In Technology at Work, students research technology’s impact on the workplace and on people’s daily lives, and create a report to communicate their findings. Duration: 2-5 hours Plan an Event is suitable for: Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Post-16 Students use Docs, Search, Sheets, Slides, Sites. By the end of these lessons, students will be able to: Explain how technology creates new jobs and changes the way people work. Recognize information and innovation as key drivers of today’s economy. Describe various ways technology continuously changes the workplace. Identify different ways technology is used in jobs that may not be typically thought of as “tech” jobs. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences. The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Equal Access to Technology, students research a topic related to technology access, and create a report to communicate their findings. Duration: 2-5 hours Plan an Event is suitable for: Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Post-16 Students use Docs, Search, Sheets, Slides, Sites. By the end of these lessons, students should be able to: Apply the technology skills learned in previous lessons while using these technology practices: ethics, analysis, collaboration, research, creativity, connections, communication, and computational thinking. The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Effective Communications at Work, students use digital tools to communicate and collaborate with others in the workplace more effectively. Duration: 6-9 hours Effective Communications at Work is suitable for: Post-16 Students use Docs, Forms, Sheets, and Slides. By the end of these lessons, students should be able to: Organize a team meeting to inform, make decisions, and commit to actions Analyze feedback to find patterns in the data or identify problems and solutions Clarify and set expectations with an employee by sharing feedback in a video conference Propose a new team project to accomplish a business goal Evaluate and select a digital tool for a specific communications purpose The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Organise College Information in Google Sheets, students build a list of colleges and important criteria in Google Sheets and conduct research and use what they find to compare schools. Duration: 45-90 minutes. Organise College Information in Google Sheets is suitable for: Key Stage 4 Post-16 Students use Search and Sheets. By the end of these lessons, students should be able to: Build a spreadsheet to compare colleges by specifying important criteria, researching it, and documenting the results to make an informed decision about where to go to school. Answer the following essential question(s): How can I ensure that I am making the best possible investment of my time and money when choosing a school to attend? Internalise the following enduring understanding(s): -Making an informed decision requires thoughtful consideration of many different factors. -Spreadsheets can help organise all the necessary information involved with making an informed decision. -Comparing data points requires you to have specific and consistent measurements for each. The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Create an Editing Tool with Programming, students learn basic coding concepts and create an automated editing program that will help improve a writing assignment. Duration: 4-6 hours Plan an Event is suitable for: Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Post-16 Students use Apps Script, Docs and Slides. By the end of these lessons, students should be able to: Identify and define common programming concepts Create a slide presentation with a partner and digitally share it with others Create a program that implements an algorithm to achieve a given goal, individually and collaboratively Use debugging skills to iterate on a computer program Recognise that computer programs need initial conditions (e.g., set initial score to zero in a game, initialise variables, or initial values set by hardware input) The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Guide to an Area, students research and organise information about a location to create an interactive guide. Duration: 4-6 hours Guide to an Area is suitable for: Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Post-16 Students use Maps, Search and Sheets. By the end of these lessons, students should be able to: Identify and explain common terms and concepts related to spreadsheets Organise and manipulate data in a spreadsheet Break down data, processes, or problems into smaller, manageable parts Write a program to automate a task The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Create Quizzes in Google Forms, students use Google Forms to create quizzes to test themselves and others on a topic. Duration: 45-90 minutes Create Quizzes in Google Forms is suitable for: Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Post-16 Students use Forms and Search. By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: Create a quiz in Google Forms that contains multiple choice, checkbox, and true-false questions. The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Negotiate Your Salary, students learn what to do before they sit down with their supervisor to ask for a raise. This includes steps to help them gather facts, organize their thoughts and information, and decide whether this is the right time to ask for a raise. Duration: 45-90 minutes Negotiate Your Salary is suitable for: Post-16 Students use Docs, Gmail, Search, and Sheets. By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: Organize information about their job and skills in a document. Search the internet for information about their job, region, and pay rate. Organize information in a table about how their qualifications match employer priorities. Write a script they can use to talk to their manager about a pay raise. The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Annotate Text in Google Docs, students make digital notes in an article to increase their understanding of what they read. Duration: 45-90 minutes Annotate Text in Google Docs is suitable for: Key Stage 3 Students use Docs. By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: Read text closely Identify specific elements in a text Annotate in a digital document The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.

In Manage a Project with Digital Tools, students plan a team project, track its progress and costs, and prepare a summary report. Duration: 4-9 hours Manage a Project with Digital Tools is suitable for: Post-16 Students use Docs, Search, Sheets, and Slides. By the end of these lessons, students should be able to: Create and share a document to communicate project details to important people Create and share a spreadsheet to track and organize tasks, schedules, and resources Create a spreadsheet using formulas and functions to categorize and track expenses Create a slides presentation to give a progress report on a project The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing. How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”. If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.