Great resources for teachers who want to put some extra fun into ICT/Computing lessons. It's very much a work in progress so check back regularly to see what's new. And many thanks in advance for leaving positive feedback if you enjoyed using a resource.
Great resources for teachers who want to put some extra fun into ICT/Computing lessons. It's very much a work in progress so check back regularly to see what's new. And many thanks in advance for leaving positive feedback if you enjoyed using a resource.
Title: Computer Hardware Components
Level: KS4–KS5 (Y11–Y13)
Duration: 50 mins - 1 hour
Applications: PowerPoint, Word
Materials: Old computer components (e.g. RAM, CPU etc) required for Part 1 of worksheet.
Description: A solid introductory lesson to BTEC IT Unit 2: Computer Systems. Includes a presentation with quizzes, a tutorial worksheet (contains answers on page 2), and a lesson plan. Please leave positive feedback if you enjoyed using this resource.
Title: Scratch Starter – Platform Game Activity
Level: KS3 (Y7-Y9)
Duration: 10-15 Minutes
Application required: Scratch 2
In this fun starter activity students simply have to put blocks together in the correct order to create a basic platform game. As an extension, students can add their own improvements to the game, turning this starter into an extended activity. Two Scratch files are supplied - one for the students, and one with the completed activity. Please leave positive feedback on TES if you enjoyed using this resource.
Title: Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Quiz
Level: KS3–KS4 (Y8–Y12)
Duration: 5 – 10 mins
Applications: PowerPoint
Description: A colourful quiz on Photoshop short-cuts which can be used as either a starter or plenary activity. With Photoshop’s extensive menu system learning the most commonly-used keyboard short-cuts can be an invaluable time-saver in class. Either split students into two teams first, or just use it as a quick revision test. Award one point for light-coloured questions and two points for dark questions, giving a maximum of 20 points in total.
Resources to support a practical activity where students dismantle desktop units and identify the computer hardware components within (allow one hour). You will need enough desktop computers (and screwdrivers) so that ideally students are working in groups no larger than four. You will need to label six components inside the computers (A to F), beforehand. This resource includes a short presentation to introduce the task, a worksheet sheet for students to complete, and some extension activities for those who finish first. Computers must NOT be connected to the mains power supply under any circumstances! By using this resource you accept that it is wholly your responsibility to ensure the activity is run safely, and you do so entirely at your own risk.
Title: Keyboard Shortcuts Quiz
Level: KS3–KS4 (Y8–Y12)
Duration: 5 – 10 mins
Applications: PowerPoint
Description: A colourful quiz on the common keyboards short-cuts used in most programs, which can be used as either a starter or plenary activity. Learning the most commonly-used keyboard short-cuts can be an invaluable time-saver in ICT/Computing class. Either split students into two teams first, or just use it as a quick revision test. Award one point for orange questions and two points for blue questions, giving a maximum of 20 points in total.
Title: PowerPoint – Creating Effective Animations
Level: KS2-KS3 (Y6-Y9)
Duration: 50 mins – 1 hour
Applications: PowerPoint
Description: For everyone who wants to see an end to 'Death by PowerPoint!' A fun, interactive tutorial teaching students how to create effective animations in PowerPoint that grab the audience's attention, without looking silly or 'over the top'. Students are required to re-create a series of animations of increasing technical difficulty. There is also a short tutorial on the last slide for students to complete which could be incorporated easily into a lesson plenary.
This free resource consists of two PowerPoint presentations; one for the teacher and the other for students. There are three student activities relating to programming constructs (sequence, selection and iteration), developing flowcharts, and identifying programming constructs in pseudocode. Only the teacher PowerPoint contains the answers. There is also a link to a programming construct quiz (on 101 Computing) which can be used as a plenary, and a Python programming challenge for students who already are some programming experience. Please leave positive feedback if you enjoyed using this resource.
An engaging tutorial to get students interested in programming using the excellent programming interface on the Khan Academy website. You are highly recommended to complete some of the basics tutorials with your students before attempting to use this resource.
There are teacher and student versions of the activity included. (The teacher version has answers to the questions). There is also the code included (text files) to create the rolling ball animation and the extension activity.
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