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Wolsey Academy operates as a non-profit, with every penny we make going to one of our charity partners or into the Ipswich Initiative, funding good works across the town and county. Search for Wolsey Academy to see our website for more details and to purchase resources at a discount.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Teach your students about the issues that will shape their future! 5 lessons ideal to teach as part of any ICT ethics lesson, to begin or end an ICT module or as part of a wider social sciences/science study of future issues such as privacy, individual rights, cyber security, business, and economics.
Aimed at High School students (11-18 years old)
The topics are:
Covid19 Track and Trace
Blockchain
Facial Recognition
SpaceX
Quantum Computing
Each lessons contains, as a minimum:
Numeracy and literacy challenge
Context setting
Link to bespoke teacher tutorial on the lesson.
Visual explainers
Activity challenges with stretch tasks
Online Google Quiz to test understanding.
Hope they help!
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You can access and download all the lessons for IGCSE Business Studies at Wolsey Academy (Google us).
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
Teach your students about the issues that will shape their future! 5 lessons ideal to teach as part of any ICT ethics lesson, to begin or end an ICT module or as part of a wider social sciences/science study of future issues such as privacy, individual rights, cyber security, business, and economics.
Aimed at High School students (11-18 years old)
The topics are:
Covid19 Track and Trace
Blockchain
Facial Recognition
SpaceX
Quantum Computing
Each lessons contains, as a minimum:
Numeracy and literacy challenge
Context setting
Link to bespoke teacher tutorial on the lesson.
Visual explainers
Activity challenges with stretch tasks
Online Google Quiz to test understanding.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
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A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
The Computer Revolution -
Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below).
Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments.
The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy.
The lessons are as follows:
Enigma and Turing (free)
The History of Women in Computing (free)
The Microchip and Moore’s Law
The PC, GUI and Microsoft
How Video Games Shaped Our World
Mid-Unit Test and Revision
Impact of the Internet
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free)
Covid Track and Trace
Quantum Computing (free)
Artemis and Space X
Facial Recognition
Digital Divide
DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free)
Emerging Technologies and their impact
Cybersecurity case studies
Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
We hope it helps.
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