

  1. Why do you think it is important to honour the fallen ANZAC soldiers?

 

→ To honour the people who helped the war.