Do Not Under-estimate The Power Of…

Note Taking

LegibleNotes

Relevant & Descriptive

Titles &Subtitles

Spider Diagrams

IDEA STATEMENT

FACT

FIGUREASSERTION

VIEW

REVELATIONACCOUNT

Spider Diagrams

ADV #1 ADV #2 DISADV #1

DISADV#4

ADV #4DISADV

#3

DISADV#2

ADV #3

Tables

Adv Disadv

Benefit Limitation

Illustration

USE OF COLOUR

DON’T OVERDO IT

PassiveVs

Active

Passive Revision

Reading Notes

Copying Out NotesCopying Out NotesCopying Out NotesCopying Out NotesCopying Out NotesCopying Out Notes

HighlightingNotes

MakingNotesPretty

Active Revision

Memorising Information

CreateRevision Cards

What is data?Data represents facts & figuresA set of data 2, 4, 3, 5, 6This has no meaning.Consider: 030877 has no meaning.But expressed as 03/08/1977 it does have meaning, it is a date.

Forms of dataMoving images (Video, animation)Static images (Photo, graphics)Text (Alphanumeric – letters, numbers & symbols) Number (Integer or Real)Date/time (DD/MM/YY, HH:MM:SS)Boolean (Logical, i.e. Yes or No)

These can be very simple…

Bar codes - Advantages• Speed, you can scan many items at the checkout

and have the till add up to the total to include discounts.

• Accuracy, it is estimated that 1 in every 70 million bar codes read incorrectly.

• Usability, operators can be low skilled, low paid and trained to use systems quickly, customers can even check them selves out.

• Cost effective, initial hardware and software costs may be high, be return on investment and cost savings are massive in comparison. Bar codes - Disadvantages

• If bar codes are wrinkled, distorted, inaccessible, ripped or damaged even slightly, the reader can have trouble reading them.

• Sometimes perfectly good bar codes don’t read leading to frustration, and the cashier manually entering the code, which could be done so in error.

• In large organisations, where staff turnover is high, training is ongoing and can be costly.

• Printing the codes requires a high quality printer as dot matric and inkjet printers do not done a good enough job to print them.

These can be very

detailed…

Memorise the first 1-3 statements.

Then without looking at them.

Write them down.

Now memorise the second 3 statements.

Then without looking at them.

Write them down.

Now, without looking, write all six down them

down.

Get one wrong?

That’s okay!

Iterate!

Re-iterate!

REVISIONQuiz!

GIVE FIVE EXAMPLES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

FILMSBOOKS

SOFTWAREMUSIC

PHOTOGRAPHY

GIVE FIVE EXAMPLES OF THREATS TO ICT SYSTEMS:

EMPLOYEESHUMAN ERROR

VIRUSESSPYWARE

ALL ORGANISATIONS (LARGE & SMALL) MUST

UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PROTECT THEIR DATA AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

WHAT ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT DATA DURING TRANSMISSION?

NETWORK SECURITY MEASURESVIRTUALLY ALL BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT

AND ACADEMIC ENTERPRISES LINK UP THEIR DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

WITH WHAT?A COLLECTION OF INTER- CONNECTED NETWORKS

Mnemonics

SongNameExpressionModel

Ode/RhymeNote Cards

ImageSpelling

50 Nifty US SongsPvt Tim HallMVEMJSUNPRecall/Interpretation/Application/Analysis, Synthesis/Evaluation30 days…Quizzes

Receive? Chief? Achieve?

SongNameExpressionModel

Ode/RhymeNote Cards

ImageSpelling

50 Nifty US Songs (States)

Pvt Tim Hall (Amino Acids)

MVEMJSUNP (Planets)

Recall/Interpretation/Application/Analysis, Synthesis/Evaluation (Bloom)

30 days…(Days in the month)

Quizzes (Answers on reverse)

(BAT that is limp!)

Receive? Chief? Achieve? (ib4e)

BEWARE OF SOME OF

THE ADVICE

TAKE A BREAK

EVERY 10 MINUTES

EAT LOTS OF SUGARY FOODS

OSMOSIS

TAKE A BEER MAT INTO THE EXAM

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Enter your priorities & availability

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It will send you notifications about when to start, when to take a break and when to stop.

You can then access revision statistics and give you progress reports.