A 5 x 1 hour a week series of lessons looking at spreadsheet modelling aimed at mixed ability Year 7s. Can be adapted to higher age group and lengthened to suit. Has homework resources and based on use of Excel 2003

A very effective and relatively short starter activity that can be applied to any lessons related to the Internet, online communication, social networking, Web 2.0, growth in mobile technology and so much more. For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

Images based (Lessig type) presentation with slide notes to indicate delivery alongside. Phrases on notes in last slide to be put into envelopes and taped to student chairs/handed out to students for them to read out at the end

A starter activity where students have to name input/output devices from images given and possible questions these can spark are also provided for you to lead into. For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

A strong starter, and ideas for development of a lesson on how technology has changed for devices commonly used, the impacts this has had and how future technologies may develop. For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

An effective starter activity that gets students to rearrange a jigsaw puzzle, recognise logos for browser software and then identify an odd one out that is in fact an operating system logo. For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

A very effective starter, to base a lesson or series of lessons on design (particularly web design). The first website will both amuse and irritate students and the second should show the power of sophisticated design. Points to think about as well as how I have used this resource are in the instructions. For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

A starter activity to launch Scratch work (http://scratch.mit.edu/). This will give you a good indication of who is already familiar with the software and is a fun way to kick off the topic. For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

These simple tutorials have been put together to use in a primary school with Years 4 to 6 to assist in giving the study basic skills to use Scratch to have characters moving and talking to each other. The idea behind this is to cover ICT curriculum in use of Scratch to control objects and present an animated cartoon. Also, there is coverage of Literacy through the narrative that the students have the sprites say when they speak to each other. These resources could also be used at KS3.

A starter activity to see if your students know about protecting data with firewalls. Can be used prior to teaching about firewalls or in the lesson after teaching about them For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

A starter activity to draw students attention to behaviour and language online particularly in repsect of social networking. For more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

A brilliant worksheet for a starter, to base a lesson or series of lessons around and as self assessment. This activity allows students to assess where they are at with skills in Adobe Flash and then can be referred back to by both teachers and students. Highlighting progression, those are struggling and allowing for flexibility of lesson planning. Definitely one for an observed or Inspection lesson, this has been providedin doc format allow for your own editing. Courtesy of Emily Humphreys, for more quality ICT starters check out: http://ictstarters.wikispaces.com/

Simple test adapted from howtousegoogle.com on basic web searching. Good for getting students to realise what Google is showing them on a search results page and the terminology involved.