Use this when teaching employability to adults. They receive the applications to sort thru as if they were a recruitment panel choosing who to interview. They are asked to say who they have invited why & who they didn’t invite é why. They see their application process through others eyes. The applications are for retail but the message is true for all job roles STEP1 split the class into teams. In groups read é deconstruct job ad é description STEP2 Same groups choose who they will call for interview STEP3 Compare the teams who they have rejected é why é who called for interview é why

I use this activity when teaching adults Word Processing. There is text inputting and alteration and also using passwords and deleting files.

I use this activity when teaching adults Access. It is based around a Oscar nominations and students populate and interrogate the data.

I use these activities when teaching adults Access. there are various themes and students populate and interrogate the data.

I use this as an ice breaker with all sorts of adult groups as the pop stars are a bit out of date for younger people. I have used this as a word procesing exercise giving them the story to in put the answers on the screen rather than by hand. It also works well when used in a class and split into groups for a speed game.

I use this activity when teaching adults Email . It is based around a marketing role within Harrods and students send recieve emails using attachments.

I use this activity when teaching adults Email . It is based around a trip to Durham and students send recieve emails using attachments. there are also activity sheets about the jargon surrounding email.

I use these activities when teaching adult absolute beginners in spreadsheets. There is data input and simple formulae inputting and alteration and they are useful as extra resources for those that are getting well ahead or for just getting them to do the same tasks until they are comfortable.

I used this with adults completing ITQ to carry out the initial steps in using an IT system (eg turning on a personal computer (PC) and using a mouse to navigate around a screen); and operate hardware and software day-to-day (eg a PC) operating systems and software that is suitable for the task in hand).

I use this activity when teaching adults Email . It is based around an ECDL mock assessment.

I use these activities when teaching adults spreadsheets. This is a progression the Level 2 exercise including data input and a little more complex formulae inputting and alteration and they are useful as extra resources for those that are getting well ahead or for just getting them to do the same tasks until they are comfortable

I use these activities when teaching adult absolute beginers in Word Processing. There is text inputting and alteration and they are useful as extra resources for those that are getting well ahead or for just getting them to do the same tasks until they are comfortable.

I use this when teaching adults. This is an Excel activity that shows aspects of level 1 use including some formulae. It is based on a beding shop and is good for % calculation in formulae.

This is a mock test that I use with adult students. It is from an older version of ECDL but the word processing tasks are still relevant to those learning the fuctions availble within Word.

I use these activities when teaching adults Word Processing. There is text inputting and alteration and they are useful as extra resources for those that are getting well ahead or for just getting them to do the same tasks until they are comfortable.

I use these activities when teaching adults Word Processing. There is text inputting and alteration and they are useful as extra resources for those that are getting well ahead or for just getting them to do the same tasks until they are comfortable.

I use this exercise when starting in Excel. The students have normally done Word already so are familiar with the formatting toolbar. I then go on with this to practice inserting and deleting rows and columns in different ways (so they can see when eyes and noses disappear) We also do drag and drop – turning our face into a jigsaw by dragging out the features and then dragging them back. You can also go on to working with the format cell menus to add borders for glasses, or a moustache … Hope you have fun with this.

I use these handouts when teaching adults WP.

These are a range of hand-outs I created for adult students when learning about Excel and its various functions

I use this activity when teaching adults mail merge in word processing. students create the letter and mail merge it.