Expo 2020 Competition Entry

These are my designs for the Expo 2020. We made them on Adobe Fireworks, then saved them as JPEG images. I think the logo on the top is better than the one below as it is simpler and easier to remember, but the second one includes the slogan and Arabic writing of the word 'Dubai'.

Finding other Websites

Today we searched for 5 different websites; and evaluated what they did well and what could have been improved.

The first website i found was an art website.

I liked the layout of the website; in the centre, and the simple colour scheme chosen. There were also many buttons to click on to reach certain sections,I think that the website could be improved by adding something to the background to make it stand out more.

I then found a fashion blog.

I liked that this website had a big eye-catching picture in the middle that changed after a few seconds to advertise what was on the blog. I thought that the social media links at the top were good. I think that the background was fitting, but the font for the buttons could have been made easier to read; and more writing could have been in the homepage.

I then found a music shop website.

I liked that this website was simple and easy to look through. I thought that the phone number at the top was good for advertising and noticeable. I thought they could have advanced the buttons more and maybe added more, and use more colour to make it stand out.

I then discovered a book review blog.

I think that the colour scheme is great and fitting to the subject of the blog, and that the pictures at the top that changed after a while were effective and make the blog look better. The introduction written was simple and easy to read, and this was an overall very good website. The one thing that was difficult was the font and text size of all of the writing, which was a bit small and hard to read.

Website

We used adobe photoshop to create a banner, footer, and four buttons for our websites and saved them as JPEGs and PSDs.

                                     My Footer:

 My Header:

I think that my colour theme is good but I could have made the buttons better.

We then made new versions of our buttons to create rollover images. We saved them as PSDs and JPEGs, and we now have 8 images for our buttons.

Coding a Website

We used notepad to code a website.

We added links to the google homepage, gmail page and youtube website; using the code:

<a href="http://www.google.co.uk">Visit the Google Page</a><p>

We opened the notepad document with Google Chrome, and it became a simple website.

We also added a marquee; text scrolling across the page, and i found a code for changing fonts.

This is the Link to my website;

file:///H:/Year%208%20ICT/Website/myfirstwebsiteproject.html

Calorie Counter

We made a calorie counter and BMI model on excel.

We got all of the information for our calorie counter first: We got a list of foods for each meal of the day and how many calories it has. 

We used drop down lists by clicking data validation, selecting list then highlighting the cells we wanted to use   to create multiple choice answers for the questions, and to help when using formula later.

We also used spinners, arrows that can be pressed up or down for an answer, for height and weight options.

The formulae for calculating a person's BMI is:

BMR = 10 * weight(kg) + 6.25 * height(cm) - 5 * age(y) + 5         (man)
BMR = 10 * weight(kg) + 6.25 * height(cm) - 5 * age(y) - 161     (woman)

VLOOKUP is a command that looks up and applies cells. To use VLOOKUP, you type 'VLOOKUP' into the cell, then click the cell you want it to appear in, then highlight the cells you want to look up, then the column number.

Updated Calorie Counter ^

This If statement formula is for the BMR, If the person selects female for gender options, the end of the formula is -161, but if the user is male it is +5 instead.

What If they eat junk all day?

If I eat junk all day the calculator counts the calorie intake from the whole day and compares it to the calories supposed to be intaken. It then recommends the calorie amount you should be having to keep fit and healthy.

What If they eat healthy all day?

If I eat healthy all day the calculator counts the calorie intake from the whole day and compares it to the calories supposed to be intaken. It then recommends the calorie amount you should be having to keep fit and healthy.

Christmas Themed Game (Scratch)

Today we made a festive themed snowflake game. We used code to put each snowflake in position on the stage and then fall at different times to create the scene of falling snowflakes. 

We also used code (shown below) to get the gifts to fall (like the snowflakes) but the person playing can use the controls left arrow and right arrow to try and move 'santa's bag' to collect the falling gifts. We also made 2 costumes for the bag; big and small, which changed the size of the bag when a gift was collected.

First Python Code

Today in class we started off with our new topic, Python. We started with the basics, using Print. We got it to asks us what are names were and to say hello, followed by our name. Another thing we learnt was how to use the If and elif statement to start off.