With a few decades of experience teaching Computer Science, Business and IT, this shop has a variety of resources for KS3 Computing as well as the KS4 GCSE Computer Science, GCSE Business, BTEC Business and BTEC TA DIT. More resources coming in the near future.
With a few decades of experience teaching Computer Science, Business and IT, this shop has a variety of resources for KS3 Computing as well as the KS4 GCSE Computer Science, GCSE Business, BTEC Business and BTEC TA DIT. More resources coming in the near future.
I have created this marking grid to use with the OCR Computer Science 9-1 June 2018 papers.
When marking the mock exams for my Year 11, if they show some knowledge of the topic, I will put the marks awarded in the ‘Knowledge demonstrated’ column, whereas if they get low or 0 marks, I will put the mark in the ‘Area for further revision’ column. This way, when students receive their feedback, they can target revision at their weaker areas prior to re-testing.
I hope it can be of use.
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Help prepare students for the Unit 2 Business Finance (EdExcel) with this glossary of keywords and definitions.\n\nAlso suitable for other business courses.\n\nHope others can make use of this - compiled over 12 months, as I created the individual lessons
Help your students learn those little facts that will gain the identify or state questions in the GCSE Computer Science 9-1 exams.
Little nuggets of revision - “cut-out and stick on this fridge/mirror or anywhere in the house where you’ll see it.”
I have now created these for all the topics in Component 1 & Component 2, and have put them in a bundle. As I create revision resources, I will also create more bundles to help students prepare for the exam. If you liked this resource, there are more like it available for a small fee:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-computer-science-9-1-revision-11840640
In final preparation for the GCSE Computer Science 9-1 exam, I have created some characters and simple tips to help students remember how to approach the different types of questions.
If you can you this, and it can help students, please download.
Good luck to all GCSE Computer Science students on 14 & 17 May 2018.
BTEC Tech Award in Digital Information Technology
In the final revision for the Component 3 exam, I have put together a simple presentation with all the key areas from the Component 3 syllabus for topics that may come up in the exam.
Added to these are tips from the recent mock exam students did based on the specimen exam paper.
I hope this can helps some other students out there doing the BTEC TA DIT.
Good luck to them all.
Incorporate functional skills into the new KS3 Computing curriculum - essential transferable skills for use in other curriculum areas. This scheme of work and self-assessment checklist, will help develop students report writing skills in Microsoft Word, ready for use in KS4 controlled assessment write-up.
PA1 Scratch
Introducing programming concepts through visual-based learning
Programming Concept - Knowledge and Application test
Screenshots provided in the Word document in case you are not using the offline editor Scratch 2.
Revision resources designed using Cornell's 2 column format (notes - summary).
Topics drawn from the mark scheme answers.
Questions multiple-choice, short-answer questions and extended questions.
Quizzes designed using the Business Communication Systems A265 past papers but relevant to other Business exams.
Help from students to create these resources, and any money made from these resources will be invested in the Enterprise activities of the Business Department.
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).
Supporting the NEW EdExcel BTEC Tech Award
BTEC Tech Award in Digital Information Technology
Personalised Learning Checklists for Component 1 (+ Component 1 Assessment), Component 2 (+ Component 2 Assessment) and Component 3.
Keep a record of student progress against the new syllabus content (1 - Grasped concept, 2 - need to revise, 3 - Did not understand (complete revisit).
Ideal for completing after interim assessment, and will allow easy identification of areas for further teaching and intervention.
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.
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.
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How to:
Use imported modules in a Python program
Introductory lesson to:
random
time
turtle
tkinter
Developing students use of the programming cycle: Analyse, Plan, Success Criteria, Develop, Test and Evaluate.
Python code in notepad - copy and paste into Python.
Developed this resource as alternative end of unit test for the students.\n\nIt combined questions on:\nBusiness enterprise, business activity, business sectors and business ownership\n\nThe financial document trail.\n\nIt was differentiated so students chose the question they felt most confident answering. The rule was a few sentences for bronze, a paragraph for silver and two paragraphs for gold.\n\nIt worked well, and demonstrated the progress students had made in the half term.
A small selection of the resources I am developing to help my students improve their confidence in key terminology for Component 2, which based on mock results, was their weaker paper.
Get Going Glossary - checking their understanding of key terminology.
Fast Five - Quick questions on data rep/algorithms/logic/simple algorithms.
DTT - Diagnosis following practice papers.
Terminal Ten - MCQs and a QWC question.
I am developing these resources as I teach my Year 11s, and over will upload the sets of resources in due course.
Component 3 Exam - Daily Dose of DIT
My students have downloaded the Google Classroom app to their smartphones so they can receive regular notifications from me.
I use the stream on Google Classroom to provide students with a Daily Dose of DIT, and then put the Daily Dose into a spreadsheet.
Really recommend Google Classroom if you are not already using it, and I hope that the Daily Doses attached can help you/your students in preparation for the Component 3 exam.
I will update this regularly as I add more daily doses.