Objective

› Be aware of Computer Programs

Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Recognise

Programming

Languages

Interpret the Scratch

environment

Recognise the role of

the IT Industry

Computers need programming

languages – what is a programming

language?

Computers follow instructions given to them by humans.

To tell a computer what to do you must know what the problem is to solve

These instructions cannot be given to the computer in normal English

It is not intelligent like we are

High Level

Low Level

Assembly Language

A computer will do:

› Only what it is told

› Exactly what it is

told

What does the

above mean for

writing programs?

Computer programs have to be written

in a very precise way, according to strict

rules.

A set of instructions and rules that a

program can be written in is called a

programming language

Bill Gates Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak

Alan Turing Biz Stone

Ada Lovelace

Mark Zuckerberg

Meg Whitman

Roberta WilliamsGrace Hopper

Do people understand more about cars

or computers, why do you think so?

With Scratch, you

can

› program your own

interactive stories

› Create games

› Create animations

› Share work online

Complete ONE piece of homework from the

Take-Away homework

DUE: 7th Feb