Differentiated self-assessment sheets for the main units in the OCR GCSE Business Communication Systems. Gauge the progress of students against their ability - Low Ability Pupils (LAP), Middle Ability Pupils (MAP), High Ability Pupils (HAP) and Most Able pupils (MA). Use as a progress check for students, and as a check for teachers that they are covering the content outlined in the OCR GCSE Business Communication Systems.

OCR GCSE Computer Science Think - Make the Link A presentation developed from the OCR Specification to demonstrate to students how the knowledge and understanding for the new Unit 2 exam correlates with the skills required for the Unit 3 Non-Exam Assessment. By drawing the parallels between the content for the two assessments, I hope to develop stronger students with greater clarity in computational thinking as they approach the NEA in the Autumn term 2017, and prepare for the exam in Summer 2018. Scheme of work and lesson plans currently under development, and will follow.

Linked in with the syllabus criteria. Costs & Revenues Break Even Budgeting Cash Flow Profit & Loss Solution provided.

BTEC First Award in ICT Learning Aim B: Understand what the internet is, how it works, and how it is structured Comprehension exercises. Differentiated questions. Learn/revise for the November exam with these. More to follow for this resource as created.

Document linking Key Stage 2 computing curriculum requirements with units of work. Scratch introductory lesson written by Key Stage 3/4 teacher for local primary school struggling with the new computing curriculum terminology. Teaching the lessons over the Autumn term 2017, so more lessons will be added as created. I use Scratch offline editor, but this could be done on the online version too.

Revision resource on Networks Golden nuggets of information to revision. Flash cards for cutting out and using as prompts for paired discussion, e.g. one sees the keyword, the other sees the definition .

Use these AfL checklists as you cover theory for the A451 exam. Differentiated for main topics to identify where students need more help in preparation for their exam.

Tricky words sheet for J296 Component 1 and Component 2 - Know and recognise these words, so you understand the context of the questions in the exam, plus: Learn how to compare the concepts using the Whereas Game as a ‘fun’ way to prepare for the exam: Instructions to students for playing the Whereas Game: You have been given a WHEREAS card. When instructed, you will have 30 seconds to explain to the class the difference between the 2 key terms you have been given. There must be no speaking (except for the person completing their WHEREAS challenge) until all class members have had a go You must listen carefully as the answer they give could be the answer you need in the May exams.

With students, prior to assessment, we run a walk-through-talk-through lesson, where using a visualiser, we talk through the questions and then the teacher handwrites the answer explaining how they structure it. This has resulted in greater confidence displayed by students in the following assessment. As we have multiple teachers, a solution is provided with possible answers so that there is consistency in guidance given to students. Following the assessment, in the DIRT lesson, we go through a modelled answer to again show students how the teacher would have approached the actual assessment and things they should have picked up on when reading/answering the questions. This assessment is based on: Modern Technologies and the Impact of Modern Technologies.

By creating a Times Table Learning Game on Scratch, students can become familiar with key programming terms: Sequence Selection Iteration Variables Includes lesson powerpoint, student resource and Scratch quiz. Update: Additional resource added - screenshots of Scratch code for quiz in case you are not using Scratch 2 offline editor. Follow on lesson - Direct Reflection and Improvement Time. How much do they now understand.

Using a model of 15 minutes theory and discussion, followed by practical creation of a user interface in Microsoft Access, this unit helped my Year 9 class to understand the concept of user interfaces as an introduction to the BTEC TA in DIT. Includes - discussion tasks linked to specification, home learning tasks and practical tasks in Access.

GCSE Computer Science 9-1 This is the assessment I will be using with my Year 9 end of year assessment. Assessment on modules covered so far: Unit 1: Systems Architecture - Von Neumann Architecture, Components of the CPU. Software – operating system, system software, application software Memory – ROM, RAM, Virtual Memory, Flash Memory Storage – storage types, data capacity Unit 2: Algorithms - Binary search and merge sorting. Translators & Facilitators - Low Level Language, Assembly Language and High Level Language. Programming Concepts Unit 3: Sequence Selection Iteration Count control Teacher assessment criteria (Low Ability - LAP, Medium Ability - MAP, High Ability-HAP) Full solution to test, marking grid (for teacher analysis), as well as teacher PowerPoint to display during test (differentiated).

OCR GCSE Computer Science - Revision Resource for Independent Study: Memory Joggers and Explain questions for Paper 1 Computer Systems and Paper 2 Computational Thinking and Algorithms.

EdExcel GCSE Business - Revision Resource for Independent Study: Memory Joggers and Explain questions for Theme 1 Investigating Small Business and Theme 2 Growing a Business.

Component 3 Cyber Security This is a set of Knowledge Build Cards (KBCs) linked to the theory required for Component 3 Cyber Security, and the skills required in Component 1, if you choose to use PowerPoint for the User Interface . Used as follows: 15 mins SSCR literacy task for content. Listening to audio of theory before the CR element of task linked to the school. Working on the development of the user interface as practice for Component 1 LAC. (Infographics removed for copyright reasons) Thanks for taking an interest in this resource.

Unit of work looking at the modern technology used by organisations, the individual and society. Developing students skills in online software using Google Sites, this unit develops on from the unit on Modern Technologies.

Let’s Do It Activities Designed as lesson starters for component 2 - revision of the different data conversion methods: Binary to denary and vice versa, binary to hexadecimal and vice versa, denary to hexadecimal and vice versa, binary addition, binary shift to the left, binary shift to the right, and finally as mentioned in the spec, (how to calculate) the check digit. Each conversion is illustrated through worked examples and tips on how to convert with three practice questions that students can work on independently. In my lessons, I will have a folder with the solutions in so that students can self-mark once they have completed the activity. To follow shortly: Let’s Do It Activities for Sorting & Searching Algorithms and Logic Gates.

Prepare students for the A452 Practical Investigation with MySQL (June 2017 submission) using these walk-through-talk-through guides I developed for my Year 10 class. Creating a database Creating tables Sorting and filtering tables Joining tables Creating queries on multiple tables

A crucial unit that completes the Component 3 content for the January 2020 exam and will provide the higher-order thinking for L2M/L2D. This unit looks at the different forms of notation, with examples of each form of notation required for the exam - skills needed: how business use them, how to interpret them and how to present them.

Mock exam for new Year 11 students. Topics covered include: Unit 1: Systems Architecture, software, memory and storage. Unit 2: Algorithms, Translators & Language Facilitators, Computational Thinking and Programming Concepts Question sheet (for written mock) and Teacher Solution Provided.