This is an ideal paper-based ICT lesson, homework, or cover lesson. Can be used without computers. Hardware & Software and Input & Output devices suitable for KS3
Save time and effort writing reports. This report writing assistant allows you to automatically create termly or end of year student report cards from an editable statement bank. Quickly and easily create a report by selecting statements with a click from 18 statements in each of 9 categories (162 statements in all) to build up a complete report comment, all of which will automatically adjust gender pronouns (he/she etc) and insert the students name where appropriate. Comments can also be free typed in the report comment box. All the statements in each category can be customised by the user. A class list with the gender of the students can be inserted and the final report comments can be copied and pasted into any other report package and the overall class comments saved to an xls file for archiving. The spreadsheet uses macros and will require macro access to be enabled, see the help sheet in the spreadsheet for details how to do this.
see a demo at https://youtu.be/7rNxxekoUpk
Have a look by downloading the free evaluation version at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/report-writer-free-evaluation-version-11751250
Please note this spreadsheet will not run on Mac versions of Excel, it will only run on PC versions of , due to incompatibility issues between Microsoft Office on the 2 different platforms.
This lesson is focused on students being able to compare the uses of different types of software, and how they are beneficial in a business setting.
Included:
PPT
Worksheet
Starter activity
This Word table introduces students to Open Source software and asks why schools are still prepared to pay for commercial software? It is useful for familiarising students and teachers to software types, what is available for free and what benefits a school gets from commercial software.
Presentation with information on computer software, including the differences between application, system software and operating systems.
This is the fifth lesson in the 'How a Computer Works' topic.
A set of A3 worksheets to guide student through the step by step process of creating 3rd angle orthographic drawings. these sheets are supported by dedicated Youtube clips showing each stage of producing these drawings. The worksheets together with the video clips will allow all students to produce high quality outcomes.
A suggested model would be to set watching the YouTube clip as homework and use the worksheets as prompts in the lesson where students can use the CAD software.
OCR ALevel/AS Level Computer Science 2.2.2 Software Development Unit Lessons (KS5)
6 Lessons covering:
Lesson 1 - Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Stages of SDLC & purpose, Popular models (Waterfall, Agile, Incremental etc).
Lesson 2 - SDLC models, Pros and cons of each model, what projects are best for each model, Using a model to complete a task.
Lesson 3 - Testing Strategies (Black Box, White Box, Dry Run, Alpha, Beta), Key characteristics, pros & cons of each strategy, Trace Tables intro.
Lesson 4 - Trace tables & how to use them, Test Data (Valid, Erroneous, Boundary), How to use test data to test programs.
Lesson 5 - Trace table recap, Properties of a good algorithm, Pseudocode, Exam Questions
Lesson 6 - Checking understanding of software development unit, Exam Question booklet
Lessons include:
Teacher Slides Powerpoint - contains starters/do now tasks, explanations of topics, tasks, exam questions and independent study tasks.
Student Worksheets for tasks (Powerpoint or Word Documents)
A 15 page pack created for children who find speech output difficult. A range of FUNctional and fun words e.g. nee-nor, Woody, Peppa (pig), tea time, Dino. A range of simple consonant-vowel combinations e.g. CVCV, CV, VCV, VC.
Topic 5: Systems Software of the OCR New Specification of Computer Science for assessment in 2022
Concise summary of Systems Software, including:
Operating Software
Utility Software
5 part series of work for KS3 teaching about different Computer hardwares and softwares.
Lesson 1 - History of Computing research task
Lesson 2 - Hardware
Lesson 3 - Software
Lesson 4 - Data Storage
Lesson 5 - The CPU
Includes a workbook of 18 A4 pages and 6 lessons with full links to resources, extension tasks and teacher Powerpoints to lead the lessons. Designed for non-specialists teaching GCSE or Key Stage 3 Computer Science.
Lessons
Introduction to Operating Systems
Utility software
Modelling & simulations
High level and low level languages
Assemblers, compilers & interpreters
Included:
A well designed and clear workbook which students can work independently from on the computer or printed if they wish, with a range of different types of activities to ensure engagement.
Glossary for students to keep track of keywords and their definitions
A self-evaluation on the front of the booklet so students can check their own progress (useful for the teacher too)
Mini-assessment on key concepts using exam-style questions (answers provided)
This 18 page resource is an extract from a Functioal Skills ICT Level 2 Activity Workbook (by the same author) and covers software applications, using nterface features and adjusting system settings. The activity resource contains theory for each of the subjects, followed by multi-chioce and matchmaker activities to test knowedge. Also included are 'how to' help sheets for opening an aplication, installing and uninstalling software and managing unresponding applications. This worksheet/activity includes answers.
This little tutorial shows you how to make a Gantt chart using the free software GanttProject. It's a lot easier to introduce project management concepts when they don't have to be bogged down with the complex Maths involved or use software that's not really designed to do it.
This resource introduces learners to microsoft excel and what it is used for.
It starts off with basics and shows cells, columns and rows and how these are identified and accessed.
It engages learners with this through the use of games e.g.
-cell art where they have to fill the cell with the correct colour and make the picture.
-cell mine field which they play with a partner (like battleships)
cell bingo (there is a linked spinning wheel with all cells ref)
Finally it leads children up to a mini project where they plan and budget a dinner for their family. They can use the internet or magazines to get prices or simply make them up. They must record their costs, quantities etc on their spreadsheet. For more challenge, I introduced more confident learners with simple formulas to calculate their totals.
Students use jmol (link included) to look at different molecules and answer questions about their structure
Source: Activity taken from Oxford Biology 2014 edition - Allott and Mindorff
This Powerpoint explains hardware and software of a computer which could be used with a KS4 GCSE IT class because it explains what hardware is and gives you examples and it explains what software is and it gives you examples.
OCR GCSE Computer Science
Types of Software
Objectives:
Understand the keywords of “open source”, “proprietary”, “custom written” and “off the shelf” software
Be able to understand the advantages/disadvantages, and key features of custom written, off the shelf, open source and proprietary software.
Be able to discuss and write exam style answers to respond to questions about the types of software.
Computer Software worksheet
Covers
What is Computer Software?
Difference between Application and System Software?
Operating Systems (Definition, Functions, Need)
Suitable for KS3,KS4 and KS5
Exam Board
OCR
AQA
EDEXCEL
MVE resources