This is the first lesson in a sequence of lessons about modern use of technology. Students will be introduced to the terms ad hoc network and open Wi-Fi. They will be asked to describe some of the issues with open networks and compare a range of scenarios that may affect network availability. The lesson plan (LP) and learning mat (LM) are available as PPTX, PPT and PDF formats to ensure compatibility. Note that some animation features may not be available in PPT format.

This lesson is the penultimate lesson of a unit about data representation, file sizes and compression. In this lesson, students are introduced to ways of measuring file sizes and asked to familiarise themselves with the terms of measurement as well as convert between them. Ultimately, they should be able to write an expression to show the calculation needed to work out the size of a sound or image file. Learning Objective: To understand that data storage is measured in binary multiples. And to be able to construct expressions that calculate file sizes and data capacity requirements. Learning Mat (LM) Worksheet is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PDF formats. Lesson Plan (LP) is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PPT Slideshow. Note that PPT files may lose some functionality.

This lesson is the sixth in a series of lessons on data representation and builds on lesson 5 to look at how computers process negative numbers. There are significant links with maths in this lesson and students need to be clear that adding a negative number is the same as subtracting the positive number. The teacher notes demonstrate two different ways to find the two’s complement of a binary number. The worksheet (learning mat) includes exercises to test students understanding of both processes. Learning Mat (LM) Worksheet is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PDF formats. Lesson Plan (LP) is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PPT Slideshow. Note that PPT files may lose some functionality.

This is the fourth lesson in a sequence of lessons about encryption and cipher techniques. The pig pen cipher is a technique mainly developed by freemasons to code messages to each other. Students will investigate how the technique works and reflect on its effectiveness.

This lesson builds on the first lesson about Morse Code, and challenges students to think about the reason why encryption is needed and then asks them to use a Caesar Cipher to code and decode secret messages.

This lesson plan forms part of a unit of work to develop student’s understanding of how data is represented on a computer. This lesson concerns the development of character sets, shares information about ASCII and Unicode and the associated learning mat encourages students to consider the fact that emojis can also form part of a character set. Learning Mat (LM) Worksheet is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PDF formats. Lesson Plan (LP) is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PPT Slideshow. Note that PPT files may lose some functionality.

This lesson builds on lesson 17, and asks students to convert from hexadecimal to both binary and denary. The learning mat includes exercises in both and includes some questions in context. The lesson plan is fully editable in PowerPoint and is broken into a 6-part lesson with recall and self-assessment activities. Learning Mat (LM) Worksheet is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PDF formats. Lesson Plan (LP) is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PPT Slideshow. Note that PPT files may lose some functionality.

This lesson is the fifth in a sequence of lessons and looks at processor performance when related to clock speed, number of cores and bus speed. There are a variety of activities, but the main demonstrate phase considers the language of exams and helps students to understand how much to write in exam style questions. The learning mat (worksheet) is provided in PPTX, PPT and PDF formats. The lesson plan is provided in PPTX, PPTS, PPT formats, though the user should note that some animation and image features lose some functionality in PPT format.

This lesson is the 11th in a sequence of lessons that looks at how hardware and software are integrated on a computer system. This lesson looks at the differences between high and low level programming languages that can be used to create software. The lesson plan is provided in PPTX, PPTS and PPT formats, while the learning mat is available as PDF, PPTX and PPT files. Learning objective: Understand the characteristics and purposes of high and low level programming languages.

This lesson is the fourth in a sequence of lessons on the topic of data representation. In this lesson students are introduced to the rules surrounding binary addition. There is a learning mat with questions of increasing difficulty. At the end of the lesson, the students are introduced to the idea of an overflow error. Learning Mat (LM) Worksheet is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PDF formats. Lesson Plan (LP) is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PPT Slideshow. Note that PPT files may lose some functionality.

This lesson is the 9th in a sequence of lessons that cover topic 3: computing of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Computer Science course. In this lesson, students are asked to state, describe, explain and compare a range of utility programs and discuss how they interact with the operating system to make a computer system more efficient, secure and user-friendly. There is a significant amount of key vocabulary important for this lesson. The lesson plan is provided in PPTX, PPTS and PPT formats, while the learning mat is available as PDF, PPTX and PPT files. Note that some animation and image features are lost in the older version of PowerPoint.

This lesson is the 12th in a sequence of lessons that looks at how hardware and software are integrated on a computer system. This lesson looks at how programs written as high level programming languages can be translated into object or machine code. The lesson plan is provided in PPTX, PPTS and PPT formats, while the learning mat is available as PDF, PPTX and PPT files.

This is the fourth lesson in a sequence of lessons that consider the uses, benefits and drawbacks of modern technology. In this lesson students will consider how and why some files are stored on remote web servers, and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using cloud storage. This discussion will include how to set and share files and the importance of access rights when saving to the cloud; how some devices can synchronise data between the device and the cloud, discuss the impact of 24/7 availability of online services such as this, and consider the benefits of scalability of cloud storage (plus the impact of payment for additional storage space) This lesson is appropriate for teaching component 3 of the BTEC Digital Information Technology course. The lesson plan (LP ) and learning mat (LM) are provided as PPTX and PPT and PDF formats, although some or all of the animation settings may be lost in the PPT and PDF formats.

This lesson builds on lesson 6 in this unit, and describes the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption. The lesson includes the full cycle of activities and includes recall activities such as brain dump, and assessment for learning strategies such as a hinge question.

This is the first lesson in a sequence of lessons considering the basics of data representation and binary mathematics. This lesson introduces students to the reasons why computer scientists need to understand and use binary mathematics and introduces the terms kibibyte, mebibyte and so on. There is a fully detailed lesson plan with reading, writing, communication and maths links and careers guidance links are also highlighted. There is an accompanying learning mat or worksheet for students to complete. Learning Mat (LM) Worksheet is supplied as PPT, PPTX and PDF formats.

This lesson is the 3rd in a series of lessons designed to improve students’ understanding of how networks are organised. This is a ‘back to basics’ lesson that challenges students to use technical language about the internet and world wide web accurately. It also covers basic understanding of the role of the router, what a browser is, distinguishing it from a search engine. Additionally this lesson covers information about connection cables needed for the BTEC Digital Information Technology course. This lesson is provided in PPTX, PPTS, PPT formats. The learning mat is provided in PPTX, PPT and PDF formats. Some animation and image features may be lost in PPT formats.

This lesson is an introduction to a third unit of work that challenges students to consider the hardware and software on a computer system and how they interact. The unit will follow the GCSE specification for Pearson Edexcel Computer Science, but each lesson can stand independently. In this lesson, students must identify and describe a range of peripherals, and explain the difference between hardware and software. This lesson is suitable for key stage 3 and key stage 4. The teacher’s notes would enable a non-specialist to lead the lesson. It is suitable as a cover lesson to preempt delivery of the more detailed lessons in future. The lesson plan is provided in PPTX, PPT and PPS format. The accompanying learning mat is provided in PPT, PPX and PDF formats.