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Discover my incredible printable Key Stage 3 Computer Systems booklet in PDF format, designed to make learning about computers engaging and effortless. It’s a complete rework of NCCE’s Year 8 Computer Systems unit so you can rest assured you are still following the same content, just in a different way! You could use for differentiation, cover lessons, revision or homework. Delve into essential topics such as “What is a computer?”, “Computer Components,” “How Components Work Together,” “Boolean Logic,” “Computer Software,” and “Artificial Intelligence.” The booklet is supported by my 8 Computer Systems videos on YouTube (free) Equip your students with comprehensive content and the convenience of studying at their own pace, anywhere, and anytime. This TES resource contains the PDF student booklet (printable but non-editable) and PDF student answers (printable but non-editable). Also available as with an editable student booklet: /teaching-resource/resource-12848800

First in a series of five lessons (which could be extended) The lesson includes a brief introduction to the interface, working with panels and the History window; create a new document; guides; document colour; Place embed; transform/move images; creating basic shapes; adding and formatting text including layer styles; Smart Objects Editable resources include lesson presentation, image files and plenary handout

Resource includes: A template students can analyse interactive products in. A basic presentation to support the template This resources does not include actual interactive products to analyse as students must find those themselves or be given them. Although design for R087 (legacy course) could be used with R097.

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)

Third lesson in of our series of lessons to teach RocketCake web design software Every lesson comes with ‘Rocket Choices’ which are used within the lesson Covers consistency; changing the page properties; saving a webpage as a template; creating a contact form The Web Design Using RocketCake booklet is a useful companion to our series of lessons as are our Web Design Using RocketCake videos Includes lesson plan (non-editable)

First of our series of lessons to teach RocketCake web design software The lesson uses Version 3.3 (free, not professional) Covers the interface; saving; the concept of a template (this is covered in a future lesson further); setting up a navigation menu; structuring a page with text, headings and containers The lesson comes with a bonus alternative starter The Web Design Using RocketCake booklet is a useful companion to our series of lessons as are our Web Design Using RocketCake videos Includes lesson plan (non-editable)

Third lesson in my series to help teach students how to use the basics of Adobe Illustrator (based on 2023 version) The focus of the lesson is to help students to learn how to trace images as well be exposed to the rectangle, pen and shape builder tools as they create a lorry. Once the lorry has been created in Tasks 1-5 the focus shifts to the more challenging use of the Pen Tool plus the curvature tool to help make paths easier! If you use the complete set of lessons this will help to re-practice the skills - needed for student success. Lesson includes Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (including embedded videos); starter activity; plenary questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy); student tasks with Microsoft Word task sheet which acts as a tick sheet and direction to help video. Suitable for Creative iMedia R094 as students could use Adobe Illustrator alongside Photoshop to design a logo. Please note: lesson created using 2023 version. Whilst almost all tools will be the same, there may be a few that are not present in earlier versions.

Second lesson in my series to help teach students how to use the basics of Adobe Illustrator (based on 2023 version) The focus of the lesson is to help students to learn how to use the basic shape tools as well as create their own If you use the complete set of lessons this will help to re-practice the skills - needed for student success. Lesson includes Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (including embedded videos); video files; starter activity; plenary questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy); student tasks with Microsoft Word task sheet which acts as a tick sheet and direction to help video. Suitable for Creative iMedia R094 as students could use Adobe Illustrator alongside Photoshop to design a logo. Please note: lesson created using 2023 version. Whilst almost all tools will be the same, there may be a few that are not present in earlier versions.

Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course This lesson teaches students how to prepare for the project with skills that can be used to evidence D3 This lesson include a presentation, a folder to compress and a partly completed Gantt chart Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews

We devised this lesson as part of a series of lessons to motivate less able students to enjoy Python as found PRIMM worked really well The lessons use Mu but any Python IDE could be used Includes editable lesson presentation, a worksheet and Python source files (for the MAKE exercise) The presentation includes animations of some of the coding being typed Please note it is not possible to display all slides and worksheets within the preview so go to the website to see a bit more

A lesson to help reinforce the planning documentation required in R094, emphasising the level of detail needed. The aim is to help provide more structure for lower ability students or those with SEN but could be useful for all students. The resource includes: crib sheet (A3 but can be printed A4); crib sheet with student task; blank tempates with no task teacher presentation to support the lesson (with some slide notes) example solution templates are PDF and Powerpoint (where they can draw on top of the template) Updated 01/11/22 to include example solution and peer mark scheme

Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course This unit of work uses RocketCake in order for students to produce their website, however parts of this lesson could still be used as non-software specific in parts This lesson aims to teach students about how to create testing plans, types of questioning ; how to gain feedback and then optimise their website This lesson includes: demonstrations (via slides/animations/videos), and then tasks for them to practice including a quiz Files provided to save time in lesson and RCD files for the teacher to give an example of the completed tasks Challenge built into some of the slides/tasks Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews

Fourth lesson in a new series of lessons to help students prepare for Unit 6 Covers part of the Learning Aim A: Purpose of Website Products (Media and objects;  Creativity and Innovation) Lesson includes presentation, memory game and activities Enhanced version: PowerPoint presentation; student document in Word format Updated 25/10/22 with new unconvential layout example

Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course This lesson aims to teach students about Identifying the requirements; Specifying the intended audience; Providing a full summary of the problem to be solved; Exploring the constraints; Realising the benefits; Understanding the nature of interactivity required; Deciding the complexity of the website required Also includes some slides on legislation This lesson includes: a starter quiz (interactive/paper-based/SCORM); a teacher presentation; student ‘taskbook’ in PowerPoint so they can complete the tasks as you move through the theory; some teacher notes for the taskbook - how they could answer it Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews

Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course This lesson aims to teach students about the design documentation that they can produce when designing a website and how to work at Merit and Distinction level This lesson includes: a starter puzzle (interactive); a teacher presentation and the students complete a team task to test their knowledge Challenge built into some of the slides/tasks Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews

Part of a series of lessons to support the GCSE Computer Science unit “Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology” In this lesson privacy, enivonmental, ethical, legal and cultural issues are considered Resource includes lesson presentation, our Issue Chooser and exercises for students to complete Can also be complemented by our Impacts of Digital Technology - Knowledge Map All files now editable

Part of a series of lessons to support the GCSE Computer Science unit “Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology” In this lesson Data Protection, Computer Misuse and 51���� legislaton is covered Resource includes lesson presentation and an interactive exercise called “What’s The Crime?” in which students find the crime and answer some questions (available seperately) All files are now editable

Part of a series of lessons to support the GCSE Computer Science unit “Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology” In this lesson the advances in computing are explored including delivery robots and distrubution centres Resource includes lesson presentation, starter sheet, summary exercises and exercises for students to complete All files are now editable

Part of our Interactive Multimedia Product Practice Series being developed (which could be used at KS3 or to deliver Creative iMedia R087 practice) This lesson covers interpreting a Client Brief The lesson includes: Editable teacher presentation with embedded videos Editable lesson plan Student activities: Client Brief (for them to highlight) Client Brief (with more line spacing to allow for easier annotation) Client Brief Annotation (Electronic version to annotate with audio file to read out text) Scaffolded template for further expansion Plenary template Updated 10/10/22 - corrected YouTube link

Developed with weaker students in mind, but can be used with other groups. Includes: Explanation of the concepts Exercise booklet Answers Booklet Plenary questions sheet using Bloom’s Taxonomy Editable teacher presentation