Scratch

Excel. >.>

We did a bit of Java and now we're doing Excel as well. I really like Excel because you can do a million things with it! My father knows a lot about Excel and he taught me doing some cool stuff    but we just do boring (/easy) stuff -.- In our class are a lot of people that are not even interested in programming xD And they choose ICT as an extra-subject and two hours more a week oo'
Well, I'd like to learn more about Java, or maby C+ because one day I want to create my own games, but it seems like I'll have to wait a bit ... next topic will be powerpoint, then word ...

werdna123 wrote:

Excel. >.>

well that's exciting

im doing flash as well! 

When I had ICT for extension class, we used Excel and a bit of messing around with the computers before they installed the system image on the new Windows 7 computers (When that happened I done a bit of DOS batch files).

Last edited by nathanprocks (2012-04-26 05:43:28)

jji7skyline wrote:

Scratch. But I was proficient at Scratch before I did the ICT for one semester.

I would have like to learn a proper programming language though 

Cool! When we're done with Flash, were going on to 'Greenfoot'. It is a Programming language similar to Java. I'm excited because we're (according to my teacher) going back to Scratch 

slinger wrote:

Anything I want...
I'm home schooled :3

@GameGuy64: Greenfoot is Java.  However, it uses a GUI system instead of text.
@16Skittles: Seriously?!

We're doing spreadsheets. In fact, today we had ICT and I finished my work. My teacher told me to do some Year 10 work (I'm in Year 8) and I finished it all! 

GameGuy64 wrote:

maxskywalker wrote:

slinger wrote:

Anything I want...
I'm home schooled :3

@GameGuy64: Greenfoot is Java.  However, it uses a GUI system instead of text.
@16Skittles: Seriously?!

Oh yeah...

Anyway, our first Flash 'assignment' was to 'Make a 48 frame animation of a flower growing' - which I finished today.

That's cool.

I learned Word and basic file manipulation in year 5 and 6... it was... kinda basic 

16Skittles wrote:

The stories I have heard have made me have little hope in public school tech classes. I go to a private school, where our computer club has made enough money to build at least one custom computer and optimizes computers as a fundraiser. Our tech teacher has to be my favorite, because he isn't afraid to say what is true.

Some horrible stories I have heard include:

People getting computer privileges revoked for changing the color of their computer's background

People getting yelled at by their computer teacher who thought Firefox was some sort of hacking program

Someone getting yelled at because they accidentally bumped the mouse, causing a little scribble in MS Paint

People who are learning the amazingly powerful features of Microsoft Word. Really? To write our papers for school, we just need to be able to change the font (if it isn't already Times New Roman), the size (if it isn't 12 point), and change to double-spaced lines. Does that really require a class to teach?

I HATE HATE HATE all public school tech classes.
I'm homeschooled, so this isnt a problem. But all you were allowed to do in mine before  I was homeschooled was type gibberish to perfect your typing skills.

I've known how to type perfectly since I was 3. I dont need to spend an hour a day TYPING GIBBERISH. Or doing stupid things on Word. I would always get in trouble because I finished in like 3 minutes and apparently it's not acceptable to finish typing my name and 3 things about me in less than 2 hours. I got so mad one time because after actually looking at one of the things I finished in 3 minutes I got complimented for being 'extremely advanced' in computer sciences. I was like 'I'm programming websites, and I'm being called 'extremely advanced' for typing 4 sentences in 3 minutes.'

PUBLIC SCHOOL TECH CLASS MUST DIIEEEE
Wow, that post gave me bad memories I never wanted to remember.

Now that I think about it, everything in public schools are like that.
Like in art class. It apparently shoud take you 3 days to draw a turkey.

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nathanprocks wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

Some horrible stories I have heard include:

People getting computer privileges revoked for changing the color of their computer's background

People getting yelled at by their computer teacher who thought Firefox was some sort of hacking program

Someone getting yelled at because they accidentally bumped the mouse, causing a little scribble in MS Paint

My computer teacher in primary school was like that. I hated him.
The only thing he told us how to use was MS Paint, MS Word and IE. I learn't everything else I know about computers myself. 

same with my secondary school teacher.
We are learning  how to make flash animations which I've immediately knew how to do  myself 

ICT for me, is one of my favorite subjects. It's most people's favorite too. I got my first computer at the age of four, and from then I already knew how to use powerpoint, microsoft word etc... Before it was taught to me.