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Primary-Secondary
Transition ICT
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Go Robo! |
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Author: Trevor Blunn
Princethorpe College, Warwickshire |
Go-Robo is a programming language that enables students to develop control of a range of WowWee Robosapien robots.The software is suitable for KS2-3 students and makes for cross phase liaison. Girls in particular show high engagement with the robots. |
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KS2
& KS3 ICT Confidence Builder |
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Author: Jude
Quinn
Prospect
Technology College, Reading |
The aim of this project is
to increase the confidence of year 7 students in using ICT for
the first time at secondary school and to create a link between
some of the skills they have developed at KS2 and the KS3 National
Strategy syllabus. |
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Secondary Business Studies
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New! Multivision ... |
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Author: Rob Bashforth
Birkdale High School, Dewsbury
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This ICT project driven from an eportfolio, is centred around a hi-tech mobile phone company. The scenario is ideally suited for helping learners to achieve a level 6 at KS3, but is also perfect for KS4 ICT courses. |
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New! Rapid web-based eportfolios |
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Author: Dai Thomas
Warden Park School, Sussex
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This project allows offers a SCORM package for rapid web-based e-portfolio's. SCORM is a method of standardizing content for display within an e-learning system such as Moodle, Learnwise or Kaleidos etc.The materials were designed to be used at KS4 to support the DIDA suite of qualifications but they could equally be used for KS3. |
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New! Spreadsheet modelling |
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Author: Alan Jones
Warden Park School, Sussex
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The project is intended to address a particular problem for all teachers who wish to develop spreadsheet modelling capability for more able pupils in a mixed ability setting. It also addresses a much wider challenge facing schools which deliver a number of curriculum areas to mixed ability groups. |
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Enterprise studies on car design |
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Author: Peter Stone
St Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School, Kent
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This series of tasks aims to start students thinking about some of the issues surrounding the setting up of a new business. It would work well at the start of the school year for Year 10 pupils as an introduction to what business is all about. |
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Introduction to Business |
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Author: Michelle Billington
Moor Park Business & Enterprise School, Preston
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This series of tasks aims to start students thinking about some of the issues surrounding the setting up of a new business. It would work well at the start of the school year for Year 10 pupils as an introduction to what business is all about. |
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GCSE Finance & Accounting |
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Author: David Salbstein
Finchley Catholic High School
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This website focuses on the profit and loss account and the balance sheet, along with the tools required to analyse them. There is also a look at how businesses use cash flow forecasts, how they find sponsorship and how they create budgets. |
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A 2Good4You Healthy Food Quest |
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Author: Asif Anwar
Birkdale High School, Dewsbury |
This fun project comprises a series of tasks surrounding the setting up of a new healthy food outlet within a specific deadline. It is suitable for Year 7 and 8 students; differentiation is by outcome as there are certificates available for 3 levels of attainment. |
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2tone |
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Author: Phyl Stroud
Warden Park School, Sussex |
Pupils are asked to design and present a data handling system for the management of a fictitious music company called '2tone'. The system should host customer information and be sufficiently robust to provide solutions to problems. |
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Secondary
ICT
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Website for a mobile phone! |
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Author: Mark Bashforth
Wakefield College, Yorkshire
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This resource is a guide towards creating a website for a mobile phone. The web 2.0 site used is wirenode and is totally free! Wirenode provides a personal domain name which can be used with a WAP enabled mobile phone. The web sites created are then truly mobile! |
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Investigation Crime Squad |
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Author: Hardip Mothada
Twyford CE High School, London
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This project develops coursework skills in Years 9 and 10 around a typical DiDA D201 coursework task. The resource briefly explores topics such as encryption, mobile communications, information security, forensic science and some of the moral and ethical issues posed by new technologies. |
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Scratch |
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Author: Trevor Blunn
Cedars Upper School, Leighton Buzzard
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Scratch is a new
programming language from MIT which teaches all the basics of computer programming using
a straightforward graphical interface and which allows students to create their own interactive
stories, animations, games, music, and art. |
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Digital Video [Across the Curriculum] |
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Author: Trevor Blunn
Princethorpe College, Warwickshire |
KS3 students are using freely downloadable MS Photostory and MS Movie Maker for
creating digital video projects across a range of subjects. Trevor hopes that this project will be of interest to ICT co-ordinators who want to encourage the use of Digital Video across the curriculum. |
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Basic Robotic Skills |
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Authors: Helen Robinson & Anthony Gostelow
St Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School, Kent
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This project is designed to support the Keystage 3 ICT control unit in a fun and exciting way. Using Lego Robolab software students work through a series of lessons incorporating PowerPoint, games and worksheets to develop their programming skills.
