I'm an international teacher currently working in Lima, Peru. I've previously worked at schools in Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and South Korea. I teach Computer Science, core ICT and have just launched IB Digital Society at my school this year.
My husband also works as a Computer Science teacher (and yes we talk tech all the time!)
I hope that you find my resources useful and please give me feedback on how you get on with them, as well as any improvements or new content that you'd like to see.
I'm an international teacher currently working in Lima, Peru. I've previously worked at schools in Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and South Korea. I teach Computer Science, core ICT and have just launched IB Digital Society at my school this year.
My husband also works as a Computer Science teacher (and yes we talk tech all the time!)
I hope that you find my resources useful and please give me feedback on how you get on with them, as well as any improvements or new content that you'd like to see.
A selection of worksheets, guides and posters that can be used for lessons on Human Rights, I got lots of these from the Unicef website, which had some brilliant stuff on it if you need more!
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An 'inspiration&' board that you can print out and stick near your desk to give you new ideas to try out each day. The extension tasks are mostly themed around ICT ideas, but the Questioning and Starters pages will be useful for any subject.
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A handy leaflet to give out to your new tutor group where you can introduce yourself, the school and get them to fill out a bit of info about themselves.
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Some Christmas activities that might come in handy for lessons around Christmas time - get students to make their own Christmas card / Santa by using the images supplied.
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A template for making an A4 Valentines card that you can print out and fold up.
I've put some clip art on there already that students can use, you can get them to insert their own, or just print the cards out and get them to draw on them instead.
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A selection of posters that you can dot around IT rooms to help keep them tidy for the next class, as well as reminders to turn the machines off to save power and get everyone to remember their USBs!
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Where are the women in technology?
I first started writing this unit of work after the Google engineer James Damore released a memo in July 2017 that stated that the reason why there were less females in technology was because their gender meant they didn’t enjoy using or working with technology.
Subsequent to this was the Harvey Weinstein scandal and #MeToo movement where misogyny and workplace harassment came under the spotlight, as did the President Club furore, Oxfam sex abuse as well as burgeoning awareness campaigns in sports, banking, the BBC and government.
This unit of work can used be as a debate project where pupils can choose to investigate an aspect of the debate / a whole class debate theme / as an assembly or as a one off discussion lesson on women in technology (such as for International Womens Day on 9th March, Ada Lovelace Day on 10th Dec etc). It also works well for politics, ITGS and LPS / PSHCE.
I’ve included the lesson presentation with Success Criteria for constructing a debate, James Damore’s memo, a slideshow on top 20 females in technology, various starter activities, some useful links with statistics, news articles or further reading, and some suggested comebacks for tricky questions that might crop up.
This is a tough but important aspect of technology to teach so I’d love to hear how you get on and how it has worked with your classes. Please give me any feedback on aspects that could be improved or new links, sites or activities that have worked for you.
If you enjoyed these resources, please check out my others on programming, Illustrator, graphic design, animation and various others.
A selection of worksheet activities for a Game Design topic that can be used as activities / worksheets in class, or set as homework.
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A sheet with all the key vocab needed for introducing Game Making / Design, great for ESL learners, but also useful as a starter or test at the beginning of the lesson.
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An 'odd one out' activity featuring well known faces that can lead to a mature and thought-provoking discussion point about immigration, race, homosexuality, domestic abuse etc.
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This unit is improved at pupils (or teachers!) who are using Adobe Illustrator for the first time and will help them learn how to use the main tools such as the select, subselect, Pathfinder, fill and stroke, scale, pen, pencil and shapes tools.
It contains 4 practice sheets made in Illustrator that the pupils should open and edit
A bundle of starter activities for using Adobe Illustrator in a Powerpoint and Word file - missing words, name the tool, memory round, mix and match, fill in the blanks, Odd One Out, Taboo, What's on the Board and a set of printable Bingo cards.
You can display these on the board, or print them out if you wish.
How to play Taboo - choose two pupils, one who will describe the word on the board and one who will try and guess. The pupil who is guessing must face away from the board. The pupil describing MUST NOT say any of the Taboo words. They can't say 'It sounds like...' or what letter the word begins with. They have 60 seconds to get their partner to work out what it is. You can then swap them out and pick two different pupils, or choose a winner to stay on.
How to play What's on the Board - choose two pupils, one who will describe the word on the board and one who will try and guess. The pupil who is guessing must face away from the board. The pupil describing should try to describe as many words as possible (you can set a timer if you wish).
I have also uploaded a set of skills sheets with accompanying videos and a printable help guide if you have found these useful.
A two-sided printable help guide for using Adobe Illustrator explaining what the tools are.
I've also included links to my YouTube videos on getting started and a few troubleshooting tips.
I've also uploaded some skills sheets and accompanying help videos, as well as a bundle of starters that be used for Illustrator so take a look at those as well if you find these useful.
