I use this activity when teaching adults mail merge in word processing. It is based around a circular letter, the sort we all get in junk mail to our houses.

This is a task I use for adult students in an employability and career setting. Students are put into groups or pairs to assess/evaluate/interrogate other people online profiles using screen-prints of profiles. Students are asked to consider if they were to choose one of them to approach to add to their LinkedIn Network who would they choose and why. Rules • They can only choose one! • It has to be a group agreed decision In teams students are asked to look at each profile snapshot and consider If you were looking to contact someone in this field, arena or environment would you take the time to connect with them? They may like to consider these aspects below or you can highlight a particular aspect • Headline and job role • Do they explain what they do • Believability • Pictures • Is there enough detail • Spelling• Professionalism• Accomplishments• Experience We are also interested in who they decide not to connect with as much as who you have connected with and are asked to rank the profiles from 1 to 9 Once completed we will feedback to the room NOTE! I have chosen to use real profiles and have included my own for fairness. I chose not to obscure the name and photos on the profiles because • This information is in the public domain • There is no contact information available • Invented profiles wouldn’t look or feel the same • The photos are critical part of the assessment process when being assessed by an employer • 3 of the profiles I chose have already been highlighted on other websites/blogs as being good or bad examples • This activity is being used and discussed in a closed classroom with a group of students not on PC’s and I collect the resource in at the end However you may choose to use the structure and make up or change some of the profiles, obscure some of the information etc.

I use these activities when teaching adults spreadsheets. This is a progression 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 used this with adults completing ITQ to carry out word processing tasks

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

Customer Service activities and handouts that I use with adult classes

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

Chalkboard Math is an old software game designed to polish the math skills of children ages 5-12 with colourful animation that makes learning fun. There's a mouse loose in the classroom that will delight children and there are 5 different levels to help monitor progress. The programme tracks correct answers and features a roll of honour. This is downloadable to play on a lap top or PC

I use this activity when teaching adults about the internet. Students find websites, get information, get printouts, send recieve emails.

These are mock tests that I use with adult students. They are from an older version of ECDL but is still relevant to those learning the jargon, security aspects and 'behind the scenes&' aspects of PC usage.

I use these activities when teaching adults Powerpoint. There is data inputting,alteration and shape use. 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 Powerpoint. There is data inputting,alteration and image use. 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 how to use Powerpoint.

I use this when teaching adults. This is an Excel activity that shows aspects of level 1 use including some formulae and a recalled document.

I use this when teaching adults. This is an Excel activity that shows aspects of level 1 use including some formulae and a recalled document.

This is a range of poetry created by an elderly lady who was kind enough to allow her work to be used as examples of text for students to manipulate. I thought it may be useful to use in an English setting.

I use these activities when teaching adultss spreadsheets. There is data input/manipulation for graphs use. 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 spreadsheets. There is data input/manipulation for graphs use. 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.

Normally if a workbook is open, no other user can open it until it has been closed. It is possible however to share workbooks so that they can be seen and amended simultaneously by several users. This is useful for complex workbooks where different users are responsible for different areas, or data lists where changes can be entered from several sources. This activity is around this function

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