Good web design revision sheet

A short activity where students look at the audience and purpose of three websites. Template is completed on the computer so the students can just check the boxes and fill in the specific places rather than format the document.

Can be used as a starter to check current knowledge of your students. They can add whatever they want in the boxes and then at the end of the lesson they can tick if they were covered and/or add new words that they learned in the boxes. Word format

Students are guided though fact finding before they choose how to present their work. They have to cover protecting a device, using location services, safe searching, keeping safe and when communicating online.

Students translate common Computing words they have studied/know into a language they study at school/other language they speak. They then made a poster for each word.

Mini-project in which students have to design some food/drink packaging. Can be used as cover or as part of a larger project. The PDF can be ticked and typed into!

Students are expected to create a time capsule that focuses on Computing

Students research recent and future inventions and report on them, then invent something themselves and write a news article about it.

Students create a set of Easter eggs to revise a topic

A selection of activities for students to pick from.

A number of Excel skills in an Excel workbook that is self-marking including basic formulas, IF, COUNTIF, COUNTBLANK, HLOOKUPS, VLOOKUPS, MACROS, USEFUL FORMULAS, GOAL SEEK, LAYOUT, CASCADING MENUS, CELL PROTECTION. Useful as a skills revision, testing or introduction or as a teaching tool to prepare students for spreadsheet work. Suitable for ECDL - students just won’t need to cover all of the workbook to prepare for the exam. I’ve included an xlsm version and answers plus an .xls version as the instructions are slightly different. Macro helpsheet included for one of the tasks.

A simple crtieria sheet for a PowerPoint quiz. Used with my ECDL students to practice their skills and my Creative iMedia students before starting R087. Sheet used for self-assessment and peer/teacher assessment.

A worksheet to help students revise importing a text file and mail merge as often students forget in the exam and go to File then Open and then think the test is not working when it is.

Quick starter for logic gates lesson

A one-page mini project in which students have to make a floorplan and fill it with digital technology. Includes a template for students who struggle to make a floorplan and a slide to show on the whiteboard for a teacher. Suitable for a one-off/cover lesson or a short series of lessons to help students build up their digital literacy skills. The PDF can be ticked and typed into!

Some quick exercises to test knowledge of these - any software can be used

Resources for a starter/revision activity for students to learn/revise basic Excel formulas. Sheets provided in case you can pin them to the wall/corkboard. if not a copy is provided on the student answersheet.

Spreadsheet with a few practical ROUND, IF and absolute cell referencing exercises

No computer required. Could be used for Starter/Revision/Homework. Covers SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, COUNT, COUNTA and arithmetic formulas.

A one-page mini project in which students have to make a cinema app for where they live. Includes a brief template for students and a slide to show on the whiteboard for a teacher. Suitable for a one-off/cover lesson or a short series of lessons to help students build up their digital literacy skills. The PDF can be ticked and typed into!