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Turning an Algorithm into an App

You need to follow a few more steps to complete your app.

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Event and Control blocks

  • You then need to add blocks of code called 'Event and Control blocks'.
  • Event and Control blocks give ‘if … then’ and ‘repeat until…’ instructions.
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Examples

  • Event and Control blocks control the following in the basketball game:
    • What happens if the mouse is moved? → the red block moves.
    • What happens if the ball touches a wall or the hand? → the ball bounces.
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Other examples

  • Event and Control blocks control the following in the basketball game:
    • What happens if the ball touches each ‘basket’? → the score of the shooting team goes up.
    • When does the game end? → first team to get to 5 points.
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Variables blocks

  • Blocks of code that create variables are called variable blocks.
    • Variables are things that can change.
  • Variable blocks of code give instructions for the selection of:
    • the colour, time, distance, the angle of bounces, etc.

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1Using Computers

1.1Computers as a Tool

1.1.1Uses of Computers

1.1.2More Uses of Computers

1.1.3Advantages of Information Technology

1.1.4More Advantages of Information Technology

1.2Data

1.2.1Storing Data

1.2.2Databases

1.2.3Sorting & Filtering Data

1.2.4Interrogating Data

1.3Plagiarism & Illegal Sharing

1.3.1Plagiarism

1.3.2Copyrighted Content

2Networks & the World Wide Web

2.1Networks

2.1.1Parts of Networks

2.1.2The Internet

2.1.3The World Wide Web

2.2Searching Online

2.2.1Searching the World Wide Web

2.2.2Searching Tips

2.2.3Reliable Information

2.3Protecting Yourself Online

2.3.1Your Digital Footprint

2.3.2Being Safe

2.3.3Online Safety

2.3.4Viruses

2.3.5Malware

2.3.6People Online

2.3.7Your Feelings

2.3.8Getting Help

3Computational Thinking

3.1Computational Thinking

3.1.1Computational Thinking

3.1.2Decomposing Tasks

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3.1.4Algorithms (2/2)

3.1.5Logical Reasoning & Debugging

4Computer Languages

4.1Coding

4.1.1Code

4.1.2Programs

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