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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.
Vanilla flavoured Quiz
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Vanilla flavoured Quiz

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This is a very simple multiple choice that either allows you to quickly make your own multiple choice quizzes for students to do or for students to develop their own quizzes. It's deliberately plain so that people can add their own designs and unlike most PowerPoint quiz templates this one allows you to choose any answer as the correct one. (This prevents students from simply learning the order of the quiz) It was developed to help prepare students for their Edexcel GCSE coursework and is one of the resources my colleagues keep on asking for...
Using Word Clouds for SEN & as prompts
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Using Word Clouds for SEN & as prompts

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Word Clouds are a great way to share vocabulary without making an obvious writing frame. Students with SEN can access the vocabulary and other students will appreciate the design. Not only that, but words at different angles make it more interesting to read and encourage dyslexic students to turn words around to visualise letters appropriately. Also different fonts can be used for easy reading. I've shown an example, which can be used for planning a holiday in England. There are also visual prompts included too. The tool Wordle makes it easy to make your own. (Free Website)
Made in Britain Episode 1
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Made in Britain Episode 1

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This guide accompanies the first episode of the series with exercises for students to do, before, during and after watching the video. It also provides a timeline, so that you can split the video appropriately. (You will need a copy of the episode for this resource to be useful)
Future Cities
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Future Cities

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I used to teach this a lot when I was an ESOL teacher and it never ceased to amaze me how creative my students could be, even the ones who barely had the vocabulary to describe their room at home came up with inspiring ideas. The idea is simple, show them
General Vocabulary for ICT
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General Vocabulary for ICT

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This is a crossword for the technical terms my students forget. I hope it's useful. I&'ve also included a link to Eclipse Crossword, which is the free app I used to create it.
Design a Game Cover
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Design a Game Cover

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This package has everything you need to teach how to make a CD / DVD / Games Design lesson. It can be done without PCs.
Linked List Starter
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Linked List Starter

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This is a starter for Computing Teachers teaching Linked Lists. It is based on a Find Someone who and enables you to do a wonderful unplugged activity.
PowerPoint Slide Builds
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PowerPoint Slide Builds

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This lesson shows students how to do effective slide builds for presentations. This is an important skill when presenting slide shows to slowly reveal information and keep the audience interested. This could also be used in English as part of their Speaking tasks.
Personal Digital Devices
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Personal Digital Devices

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A revision PowerPoint to help students with the Edexcel exam. Page numbers refer to Revise Edexcel GCSE ICT. (Not necessary for students to use.)
Diamond 9 Template
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Diamond 9 Template

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This is a simple Diamond 9 Template that enables you to either print Diamond 9 or use it directly in your presentation software. Diamond 9s are a great thinking tool to prioritize or decide the importance of key factors.
Reading Difficulty Power Tools
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Reading Difficulty Power Tools

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This Google Docs extension gives you the tools to really help EAL students and any student with a smaller vocabulary. The tools include: Low Frequency Word Highlighter - See which words are likely to be difficult Difficulty Guide (Pictured left) - This tool analyses the text in your doc and gives you a guide to reading time, difficulty and sentence complexity Low Frequency Table - This will add a table of low frequency words to your doc to enable you to add notes and for students to look them up in the dictionary. Create a Google Sheet of low frequency Words - This tool will enable you to add these words to your planning, pre-teach key vocabulary and give handouts. Grab the full resource at the RDPT Website.