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How does one study for Technology Exams?

1. Most technology exams are smaller condensed versions of the work that is done in class.
 * All work done in class is posted on the Wikispaces website for home practice.

2. To be able to do well in a technology exam, the student must be able to do the following: a) Carefully read, understand, and follow the step by step instructions. b) Know the English and Technology vocabulary and concepts. c) Apply the skills learned in class. d) Apply the skills efficiently.

3. As in any subject, one must understand the meaning of the concepts by studying them and using them. These concepts are mentioned in the study guides and in the assignments and are discussed in class. If any concept is not understood, it can easily be found in the help section of the programs being used.
 * To access the help section in Microsoft, simply touch the F1 key within the program and type the name of the term or concept. Helpful examples are usually given.
 * To access the help section in Scratch, locate help in the menu.

4. To apply the skills asked for, one must see examples and apply them. Most class assignments have a model and then ask the student to do something similar but different enough that they must think about what they are doing. In Scratch, the examples are in a folder in the program. With HTML, the examples are in []

5. In order to be able to apply the skills efficiently, one practices doing the assignments again and practices the extra points. If there is one part of the assignment that takes extra time, then most likely that is the part that needs to be studied and practiced carefully so that in the exam it can be done quicker.

6. Students can take their classwork home either by bringing a pendrive and copying their files saved on the server home or by emailing their files to themselves or to an external account. At home they will need to use the same programs that we use at school which are:
 * Grade 8
 * MSWord, MSPowerPoint which need to be purchased as the MS Office package for home use;
 * Scratch – can be copied from the resources folder on the school server or downloaded from []
 * Grade 9 – MSWord, MSPowerPoint, MSExcel.
 * Grade 10 – any text editor such as notepad and a browser. Any image manager such as comes in the MSOffice suite.
 * ACLES 8vo - TechnoArt - LOGO (FMSLOGO / MSLOGO)
 * ACLES 9no - Virtual Robotics - Scratch, Incredibots.com
 * ACLES 10mo - 3D Design - Google Sketchup

Resources: Scratch: [] Microsoft: [] HTML: []