By labuscagnec on
2/4/2010 11:41 PM
Tshwane University of Technology will host a CAT one-day symposium aimed at Grade 11 and 12 CAT learners and teachers.
Date:27 March 2010
Venue: Tshwane University of Technology (Soshanguve South Campus) - Gencor Hall and Laboratories
Time: 07:30 - 16:00
Click Read More to download Registration Form and Fax Sheet
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By labuscagnec on
2/4/2010 10:49 PM
Edu SpeedTrapis a software program which calculates typing speed at school level. It detects typing errors, line spacing, excess words, etc. Margin of error is extremely small.
Mark speed tests in no time!
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By labuscagnec on
2/1/2010 11:39 PM
Past exam papers always serve as excellent revision material to prepare learners for the final exams as well as to guide grade 10 and 11 teachers to what is expected by the end of grade 12.
Download the NSC Novmeber 2009 CAT exam papers (click on read more...)
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By labuscagnec on
12/1/2009 8:44 AM
The PAT is a project in which learners demonstrate their information management skills using computer applications technology.
A self-study guide for doing the PAT was developed to help learners to do the PAT.
For Grades 10 and 11, the PAT and the self-study guide have been combined.
For Grade 12, learners need to use it separately.
Teachers could use these if they wish.
Click on Read More... to download the Self-study guide and the PAT documents
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By labuscagnec on
10/20/2009 11:28 PM
Hoërskool Uitsig in The Reeds, Pretoria hosted a very successful ICT Expo on 20 October 2009 where IT and CAT learners were afforded the opportunity to showcase their Practical Assessment Tasks (PATs). The learners competed for prizes sponsored by local businesses. Ms Ena Brits, Subject Advisor for CAT and IT from Tshwane South (D4) supported this wonderful event.
A few schools from the Centurion region participated and it was wonderful to see the effort that went into the PATs and how proud the learners were of their projects.
I spoke to the learners and there was general consensus on the following:
- It was hard work, but they enjoyed it.
- They have learned a lot
- About the topic (mostly electricity) and this created an awareness among them to conserve and also made them aware of alternative sources of energy that are also renewable. (One learner even told me that he learned that Eskom was not to blame – maybe Eskom should hire him to do some advocacy
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- About their own CAT skills regarding the applications. Some admitted to have learned new functions in completing their project.
- About the uses of the different packages and how the integration between these packages helped them to produce a quality end product.
- They admitted that the process followed (task definition, questions, etc.) helped them to stay focused and that all the planning done ensured a quality final product.
- They also mentioned that it prepared them well for their practical examinations
- That if you worked hard and studied the assessment tool, it was actually “easy marks”
- They all commended their teachers for providing good guidance and motivation, especially in the beginning to get them going.
One Grade 10 CAT learner said that he enjoyed the topic (indigenous games) and got very useful information from his grandparents (on Direko) who used to play the game when they were young. He did not know any of these games before he started to do his investigation and said that his grandparents were very surprised and also very excited when he interviewed them to gather some information for his PAT.
Overall, the projects were very good and the judges had a hard time in selecting the winners. 
Congratulations to all the participants and their teachers and especially to the winners in the different categories!
I will upload some photos as soon as they are made available and will also try to source copies of the winning projects to upload.
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By labuscagnec on
9/25/2009 3:50 AM
Learners should practise as much as they can to prepare for the November 2009 exams. It is always good to work through exam papers before an exam.
Find September 2009 Papers from different provinces.
Please note
The contents of papers should be checked against the Content Framework for Computer Applications Technology
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By SuperUser Account on
7/29/2009 12:56 AM
There may not be a 'write' or wrong for typographers, but I expect we should still stick to spelling rules - and in this case, it would be wrong to use 'write' for 'right'.
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By SuperUser Account on
7/14/2009 2:53 AM
Ighsaan Francis, DCES for CAT in Western Cape wrote:
One of my passions for our subject is to 'surf' subject content in the various media!!!
- Top Stories for science and technology...
- Reports in daily newspapers...
- Articles in magazines..
But, how can we use topical content in the media for CAT?
I am just about to launch my first Instalment of how to use topical media content for CAT.
Hopefully the first of many in a series titled: TOP STORIES - Computer applications in the Media. For this Instalment I have chosen an article which appeared on the IOL web site on the 5th March 2009 on social networking. This time around I chose to develop an assessment task based on the scenario sketched in the article:"The more we chat, the less we thrive" I tried to stay as close to the format we had in the final papers, and included sections on Theory and Practical; particularly Integration.
Please find attached the pdf format of my first Instalment, as well as its memorandum.The accompanied data files and memoranda can be find on my web site: http://curriculum.pgwc.gov.za/site/119/page/view/674
I hope to make this a fortnightly issue (should time will allow :-)), and a standing feature on my web site. My next Instalment is on using a magazine article in the class (didactical) environment.
Instalment 2 will include:
- a lesson plan
- learning and teaching support material
- assessment task
- assessment tools
I hope you will find my endeavours meaningful and of use in the teaching of CAT.
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By SuperUser Account on
7/3/2009 3:31 AM
When using a word processor or creating electronic documents, we become typographers.
According to sources, there are no rules, right and wrong do not exist. There is only effective and non-effective communication. Modern word processors allow for flexibility.
"All those rules we are supposed to follow were developed 20-400 years ago. They were developed at a time when people had not even dreamt about cable-TV, interactive media, CD-ROM, Internet and graphic applications. Human beings were not stupider than today. However, media have dramatically changed. When media change, men change." (http://desktoppub.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=desktoppub&cdn=compute&tm=30&gps=188_371_1003_611&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&st=31&zu=http%3A//www.typ.nl/TYP04/woud/illegibility/illegibility02.html)
To communicate effectively, we arrange text and graphics on a page and produce a document for printing. Four general areas apply: (http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/basic/a/textcomposition.htm)
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Placement / Alignment
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Style (Size, contrast, emphasis)
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Spacing
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Embellishment / fine-tuning
It is all about readibility, legibility and effective communication and consistency.
Common mistakes:
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Using underlined text to emphasise - rather use bold or italic
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Using two spaces after a full stop, comma or paranthesis - these should be followed by one space, not two
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Using keyboard quotes - rather use straight quotes
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Using all capitals for headings - rather use styles and/or different font sizes, etc.
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By SuperUser Account on
7/3/2009 1:31 AM
After reading the blog entry (25 June 2009) regarding Phase 2 of the PAT on Dr Pam Miller's blog and some comments made by teachers I consulted my language colleagues to enquire about what they teach learners regarding writing and more specific, reporting.
They gave me a document that may also help the CAT teachers and learners when it comes to writing. Look for the two examples of reports in this document.
According to my language colleagues, every teacher is a language teacher and should teach learners language, communication skills and how to write.
Maybe if we use these examples and explain to learners that connections, they will be able to make the connections and transfer knowledge and skills.
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