| Object-Oriented Languages - notes explaining the
features of Object-Oriented Languages, by Steven Jarvis of IBM. |
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BURKS - (Brighton University Resource Kit for Students) - Free compilers,
language tutorials, a dictionary of computing and more.
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| Haskell Programming - Compilers to download and
tutorials for the Haskell Langugage (good example of a functional language)
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Payne-Gallway - Pat Heathcote's Site. Lots of resources here to accompany
her textbooks.
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| Virtual Museum of Computing - an eclectic collection
of links connected with the history of computing and on-line computer-based
exhibits. Well worth a look. |
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OCR
computing - Official site - Official site for the OCR Specification - you can download
the specification and the structured tasks (1st year coursework)
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| OCR ICT site (Ashfordman) - Lots of stuff for the
OCR ICT A level : also useful for Computing. |
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The
Teacher : A level Computing - Useful revision notes on many theory topics; also past papers
with answers. Intended for the Welsh board, but useful for other boards
too. Great Site!
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| ZigZag Education / Computing Centre Publications
- Lots of Useful Computing Resources available from this Bristol based
organisation. |
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Chaucer
Technology School - Computing pages - Some useful notes and revision tests here.
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| London Nautical School - - Some useful materials
here |
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school-resources.co.uk - Mainly for GCSE, but there are useful things here for A level
too.
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| Revise Computing - This website is written by Ray
Bradley author of "Understanding Computer Science for A Level". The site
is geared for the AQA specification, but there are useful things there
for OCR too. Practice questions, answers to the questions in the book,
a glossary of terms, and more. |
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Toby
Weiss's site - Includes some nice programs written in C++ and Delphi
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| Information Commissioner - The organisation responsible
for the Data Protection & Freedom of Information Acts. Get it from the
horse's mouth! |
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British
Computer Society - Supports people working in Information Systems. Provides qualifications,
codes of conduct, advice on legal matters and much more. If you're aged
18-35 and interested in working in IT, you can join their Young Professionals
Group.
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| TRAIN - Teacher Resources and Information Network
- Some useful resources for Computing and IT, available for purchase |
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McWeeney
Publications - Some useful publications available here, and some free resources.
Steve McWeeney's notes for A level ICT are useful for Computing where
the specifications overlap.
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| Daily Telegraph Technology Pages - Fully searchable.
A great way to increase your general IT knowledge - important for 2508
and 2511. |
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Gerry
Daniel's A level Computing - Includes some pages on how to do a computing project (written
for the AEB board so the mark scheme is out of date, but everything
else is worth reading)
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| A Level ICT Resources - resources for the AQA/NEAB
ICT specification. Also useful for computing. |
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UK
ICT Coordinator - Free materials and resources for ICT teachers and coordinators.
Subscribe to the free monthly newsletter too!
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| Anglia Polytechnic - Runs courses in Chelmsford,
Essex for ICT and Computing teachers. Courses include computing theory
and VB programming. Follow link to "ICT Teachers program". For Edexcel,
but useful for OCR too. |
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ICT
resources on Schoolzone site - Search for ICT resources provided by teachers.
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| Keylink Computers - Authors of the TOM Resource
kit for ICT and Computing which is particularly useful for understanding
control systems, computer architecture and machine code programming. |
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GCSE
ICT Revision at Didcot Girls School - Lots of information and interactive quizzes. Useful for AS
Computing and ICT. Great Site!
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| Software Made Simple student guides - Guides to
the main Office packages available electronically or as booklets. You
can download a free guide to Word 97 or 2000 from their web site. |
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Welsh
Board A level Computing Page - Includes some useful specimen papers.
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| theteacher.info - The most complete text book for
the OCR Computing exam is available from this site. Many topics are freely
available on the site. You can buy the whole course in book form, or on
CD-ROM. For the CD-ROM you need to buy a site licence. |
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Edexcel
Board - A level Computing
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| AQA - A level Computing Page |
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Guardian
Archive - Searchable archive of the Guardian Newspaper including their
excellent technology articles.
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| ORT's Information Technology Foundation Course -
Includes some on-line tests, useful for AS revision |
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Medical
Expert Systems - a list of Medical Expert Systems. Some on-line demos are available.
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| Licence Plate Recognition - a nice tutorial on this
image-processing technology used to identify vehicles by their license
plates. |
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Webopedia - an Online Dictionary for Computer and Internet Terms
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| Bruce Eckel's Site - Excellent guides to C++ and
Java programming are available as a free download from this site. The
site is also an interesting example of electronic publishing. |
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Computing
Notes - Some clear and useful notes, courtesy of Simon Chester. Good
for AS.
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| The Train Brain - Javascript simulations of train
networks etc. |
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Paramics
Software - Traffic Simulation Software. You can download several useful
demos as Windows avi movies.
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| A Level Computing Revision - This site was created
to provide revision resources for 'A' level Computing students. It does
not cover all 'A' level topics but can be used in addition to the exam
board specification, your class notes and textbooks. |
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theteacher.info - A complete textbook for the OCR Computing course is available
from this site.
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| FERL - Ferl is an information service for all staff
working within the Post Compulsory Education sector. It aims to support
individuals and organisations in making effective use of ILT (Information
Learning Technologies). Ferl does this through a web based information
service, conferences, publications and other events. |
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Computing
Principles (Epsoft) - Learning Software for A level computing is available from
this site.
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| FOLDOC - Free on-line Dictionary of Computing -
it's searchable and you can see which definitions have been added or changed
recently. |