Below you will find links to some of my own work that I've created during my time @ WIST.
If you would like clarification on any of the material provided or if you would like to see more samples, please just email.
I rely heavily on the resources made available by the NCCE (National Center for Computing Education) and I used these as a starting point. Their curriculum map is a great resource and a very helpful launch pad for schemes of work from KS1 through to KS5.
Homework Booklet
I take my commitment to providing meaningful homework tasks to students seriously. As a result, for each unit of work, I spend a significant amount of time creating, preparing, updating and enhancing homework tasks for my learners.
An example of the homework booklet for Y7 Spreadsheets is here.
Example of Student Portfolio of Work
Throughout this unit, at each 'Checkpoint' students upload a "Portfolio of Work" to our Learning Managment System (LMS). This allows me to see their progress, identify any weaknesses and assess for learning. I can also use this data to feed into our grades collection mechanism which the pastoral team uses to inform decisions about students.
An example of a mid-upper band student is available here.
YouTube Support
I make a range of very short videos for students to engage with if/when they get stuck. These videos are < 30 seconds in length and help students fix their own problems which encourages independence.
The NCCE unit on Vector graphics is a great start but it's generic in its approach. Given that I know the hardware and software that my students have, I can do better.
Instead, I put together a playlist of videos which learners watch in-class and I then facilitate their learning. In other words, when they get stuck, I'm on hand to help them. Students really enjoy this autonomous approach to learning and it allows the strong students to push ahead and strech and challenge themselves while the less able students are able to re-watch, slow down and take in the content at a pace that better suits them.
Students produce a portfolio of work and an example of a 'good' portfolio is here.
In Year 9 we broach the topic of Cyber security and all that it encompasses. Much material likes to portray phishing emails as typo-laden clandestine emails from a Nigerian Prince. The reality is that it's very very easy to make convincing emails which are almost indistinguishable from their genuine counterparts.
In one of my Y9 lessons, we fire up my Raspberry Pi, connect to it remotely and use PyPhisher to generate email templates students then use to 'phish' from their classmates.
A template of a phishing email we generated is here but other templates include Instagram, Tiktok, Google etc. So easy! My Year 9 students really enjoyed this.
In a subsequent lesson we look at pharming details from phishing emails to raise awareness of how easy this can also be done.
The unit the NCCE make available on 3D animations is bland and text-heavy.
I've put in dozens of hours of work into my own series of Blender lessons to bring this unit alive. Last year my students loved this and my material has got stronger since then (it's still a work in progress).
To whet students appetite, I have this video which shows students what they will work towards in this unit.