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Information Gathering & Graphing
This single lesson engages the class in data collection, with the aim of organising and presenting it using Microsoft Excel. Download the lesson plan.… Read the rest
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This single lesson aims to introduce students to assembly programming in the context of the high level programming that students will be more familiar with. Download the lesson plan.… Read the rest
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One Day to eCommerce
One Day to eCommerce is a project designed to enable a group of Year 9 IPT students at North Sydney Boy’s High School (NSBHS) to develop eCommerce sites in a single day. It is ambitious and...
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Learning Online
The aim of this unit is to equip students in Years 7, 8 and 9 with the skills needed to manage their own learning in an online world, including research, presentation, reflection and communication. The...
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Teach A Teacher (Mac Edition)
This unit starts with assumption that students are better at ICT than teachers, and that the teachers at your school need help. Students work individually but collaboratively to learn about various...
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Computer Systems
This unit is my first attempt to introduce students to computer systems in a thorough, formal and organised manner, and it has proved both educational and enjoyable for both myself and (I believe) my...
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Programming 101
I designed this unit with the aim of introducing young students to the fundamentals of programming, in the hope of helping them to view programming as a discipline built on logic and sequential...
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High Tech Stuff
I just put the finishing touches on a new ICT unit looking into the past, present and future of ICT, and how technology made us the species we are today. My aim is to get students away from the idea...
View ArticleEyes Wide Shut
The idea for this unit, which I think is my most adventurous yet, came to me first thing one morning whilst I was lying in bed desperately trying not to think about work. In the unit, students work in...
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Where In Hong Kong?
It is amazing how one thing leads to another, and all of a sudden you have a crazy idea for a unit of work on your hands. I have recently been watching some video of old Hong Kong, and chatting about...
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Remix
After posting a piece on remixes I use with students, I received some interest in the unit that the remixes are used in. So, here is that unit. It focuses on developing student skills and knowledge in...
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Epic Wallpaper
This short unit represents an attempt to teach students more graphic design skills in a shorter period of time. It is a rework of a much longer unit, which originally involved more independent...
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Tools For Learning
When I first meet my new Year 7 students each year, they have just taken possession of a shiny new MacBook Pro computer, which they are to use in most lessons, almost every school day. Most of the...
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Programming 101 v2
I designed this unit with the aim of introducing young students to the fundamentals of programming, in the hope of helping them to view programming as a discipline built on logic, problem solving and...
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How Stuff Works
One of the more frustrating trends in personal computing is the steady move away from openness and tinkering, to hardware designs which are not intended to be taken apart and played with. This unit...
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Computer Systems v2
This unit is a reworking of my first attempt to introduce students to computer systems in a thorough, formal and organised manner. In this version I have reduced the length of the unit, and focused...
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High Tech Stuff v2
What makes us different to other species? Why have we managed to dominate the earth when we have no natural defenses? These are the questions which lead me to design this unit, which looks into the...
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Website Design 101
Reviewing my Year 7-9 ICT Course at the end of last year I realised that whilst I teach students to run a WordPress website, and also teach them programming, there was little in the way of HTML hand...
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Consultancy
One of my main aims as a teacher is to get students ready to do real work for real clients. In a sense, then, this unit represents a graduation of my students: after three years on the Year 7-9 ICT...
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Digital Citizenship
With the massive rise of ICT use in everyday living, it is vital that students have a chance to discuss issues relating to digital citizenship (identity, privacy, participation, credibility, authorship...
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