A set of informative posters to support the delivery of computational thinking within the classroom across all subjects and years! With particular relevance to the Digital Competence Framework within Wales, this resource was created as a guide to educators at all levels on how to incorporate Computational Thinking into lessons. This resource also provides suggestions on how the terminology can be simplified and delivered at different levels of education. There are a broad range of practical ideas on how to integrate computational thinking questions, tasks and games into subjects across the curriculum. I hope you find it of use! Update: Now in high definition 2560x1440 **Please Leave a Review!!!**

A classroom poster to support students who are writing flowchart algorithms. The poster includes an explanation of the symbols required for the following tasks; Start & End, Inputs & Outputs, Tasks and Decisions. I have also explained the use of variables. All symbols are exemplified and a practical example of their use is also included. ***Please leave a review!

This comprehensive unit of work introduces the concepts of computational thinking to students at KS4. It covers all elements of computational thinking such as Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Abstraction and Algorithmic Design. I have also included debugging within the work. Each section is explained and followed by tasks to help develop student understanding. I have also included a ‘supermarket sweep’ computational thinking problem and a final project exercise which has three levels of difficulty. 2018 Update: Improved Grammar and clarity of task requirement. ***Please leave a review!***

Rob-bot Resources presents a complete guide to support primary school teachers in the delivery of the Digital Competence Framework (DCF) in Wales. Following the Donaldson Report (2015), the need to improve digital competency within students across Wales was identified as being as important to the development of students as literacy and numeracy. This document provides practical solutions as to how primary teachers of years 3-6 can confidently deliver these requirements across a broad range of subjects. Where possible I have included “unplugged” solutions, i.e those that don’t require a computer to fulfill the requirements, so that teachers of all backgrounds can feel confident in the delivery of the framework. ***Please leave a review! ***

This poster was created to promote awareness of digital footprints to my students. Within it I include information on both active and passive ways of generating a digital footprint which is always an eye opener for my students! Suitable for promoting digital citizenship and digital competence. Feel free to use this within your own classroom!

Teach your students how to use Excel through Dino Park! Students have been given a budget of £100,000,000 to build their park. They need to consider what dinosaurs they want to buy, how much space they will need, what facilities they require, staffing costs and ticket price. Excel Dino Park teaches you how to use functions and formulas through a series of engaging and interactive tasks which are differentiated to support a range of abilities. Skill that you will learn include: Add Raw data Create a graph Title a graph Formatting data Make arithmetic calculations using Excel Data validation (Drop down menus) Lookup formulas Use cell referencing in formulas Format graphs Cross worksheet referencing Advanced arithmetic calculations (nested) Use absolutely relative cell referencing Adding messages to data validation Efficient calculations (autosum) Conditional formatting Advanced graph formatting IF formulas Linking IF formulas and conditional formatting The clear explanations and step by step nature make it ideal for KS3 classes, but it is also suitable for ECDL, GCSE and beyond! Use alongside RobbotResources’ How2Excel’ workbook for a comprehensive understanding of how confidently use Excel! ************************Please leave a review!*************************

My popular twitter poster is available for download here! This poster gives an example of how computational thinking can be used to convert classic games such as ‘rock, paper, scissors’ and ‘noughts and crosses’ into algorithms. Try out in your classroom! I have included JPEG and PNG versions of the poster. Computational Thinking is a skill set that can be used across the curriculum, not just within computer science! The logical approach to solving a problem means that it’s application can be used to develop and improve students ability to deal with difficult problems in a more rational way. The aim of my posters is to make you realise that many of the brilliant tasks that teachers facilitate week in, week out actually include computational thinking. It’s just a matter of making it more explicit! Please leave a review!

Revision clocks are a great way for students to develop retrieval practice in preperation for exam season! My students loved it and really engaged with it! This resource contains two revision clocks for both paper 1 and paper 2 topics for the AQA GCSE Computer Science specification as well as instructions to support their use. Note: it is recommended that the posters are printed out on A3 paper for best effect.

Part 1 of a series of 7 introductory lessons on how to use Python through the use of the IDLE GUI. Within Part 1 you will learn how to output information using the print function, how to express and use the two common data types used within programming; string and integers and how to conduct mathematical calculation on both types of data. Learn new programming skills through clearly presented explanations before applying your newly developed skills within a series of easy to follow tasks, explained through written explanations as well as flowcharts and/or pseudo code. Each unit in this series is fully differentiated using Rob-Bot Resources’ unique Rookie, Pro and Beast leveling system; apply your new programming skills by completing the introductory Rookie tasks. Once you've got a grip of the basics, push yourself by completing the Pro exercises before finally testing your skills by completing the Beast scenarios. Once you have completed the practice tasks it’s time to test your skills within the differentiated programming challenges! All task and challenge coding solutions are also included. Suitable for both KS3 and KS4 classes. ***Please leave a review :) ***

Use Blooms Taxonomy thinking skills to incorporate Computational Thinking Concepts within your lessons. This poster cross references Blooms Taxonomy thinking skills with the concepts of Computational Thinking in order to support your delivery of these concepts within the classroom. Suitability ratings are also provided in order to identify how computational thinking concepts can be linked to their relative thinking skills. ***Please leave a review!

