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.

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.

Aids the planning of a website - it is meant to encourage more independence and includes challenge activities. Students decide how to tackle the planning from the sheet. No software required if printed.

Sheets to hopefully help students with the Maths of the different types of storage. Includes bits, nibbles, bytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes and petabytes.

Video tutorials that cover a range of ‘essential skills’ including: Changing the document colour Colour picker Guides History Opening a file Panels Place embedded Saving Setting up the document Show transform tools Smart objects Transforming images - flip There is a student ticksheet for R082 with some guidance on use/explanaton which is particularly useful if they are using Adobe Photoshop to complete this Creative iMedia unit.

After completing visual identity practice I then move onto teaching students how to prepare images that they download off the web so they are suitable for a ‘main graphic’. On the stages we work through setting up folders to keep them organised, download and store the images; change the resolution, take screenshots to evidence the steps taken; save the image for use later. You will need to think of a practice idea as I use this sheet alongside a themed set of lessons preparing students for R094. Note: Repurposing is mentioned though does not have detail about this as I have another dedicated resource for this.

Just a little bit of Halloween fun… Includes a free cake (picture!) Video on YouTube to support activity too

First in a series of lessons that aim to teach KS3/4 students how to develop a website using RocketCake 5. Completely reworked from my RocketCake 4 KS4 lessons - students now learn by creating a website with you, starting with a master page to promote consistency. A good tool to help students in Creative iMedia R097 if their brief can be solved with a website as no coding is required. Lesson includes teacher PowerPoint with videos guiding the process (and an all-new voice!); client brief (PDF); separate videos (MP4) for students to play on their own; student checklist; assets to help build the page quickly e.g. logo, text; teacher solution to tasks.

A one-page mini project in which students have to make a tourist information guide 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! Updated for 2023 - now editable and the corrupted ZIP file has been fixed so all files open correctly!

Guide on how to create an animation in Photoshop

Activities for students to complete independently

Selection of Christmas themed activities Includes PDF and answer to joke!

Cribsheet to help students when practising for R097 (Creative iMedia) Also available with student tasksheet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12741135

Two pages of questions which could be used for revision, homework or an assessment. Resource also comes with printed answers and a teacher’s presentation which has each answer animated so you can go through them.

Questions to accompany the video on my YouTube channel Word format

The areas of Data Protection, Computer Misuse and Copyright legislaton are checked Students find the crime and answer some questions This resource is also included as part of Lesson 2 - Legislation) Not all parts of the interactive exercise are shown in the preview

Created as an A3 file so prints to A3 and lower easily and can be enlarged (check quality) Editable A free non-editable version is also available - please click https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/btec-level-3-it-roadmap-non-editable-version-12344893

A 26 page booklet containing all the words students could be made aware of for their Unit 1 exam There is space to write their definitions/notes either electronically or by hand if printed and add some of their own words if necessary Editable format (Word)

A visual overview of the Key Stage 3 curriculum if you follow the NCCE resources Created as an A3 file so prints to A3 and lower easily and can be enlarged (check quality)