The ultimate goal is to program their robot to navigate an obstacle course. |
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Digital Video for Teachers |
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Author: Rob Bashforth
Stocksbridge High School, South Yorkshire |
This Digital Video course is an ideal starting point for any teacher wishing to facilitate class where students shoot and edit movies, plan time and collaborate in teams. |
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Assembling a PC |
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Author: Trevor Blunn
Princethorpe College, Warwickshire
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An understanding of assembling computer hardware is an essential prerequisite of GNVQ and AVCE courses delivered at key stage 4 and 5. This is a photographic resources which has been used to support that part of the curriculum |
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Practical Networking |
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Author: Trevor Blunn
Princethorpe College, Warwickshire |
Computer networking is a component of every GCSE and A level ICT course but it is largely theoretical. By the use of photographs and illustrations, this site gives a practical introduction to using network components. |
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Adobe Studio 8 |
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Author: Mark Bashforth
Wakefield College, West Yorkshire |
This basic online training resource focuses on the use of the suite of products in Adobe Studio 8 - Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash - becoming more and more popular with students studying DiDA and GCSE ICT. |
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Using Logo |
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Author: Konrad Konlechner
Mayflower School, Billericay, Essex |
This project focuses on the creation of turtle graphics using the free version of the Logo programming language. It is designed to teach students to learn to problem solve in a virtual environment through the medium of computer control and programming. |
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Relational Databases |
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Author: Trevor Blunn
Princethorpe College, Warwickshire
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The project provides instruction on creating a loan system using a relational database in MS Access. Students work through exemplar materials to address the KS4 curriculum for ICT. |
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Access Databases |
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Author: Trevor Blunn
Princethorpe College, Warwickshire |
The project provides an introduction to using and designing databases at KS3, using MS Access in particular. |
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Business Spreadsheets |
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Author: Steven Dinmore
Dartford Technology College, Kent |
This resource provides a scheme of work for students sitting GCSE ICT who often ask the importance of learning spreadsheets. Students imagine that they own a business which is seeking more efficient stock control mechanisms. |
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Image work ... through sound! |
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Author: Jane Cooke
Ivybridge Community College, Devon
** Becta ICT in Practice Award Winner 2006** |
How would you describe an image with sound?? This is an interesting resource which explores images/image types through the use of sound! [KS3 ICT] |
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Desktop Publishing |
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Author: Gwyn Ap Harri
Hatfield Visual Arts College, Doncaster |
Desktop publishing is the first of four tasks that students will write up as part of their GCSE course. Students are encouraged to do well with coursework, thereby avoiding undue pressure in the final examination. |
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Using Audacity for audio content |
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Author: Hardip Mothada
Drayton Manor School, London |
Over four lessons, this project aims to help KS3 students produce a radio advertisement. The resource includes example sound files, PowerPoint slides, and student worksheets. |
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Database work for Citizenship |
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Author: Matthew Hogan
Eaton Bank School, Congleton, Cheshire |
Over five lessons, this project encourages students to share data with a partner school - analyse the data and present their findings. |
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Engaging Girls in ICT |
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Authors: Trudy
Eperon
Prospect Technology College, Reading
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The project aims to encourage
girls at Key Stage 3 to engage in ICT and can be used as an introduction
leading to the KS3 strategy units or run as an extra curricular
computer club. [It is also suitable for mixed groups and all-boy
groups!]. |
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Multimedia studies: AVCE and
AS2 ICT |
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Authors: Deborah
Halifax and Tim Rushbrooke
Windsor Boys' School, London |
This resource is designed
for AVCE ICT Unit 20 and AS Media Studies and therefore TWO projects
are submitted here. Most pages are common to the two different
qualifications but assessment differences are taken into account
in the frameworks and examples given. |
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Multimedia Presentations |
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Author: Ross
Jardine
Haberdashers'
Aske's Hatcham College, London |
This project aims to develop
a Macromedia Flash presentation directed at local tourism. The
depth of the project is left to the individual teacher and it
is scalable thus making it suitable as a basis for the Individual
Project in Unit 7 Multimedia Full GNVQ ICT. |
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Networking |
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Author: Catherine
Malik
Haberdashers'
Aske's Hatcham College, London |
This unit of work is designed
to be an introduction to the Unit 8 Edexcel Full course Intermediate
GNVQ ICT and covers a series of 50 minute lessons. Each lesson
has starter activities, explanations and activities to complete. |
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See also ... |
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Financial Literacy |
Citizenship |
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Building Websites on Bullying |
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Newspaper Simulation |
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Learning to Learn Webquest |
Learning skills |
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The Great Chocolate Webquest |
Learning skills |
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