Ascii Art

A fun and creative lesson task where students follow a short tutorial to learn how to create a piece of Ascii art. They then create their own original version

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Activity: 1 lesson

EMP

Students are asked to think about the effects that a major EMP over London would have on our lives in the short, medium and long term.

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Activity: 1-2 lessons

Icon Scrabble

A fun lesson task where students turn words into famous web icons

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Activity: 30 minutes

My blackberry has frozen

A fun lesson task which makes use of humorous technology references

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Activity: 1 lesson

If a byte weighed a gram

This task requires the use of some maths skills. It is aimed towards higher ability students.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Create your own font

All students will enjoy the opportunity to create their very own brand new font.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Football Timeline

Students are given step-by-step instructions on how to create a fabulous looking timeline using Excel 2007 on their favourite footballer

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Activity: 1 lesson

Room 101

A fun task where students work in pairs in order to banish a piece of technology to room 101.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Shop til you drop: family budgeting

Students are given a 'budget' and a list of requirements. Once they have fulfilled the requirements within the budget they create a presentation to show their choices

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Activity: 2 lessons

Spot the difference

Students follow the instructions to create their own spot the difference tasks which they can then try out on their friends.

Instructions written for Word 2007.

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Activity: 30 minutes

Health and Safety

Students are asked to identify the health and safety risks in a picture.

They are then asked to design a poster for Year 7, to explain to them the rules for working safely in a computer room.

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Activity: 1 lesson

The dangers of walking, talking and listening

Students are given a summary of a recent news story which highlights the dangers of listening to a music device or texting whilst out walking.

They are asked to create a poster to highlight the issue.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Friendship poem task

This task asks students to format a poem for a young male child, a female teenage friend and an adult.

Students are then asked to think about the different techniques they used for different audiences and explain why they were suitable

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Activity: 1 lesson

Dictionary Task

Students are asked to compile a dictionary of ICT terms.

The terms given can be changed to match projects which they are currently working on.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Houses in the future

Students are asked to consider how future developments in technology will affect the gadgets we have in our homes and the way we live.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Alphabet task

Put students into teams of four and give them four different ICT related topics, e.g. input devices, the internet, ICT legislation, business documents etc.

The team has to fill out an alphabet sheet for each topic they have been given. The aim is to find a related term for as many different letters of the alphabet as possible for each topic.

The team which finds the highest number of related terms over the four different topics 'wins'

Alphabet sheet contributed by Dan Phelan.

Activity: 1 lesson

Project Cyborg

Students are asked to undertake some research about the reality of cyborgs and write a report about their findings.

They are provided with some links to help them get started.

Activity: 1 lesson

Summer Holiday Task

Students conduct a survey to find out where people are going on their summer holidays. They then work in groups to produce a travel portfolio for a popular destination.

Activity: 1-3 lessons

Google Maps Task

Students use Google Maps and Street View to look in more detail at a city of country of their interest.

Activity: 1 lesson

Poet tree without mist aches

Students are asked to find the mistakes in a well known, badly spelt poem.

They then write their own to illustrate why the spell check tool should not be relied upon as the only method of identifying errors.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Find the ICT term

Students are asked to use the online glossary at teach-ict in order to test their knowledge of ICT vocabulary.

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Activity: 1 lesson

Emails

This task asks students to create a leaflet or poster to explain the purpose and use of emails to a chosen audience

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Activity: 1 lesson

Wanted Poster

Let students create their own 'Wanted' posters.

Use a digital camera to take each student's photograph - a close up of their face without too much background.

They can use this to create their own poster with a personalised crime and a reward of their choice.

They will have great fun looking at one another's posters.

Activity: 1 lesson

Class Yearbook

Each student creates a page about themselves using the supplied template. The pages are then compiled into a class yearbook.

Activity: 1-2 lessons

Design a mobile phone

This task asks students to think about the features used on mobile phones and then to design their own 'mobile phone of the future'

Activity: 30 minutes

Design a new set of tool buttons for a package

This task asks students to consider the tool buttons used in popular software and then come up with their own design for an improved set.

Activity: 30 minutes

Sources of information

Students are asked to think about the different resources which they can use to find information. They are asked to list the advantages and disadvantages of each resource.

If students are doing this task by hand, you may wish to make the table rows larger to enable them to write more into each section.

Activity: 30 minutes

Design an Eye Toy

This task explains what an 'eye toy' is and then asks students to design their own version.

Activity: 30 minutes

Invent your own computer game

Students are asked to think about designing a new computer game.

They are given a template to help them organise their thoughts and ideas.

Activity: 30 minutes