Lesson aimed at year 7's to teach them binary. The "Magic Trick" is that you ask a pupil to think of a number and if the number is on the grid you add the number in the top left hand corner.
A simple user guide on the basic skills that need to be covered for vector graphics in the CIE A level IT (9626) syllabus.
The guide can be given to students to follow independently or for teachers to gain the skills needed for teaching.
Each section has an activity for students to complete such as recreating the Hungry Caterpillar and pacman.
I have created to posters/revision sheets that can be printed as handouts or printed as classroom displays.
The posters are as follows:
Von Neumann Architecture
Buses: Data Bus, Control Bus and Address Bus
I have attached PDF files and JPEG files.
A whole lesson with starter and activities. The lesson contains the following:
Starter:
A link to a video explaining what cloud computing is
Teacher Methodology:
Using the powerpoint the teacher will explain:
What cloud storage is
The three common systems
Class discussion: Learners can discuss and list pros and cons of using the cloud
Answers for comparison provided
Security of data with the cloud
Potential data loss
Examples of real life security issues with major cloud storage companies
Activity:
Pupils will complete a 5min lesson plan style worksheet investigate what cloud storage is, the public and private cloud, hybrid, risks and data security. An extension activity is included in the powerpoint.
This lesson discusses the three main logic gates and the XOR and NOR gate.
Students will
create a truth table for each logic
Pupils will then use a logic gate simulator to solve some problems
A lesson that can be independent or teacher led.
The power point show has the learning objective for the lesson and 3 video links discussing different types of monitoring such as electronic tagging.
For each type of monitoring that has to be covered in the syllabus students will complete the activity sheets to discuss:
What the monitoring is
One thing they now know after watching the videos or what they already know
Advantages and disadvantages
Extension tasks provided are past exam paper questions which can be self assessed using the mark scheme by students are led by the teacher.
A lesson focusing on E-business with the task this may go over two lessons.
Pupils will learn about:
What an e-business is
Physical and digital products
Pros and cons of online shopping
The task:
Pupils will investigate elements of online shopping
Price comparison sites
Steps when buying online
how to pay
security issues
A template of the leaflet is provided for pupils to follow.
A lesson teaching pupils how to convert decimals to BCD
Starter
Pupils will recap on hex by playing flippybit (link on ppt)
Lesson
Pupils will learn about BCD, terminology for single and double digits and how to break down digits in to code (animations on ppt)
Tasks
Pupils will complete a table they can refer to in binary from 0 to 9
Pupils will convert digits to BCD
Convert BCD to to digits (answers provided)
Investigate which devices use BCD
A bundle of lessons and exercises for pupils to learn emerging technologies quickly.
Each lesson has a powerpoint and mapping exercises.
Technologies Covered:
4G and 5G
High Definition TV
Biometrics
QR Codes
Computer Assisted Translation
Vision Enhancement
Cloud Computing
Augmented Reality
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
A budle of user guides that support some of the practical skills for paper 4 CIE A Level IT. The user guide are as follows:
Animation - Synfig - Setting canvas size, changing timeline settings from number of frames to seconds, inserting and editing text, importing images, animating images and text, fading in and out.
Vector Graphics - Inkscape - shapes and their options, fill and stroke options and grouping options.
JavaScripting - All the skills from the beginning. Arrays and variables, alerts and prompts, display and outputs, creating and calling functions, show and hide messages, prompts, operators, conditional statements, switch statements and loops.
2 lessons provided with tasks and success criteria on the powerpoints.
Lesson 1:
Shows a video of a chess champion being beaten by a computer
A clear success criteria that can be displayed throughout the lesson
A link provided to an online car fault diagnoses system
Teacher methodology discussing what expert systems are the components and steps to setting up an expert systems
Main task for students to be completed anyway the teacher wishes
Lesson 2:
Recap from previous lesson
Teacher methodology on pros and cons of expert systems
Examples of where expert systems are used
Tasks for pupils to complete as a case students on one type of expert system
The SOWs are fully editable and support the NC strands. Subjects include:
Python
App making
Google Applied digital skills
Microbit
Object oriented programming
Robot Control
Computer Hardware and Software
and more
I have created to posters/revision sheets that can be printed as handouts or printed as classroom displays.
The posters are as follows:
The function of each logic gate and the truth tables
The order of rank for building circuits
Real life examples of where the three main logic gates are used
I have attached PDF files and JPEG files.
I have created two posters /handout as study aids for students or they can be printed up as classroom displays.
The poster/handouts are as follows:
RAM - what is RAM, what is primary memory and types of RAM
ROM - what is ROM and where ROM is used
The files are in both PDF and JPEG for printing in color and for printing on a wide format printer.
I have created to posters/revision sheets that can be printed as handouts or printed as classroom displays.
The posters are as follows:
Data Transmission: Simplex, Duplex and Half Duplex
Data Transmission: Asynchronous and Synchronous
USB Connectors
I have attached PDF files and JPEG files.
A user guide for App Inventor that shows students how to use the TinyDB component in app inventor that stores information so when an app is closed the data is still available.
The scenario for this app is to make a To Do List, using block code store the data and remove when it’s no longer required.
The idea for the user guide is to give it to students and let them work independently.
Whole lesson with Worksheets
This lesson follows the syllabus requirements for CIE AS Computer Science 9618.
Starter Activity:
Kahoot Quiz
Main Lesson:
Teacher delivery on Network Hardware Requirements for WAN, LAN and WLAN discussing:
The Hub
Switch
The Repeater
Activity:
Learners will complete a revision worksheet in the styles of the 5min lesson plan which will encourage them to use technical terminology and an extension activity is included for the more able.
Main Lesson:
Teacher deliver focusing on:
Bridge
Router
The Role of the Router in a network
Activity:
Pupils will complete a kahoot quiz on their learning from the previous task
Activity:
Learners will complete a revision worksheet for the remaining devices in the styles of the 5min lesson plan which will encourage them to use technical terminology and an extension activity is included for the more able from the book.
A lesson that can be used for key stage four or key stage 5. The lesson contains the following:
Teacher Methodology:
Using the powerpoint the teacher can explain and show the python examples provided
What a for loops is with a simple python example
A break down explain each part of the for loop and how it works
A example using a Destiny’s Child Song with a python code example
How using repetition in for loops using the range function works with using a Nivana Song as an Example
Activity:
Pupils will complete a number of For and Range loop challenges and the answers are provided on the next slide. These challenges range from easy to hard.
Teacher Methodology:
Using the powerpoint the teacher will explain and use python examples provided
What while loops are
Show a break down of exactly how the while loops works
Show students an example of a while loops, explain it and explain what will happen and why
Activity:
Pupils will complete a number of while loop challenges and the answers are provided on the next slide. These challenges range from easy to hard.
Teacher Methodology:
Using the powerpoint the teacher will explain the len function in python
Activity:
This activity is aimed at the more able learners. Learners will create a function from an unordered list and search for a value. No answer provided.
As chalkface charge. I have created a self marking baseline test. Change the questions and level boundaries to suit your needs as you wish.
Two tests are now added. The new version generates a score only and has been protected from editing.
Functions tasks including past paper exam questions and links to video tutorials.
Functions include:
SUMIF
IF and Nested IF
LOOKUP Functions
Absolute Cell Referencing