Overclocking is the action of increasing a component’s clock rate, running it at a higher speed than it was designed to run. This is usually applies to the CPU (Central Processing Unit) or GPU (Graphics […]
Here is a great exercise to reinforce CONCATENATE, UPPER, RIGHT, LEFT, LOWER functions. Get your students to create their own password generator based on various factors. In the image below you can see how the […]
Blackberry Thumb is an injury or irritation of the muscles of the thumbs that falls under the RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) category. It is caused by repetitive movements when using smartphones, specifically BlackBerry phones, or […]
I make posters now and then for fun and for the academic interest of my students. Here is the poster I made for February. It continues from January’s poster. The file is a high quality […]
Intel Optane is a new storage technology that can be used as either a super-fast SSD or additional system RAM!
By Brandon Rennie Every CAT teacher feels the pain of trying to get the Practical Assessment Task completed. The process feels endless and onerous. A strategy I’ve used before but did not last year (and […]
User engagement is an assessment of an individual’s response to some type of offering, such as a product, a service or a website. A website user, for example, might click links, comment, download documents and […]
For those who could not attend the Macros in Excel workshop that I presented, you are in luck – I recorded the whole thing! The video and notes from the workshop are available to purchase […]
Microsoft OneNote is a very powerful tool to store notes, files, media, mails, assessments, documents and more! I have been using it for a while with my teaching but have recently decided to go all […]
While many teachers and learners use the term “CAT”, I prefer to speak it out fully. Computer Applications Technology. The reason for this is because, for me, it loses its lustre when a subject – […]
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