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  • Welcome! We’re Under Construction

    Welcome! We’re Under Construction

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    Please bear with us while we redevelop the website to incorporate current and future New Zealand curriculum developments and integrate aspects of the UK curriculum.…

  • Black Mesa

    Black Mesa

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    Black Mesa was originally a fan-developed mod reimagining of the Valve game Half-Life. Eventually, the game gained the official approval of Valve and was released…

  • Artificial Intelligence and Bias

    Artificial Intelligence and Bias

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    Artificial Intelligence has limitless potential. However the systems can be built with unintended bias. This could be racism, sexism, ageism or any other form of…

  • Entity-Relationship Diagram

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    Think of an ER Diagram (Entity-Relationship Diagram) as a blueprint or a visual map for a database. Just like a floor plan shows how rooms…

  • Web design site maps

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    Website site maps are useful for helping search engines locate the different pages that exist on your site. Check out the Wikipedia article on XML…

  • Visual Hierarchy

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    Visual hierarchy is all about the layout and positioning of content on a page or screen. The placement of fonts, images and shapes is important…

  • System Block Diagrams

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    A block diagram is a type of flowchart that displays how a System works at a high level. It will not show how all the…

  • Schematic Diagrams

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    Schematic diagrams can change depending on the type of Outcome being designed. For web Design they could be wireframes. A version of a wireframe could…

  • Scale Drawings

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    Small scale mock-ups of larger designs can quickly give the impression of what a complete System might look like. A low poly Model of a…