Download your own copy of my popular poster as featured on my twitter account! Poster includes a wide range of ideas on how to incorporate computational thinking within PE lessons. I have included both PNG and JPEG versions. Computational Thinking is a skill set that can be used across the curriculum, not just within computer science! The logical approach to solving a problem means that it’s application can be used to develop and improve students ability to deal with difficult problems in a more rational way. The aim of my posters is to make you realise that many of the brilliant tasks that teachers facilitate week in, week out actually include computational thinking. It’s just a matter of making it more explicit! Update: Now saved in high resolution 1440x2560 Please leave a review!

Ideal to support the delivery of GCSE, BTEC and ECDL ICT courses! If you like the quality of my other resources, you won't want to miss this!!! A comprehensive guide on a broad range of differentiated Excel skills which include; Data Types: Raw, Changing Type, Relative & Absolute Cell Referencing Formatting: Cells, Colours, Font & Borders Basic Arithmetic Formulas: Simple arithmetic (+ - * /), Relative & Absolute Formulas, Common Errors Functions: SUM, AVE,MIN, MAX, COUNT, COUNTA, ROUND Advanced Functions: BOOLEAN (< > =), COUNTIF, IF, Nested IF, LOOKUP, CONCATENATE Applying Cell Referencing Validation Rules: Including Drop Down Lists Using Table Filters Creating Graphs and Charts Conditional Formatting Creating Macros Each skill includes a tutorial and a task to show you how to apply it. There are also two consolidation exercises which require the application of a range of skills learned within the tutorials. These include; Create an Interactive Spreadsheet Dream Team Generator A checklist at the start of the workbook allows you to keep track of your progress. ***Please Leave a Review!***

My latest poster shows how the understanding of Computational Thinking underpins all concepts of the Digital Competence Framework (DCF). I have given examples of how each concept can be applied to primary strands of the framework. Feel free to download and use as part of CPD sessions! ***Please leave a review!***

This handy poster is a great revision tool to help your GCSE computer scientists prepare for their computational thinking problem solving paper! Although focused around Edexcel specification, it is also easily applicable for others. This poster will help your students to both understand what the pseudo code means within exams as well as help them write their own, well structured pseudo code. Update: High Resolution 1440x2560 in both PNG & JPEG Please leave a review

Download my popular Twitter poster here! If you’re students struggle with tough exam questions, get them in the habit of applying computational thinking to the problem. This poster provides students a guide on how to apply the concepts of computational thinking to tackle tricky exam questions. I have included both a PDF and JPEG version of the poster. Computational Thinking is a skill set that can be used across the curriculum, not just within computer science! The logical approach to solving a problem means that it’s application can be used to develop and improve students ability to deal with difficult problems in a more rational way. The aim of my posters is to make you realise that many of the brilliant tasks that teachers facilitate week in, week out actually include computational thinking. It’s just a matter of making it more explicit! Please leave a Review!

Computational thinking is full of complicated words. This poster was created to help students pronounce the four elements of computational thinking (Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Abstraction and Algorithmic Design) phonetically. I have included both PNG and JPEG versions. Update: High Resolution 2560x1440 in both PNG & JPEG Computational Thinking is a skill set that can be used across the curriculum, not just within computer science! The logical approach to solving a problem means that it’s application can be used to develop and improve students ability to deal with difficult problems in a more rational way. The aim of my posters is to make you realise that many of the brilliant tasks that teachers facilitate week in, week out actually include computational thinking. It’s just a matter of making it more explicit! Please leave a review!

I love Excel! You can use it for all sorts of things, but have you ever used it for graphic design? If you are looking to make block style graphics, Excel is brilliant! This poster resource is a guide on how your students can use Excel to create some amazing 8 Bit style graphics. Use it as part of a computer game development unit of work: ideal for Scratch! Update: High Resolution 2560x1440 in both PNG & JPEG Please leave a review!!!

A simple poster to help explain the four concepts of Computational Thinking: Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Abstraction and Algorithm Design! Computational Thinking is a skill set that can be used across the curriculum, not just within computer science! The logical approach to solving a problem means that it’s application can be used to develop and improve students ability to deal with difficult problems in a more rational way. The aim of my posters is to make you realise that many of the brilliant tasks that teachers facilitate week in, week out actually include computational thinking. It’s just a matter of making it more explicit!

Wrap your students minds around my latest poster collection, ideal as a revision tool to support all GCSE Computing courses! Todays World is full of online information and data, but how much is there? How much are we able to store now? What does the future hold? What is a bit? What is a Megabyte? How big is a Petabyte? A series of 12 informative posters on base 2 memory storage that begin at bits, nibbles & bytes then continues through to the mind blowing number of a Yottabyte! The posters include real world examples to help students comprehend what the numbers really mean! I have provided the posters as both a collection of JPEG files and in PDF format. Update: now in high resolution 2560x1440 ** Please leave a review!!! **

Can the student become the master of the keyboard? Enter Rob-bot’s dojo and find out! Improve your student’s confidence and digital competence by learning keyboard short cuts when using office applications! The document is designed to be a useful resource to be navigated through or as a series of posters that can be printed and displayed in order to support students when learning to type and use short cuts.