A great “comparing software” course where students learn to draw shapes using script. They start by drawing geometric shapes in Scratch, then plotting shapes in Scratch and using Functions for repeated code / shapes. Students then repeqt the process using Python Turtle on the free programming practice website www.repl.it

This download includes 4 presntations and a homework sheet. It is designed to introduce the wonderful BBC Microbit. Some schools were lucky enough to get some of the 1 million free Microbits give away at launch, the rest have to buy them (~£17 on Amazon). The pack starts with incrementing numbers, a doddle but gives the slower students time to get used to the web app. The 2nd lesson introduces selection in the form of the infamous “rock, paper, scissors” game. Lesson 3 encourages the students to choose a game to build. Lesson 4 uses the 4 sensors to test light levels, temperature, angles & compass in a science worksheet. Please give me useful feedback in a review and follow me.

This presentation is designed for KS3 as an introduction to spreadsheeting. Included files are the presentation, the finished spreadsheet and a homework / assessment sheet.

Print this help sheet this help sheet to support students during Python Turtle lessons. The sheet contains the code needed to get started, an example of drawing geometric shapes using a loop and functions used in Python Turtle. i use this help sheet to keystage 3 students, Python Turtle is a great way of getting students into coding as it creates graphics as opposed to a text response

Using the pen tool to draw in Scratch which students generally find easy due to the block programming in Scratch. The presentations cover making geometric shapes using repeats (loops), plotting (using X Y coordinates - great tip - find out what your student’s Maths is like first to avoid disappointment!) and using functions to draw the same shapes in a drawing (e.g. windows in a house). These lessons lead nicely into drawing with Python Turtle.

Presentations walking students through the basics of using Adobe Fireworks to design Top Trumps cards using bitmap and vector images, finishing by exporting the image.

This sheet compliments my Introduction to BBC Microbits pack. Students build 4 mini programs, one for each sensor using all 4 triggers (Shake and bbutton presses). They fill in the sheet planning where they will use the Microbit sensors to test for best light conditiond etc.

Use this worksheet in lesson or set it for homework, plan what your sprites will look like in Scratch, how they will move and how they interact with each other

This presentation is a simple guide to designing effective and purposeful presentattions. Its a combination of my experience delivering to students in a long classroom meaning clarity is very important. It also looks at which parts of a presentations layout are important and how to avoid things like too much information. Its a presentation on how to avoid “death by Powerpoint”.

This game helps students relate X & Y axes to the real world. It should be used with my Drawing with Scratch Advanced-ish download to get students to think about how to move sprites around in the popular visual programming game Scratch from MIT.