This Excel Task provides a structured exercise for students to practice their spreadsheet skills using a real-world scenario from The Retired Greyhound Trust. The task involves creating and managing a spreadsheet to track merchandise orders for the charity, including calculations and data management. Classroom Application: Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications: Start with a brief overview of spreadsheet functionalities, such as entering data, formatting cells, and using formulas. Step-by-Step Instructions: Follow the task’s step-by-step instructions to guide students through the creation of a spreadsheet that includes column headings, data entry, and formula applications. Real-World Relevance: Explain the context of the exercise, emphasizing how spreadsheets are used in non-profit organizations for data management. Assessment and Review: Review students’ spreadsheets for accuracy, proper formula use, and data entry. Provide feedback based on the clarity and correctness of their work. Key Features: Spreadsheet Creation: Students will learn to set up a spreadsheet with titles, column headings, and data entry. Formula Application: Emphasises the importance of using formulas to calculate totals, manage costs, and update data dynamically. Formatting Skills: Focus on formatting cells for currency and ensuring data visibility. Data Management: Practice adding, updating, and deleting data as required, including handling voluntary donations. Description: Create a detailed spreadsheet for The Retired Greyhound Trust, focusing on merchandise orders. Learn to enter data, apply formulas for cost calculations, format cells for currency, and manage customer details. This task includes creating columns for item descriptions, quantities, designs, prices, and more. Ideal for practicing spreadsheet skills in a real-world context. Includes steps for calculating totals, handling donations, and formatting. Perfect for Excel assignments and data management practice.

TEAM TASK: Entrepreneurial Thinking CHALLENGE Engage students in a hands-on product development and evaluation exercise. In this collaborative activity, students rank laundry pegs based on chosen criteria, simulating the R&D process to develop critical thinking and teamwork skills. Resource Includes: Task Sheet: Detailed instructions and rules. Product Analysis Score Chart: Tool for ranking pegs. Role Descriptions: Guidelines for team roles to ensure structured collaboration. Assorted Pegs: (not provided) Samples for evaluation. Classroom Use: Introduction: Set the scene—students are part of a start-up team. Criteria Selection: Teams discuss and choose five criteria. Ranking: Teams evaluate and rank the pegs using the score chart. Presentation: Teams present their findings and ranking process. Keywords: Product development, critical thinking, teamwork, classroom activity, student collaboration, R&D simulation, evaluation criteria, hands-on learning.

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.

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

This is a workbook I used to use with adult learners who were preparing for the Food Safety exam. It could be used as a stand alone resource to raise awareness of food safety issues.

This is a mock ‘advert’ for a housewife vacancy. I use this as a starting point for mum returners to think about their CV or a class to go through the application process using a role that we all understand, etc

The Gunpowder Plot: A collection of contemporary documents (Jackdaw series;no.6) a set or facsimilie documents and fact sheets around the plot

This is a mock test that I use with adult students. It is from an older version of ECDL but the word processing tasks are still relevant to those learning the fuctions availble within Word.

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.

This is a mock test that I use with adult students. It is from an older version of ECDL but the word processing tasks are still relevant to those learning the fuctions availble within Word.

This is a mock test that I use with adult students. It is from an older version of ECDL but the Excel tasks are still relevant to those learning the fuctions availble within spreadsheets.

This quiz can be used as a bit of fun, team building game or ice breaker. The films are not based around Christmas but the activity might be useful in the run up to the Christmas break. The QI sheet is just a little bit of info about the origins of crackers.

I used this with adults completing ITQ to carry out word processing tasks

I use these handouts when teaching adults WP.

Each test consists of 8 open questions, which are constructed to elicit 3 or 4 knowledge facts. The first 6 questions have 4 marks available and the last 2 questions have 3 marks available in each test. An indication is given after each question to show the number of marks available for the question. Where 3 marks are available in the question three knowledge facts or points are anticipated in the answer. Where 4 marks are available in the question four knowledge facts or points are anticipated in the answer.

This is a sample test only. The students task is to prepare a circular letter giving notice about an upcoming annual general meeting of a club. In the test they are asked to modify the letter, to apply various formatting actions to it; and to carry out a mail merge operation so that the circular can be delivered to all the members of the club. It should take no longer than 45 minutes

I use these activities when teaching adults spreadsheets. There is data input and simple 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 use this when teaching adults. This is a longer Excel activity that shows different aspects of level 1 use including some formulae. The task can be given section by section to less confident learners .

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

Customer Service activities and handouts that I use with adult classes