Okay, so this covers knot theory which is nothing to do with anything we cover. However, what is important is abstraction. Jade goes through the steps of removing all the unnecessary steps. I wouldn’t expect you to solve this problem, but I would expect you to take another problem and get rid of all the …. Read More
If you’re in Year 11 or above you’ll know what lists are…or you should have done Computing. Your loss. Or you did do Computing and weren’t listening. Your loss. So a list you can create like so: myList = [4, 8, 12] Nice and easy. You can then access the first item of the list …. Read More
https://studio.code.org/s/applab-intro/stage/1/puzzle/1 App Lab is a Scratch like program to develop mobile phone apps. Give it a go!
https://codecombat.com/play/dungeon Hunt through the dungeon, collect gems, kill monsters. You can create an account if you really want to, you don’t have to.
https://logicbox.jahooma.com/ Caution: Difficulty level – Year 10-year 13 This is one that I find difficult. You really have to think carefully to work your way through the levels. The concept is a very important one, especially for GCSE students. It’s all about solving a challenge, then packaging up that solution and using it to solve …. Read More
http://silentteacher.toxicode.fr/ As much as you may want it to be the case, I’m not silent. This website is however. It will give you some code, and ask you to guess what it results in. If you don’t know, guess. Then try to figure out why it gave that result. It will always let you know …. Read More
http://little-dot.toxicode.fr/ From the same people that made Compute It, it’s a very similar game, but taken it to the next level. You’ll need to really plan ahead and think through the problem to find the correct solution. Think carefully, trying every combination won’t get you far.
https://puzzlersworld.com/hackerpuzzle/1.html This is an excellent site which gives you a whole series of challenges. A couple of students have got to the end, but it’s rare. Are you one of the few that can hack it? Each challenge requires a combination of reasoning, logical thinking, creativity, and research to get to the next page. You …. Read More
You will have used some form of CAPTCHA, this is a nice break down on what it is and where it came from.
Blizzard, Activision, XBox, Playstation and several other companies decided to sue people who were hacking games. It’s worth a watch and figure out what you think. Were the companies justified? Were the hackers in the wrong?