2012 Grade 12 Practical Assessment Task

The 2012 Grade 12 PAT appeared on the Eastern Cape Exams Website on 29 October at www.ecexams.co.za/2011AssInstructions.htm. This is the earliest we’ve seen the Information Technology PAT released for the following year which certainly helps in planning for your learners’ projects next year. The PAT is available here. Update 11/11/11: The DBE has now listed [...]

Web Design in Grade 10

With the new CAPS implementation from 2012 for Information Technology, we see the introduction of web design into the curriculum. This is a very pleasing move as there is a shift in industry to move many applications online because the ease of cross-platform use as well as the advantages of having content in the “cloud” [...]

Quick Guide to Creating an Object

One of the most important concepts in Information Technology is the ability of a learner to understand and create an object class. Creating an object is a simple procedure if you are familiar with the basic requirements. Following the steps below to successfully create any object class. Create a public class and then place your attributes [...]

Netbeans 7.0.1 Released

Netbeans 7.0.1 has been available for a short time offering some bug fixes on their 7.0 release. http://netbeans.org