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This great selection of resources covers my career as a teacher including resources from Economics and Computer Science as well as resources that other teachers have asked me to develop.

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This great selection of resources covers my career as a teacher including resources from Economics and Computer Science as well as resources that other teachers have asked me to develop.
Visual Story Prompts Randomiser
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Visual Story Prompts Randomiser

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This little PowerPoint randomiser whizzes through 20 writing prompts. Press the Up arrow key to stop it and space to space to start it again. You could also choose the prompts for you. For SEN students the visuals are useful to help engage students. Thanks to Writing Prompts Blog for most of the ideas. I have localised and added to the original 15.
4 Steps to revision success
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4 Steps to revision success

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A simple PowerPoint Assembly that takes students through 4 steps to encourage them to revise actively rather than simply read material again and again. (Please also see the PSHE tutorial version.)
Printable GCSE Glossary
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Printable GCSE Glossary

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This is a printable ICT GCSE Glossary to help students with the Edexcel GCSE in ICT. Annoyingly there is not one in the back of the students book, so I’ve tried to create this one for students folders. I’ve also included an Excel version, which can be used for resource development and on-screen viewing. Please let me know if there are any words missing.
Advertising the Game
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Advertising the Game

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This resource was used in ICT to encourage students to make their own advert, but could easily be adapted for reluctant writers or made into an assembly to show how advertising works. i.e. Selling products people do not want to buy. This resource requires a newer version of PowerPoint or the player.
Design a Shop Front
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Design a Shop Front

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A simple worksheet on designing a shop front. Can either be used as a cover lesson or as part of a series on commercial designing.
Business Departments
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Business Departments

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This was made, because my A-level ICT students had no idea what business departments were and what they did. It is a simple sheet to make sure that students know the VERY basics.
Calculations with Roald Dahl's Matilda
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Calculations with Roald Dahl's Matilda

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Although Matilda was supposed to be 5, I'd challenge any 5 year old to actually do this maths in their heads! If you are reading Matilda to a class, this is a very nice way to introduce Spreadsheets in KS2 or could be used as an exercise in KS3. You will need the book Matilda by Roald Dahl (Pages 45 - 47) to make full use of this exercise, but could be done as a standalone. Also a good example of real life Maths for a Maths lesson. (I would stress this is based on the book rather than the film, which has different Maths)
Lateral Thinking Puzzles
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Lateral Thinking Puzzles

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These lateral puzzles have been around for many years in one form or another and they are a great way to encourage discussion, thinking and creativity. Also once you know them, you can bring them in at a moment's notice, but before using them make sure you know a few, because just occasionally a student can solve it instantly. They can be displayed on an electronic Whiteboard from the Website or you can use the PDF for printing out and handouts. In a Special needs environment they can help students to think about literal and lateral meanings.
Platformer using minimal code (Scratch)
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Platformer using minimal code (Scratch)

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This little platform game uses the least code, I could possibly get away with. Nice for newbies to code a 'Mario' style game. Also my students tell me its actually quite a challenging little game. Easy coding doesn't necessarily mean an easy game...
Market Failure
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Market Failure

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This presentation takes you through Market Failure with real life examples from my students lives!
Demand & Supply Introduction
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Demand & Supply Introduction

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This presentation on demand and supply includes all the basics with surplus and price discrimination with a bevy of examples that students can relate to.
Branding
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Branding

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This presentation looks at the effect that Branding has on products.
Branding
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Branding

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This branding presentation set has a good range of activities to encourage students to think about what they see around them.
SWOT Analysis
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SWOT Analysis

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This SWOT Analysis lesson takes you through all aspects of this tool with the help of hotels and games.
Leonardo Da Vinci Assembly
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Leonardo Da Vinci Assembly

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This assembly resource is great for encouraging students to respect those with special needs. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest creators of the renaissance and yet he was Dyslexic. In addition to the core PowerPoint and Word File (Which students could hold up if there is no projector) There is also a Bingo game and Word Search.