ks3

This is an introduction to ICT to be used on the very first lesson with Y7. It sets out the teacher's expectations and classroom rules and then gets students logging on and changing their passwords.

Mission Maker is an interactive control challange created by Classroom Multimedia. Click below to try it out.

An 'interactive' quiz testing students' knowledge about HTML and basic web design concepts. Students select the correct answer from a drop down menu. The activity can then be peer assessed or discussed as a class.

Incomplete at the moment - will be updated as course is created.

A thought shower to be completed as a class as a starter / plenary activity. After evaluating different sites, students should be able to identify commpn features or components of sites. Some features are included in the speaker notes for use by the teacher.

The golden rules when designing web pages. Can be used as a starter or plenary activity. Some prior knowledge will be required.

A Scheme of work to that starts by encouraging students to evaluate existing websites to build a 'success criteria' for creating web pages before making their own.

**SOW in progress - resources to be added as they are created**

A storyboard template that can be used by students to plan out videos, animations etc.

An APP assessment sheet with student friendly language for the following topics: Hardware and Software, Health and Safety, Creating Interactive PowerPoints

An APP assessment sheet with student friendly language for formatting techniques, planning and creating spreadsheet models.

An APP assessment sheet with student friendly language for the following topics: Healthy Eating, Searching the Internet.

An APP assessment sheet with student friendly language for the following topics: Hardware and Software, Health and Safety and File Management

Resources for APP at KS3.

Introduce/ remind class of e-safety issues or how to deal with cyberbullying.
Discuss with the class "what a tweet is", currently this is a message of less than 140 characters, similar to a text message.
Ask the class to produce tweets about e-safety issues or preventing cyberbullying. These can be written in a word processed document and the characters checked through the appropriate tools to check they are less than 140 characters long.

Used as a starter activity for a second lesson on spreadsheets for Y7.
Could be used as a starter/plenary/homework for any KS3 lesson on spreadsheets.

2 versions in one document. One easier/eal version with words listed to find. One without words!

A 'pupil friendly' version of the new NC Level Descriptors. This is great for as a method of self assessment for students to track their own progress. Also good when it comes to report writing as it gives you an indication of how the student thinks they are doing.

This resource was adapted from the level descriptors documents found at: http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/secondaryict/