Links evaluated by BTs on the PGCE in Information Technology
On this page you will find links to reviews of resources for the teaching and learning of IT at Key Stage 3, compiled by Beginning Teachers on the PGCE in Information Technology. It is organised by unit of the DfES ICT KS3 schemes of work. Note that some resources have been evaluated for their usefulness in the teaching/learning of more than one of the units.

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Unit No. Unit Title Resources

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Using ICT

PowerPoint help (by University of Wisconsin)

Actden.com

2

Information and presentation

Mathsnet

Use e-mail (by the BBC)

3

Processing text and images

Newsround presspack (by the BBC)

Dave's Worksheet Factory

ICT Teachers

4

Models : rules and investigations

National Statistics Office

 

5

Data : designing structure, capturing and presenting data

ICT GCSE

Finding data electonically (by Channel 4)

6

Control : input, process and output

Logo with microworlds (by Elizabeth Doyle)

7

Measuring physical data

Schools online

Weather Station

8

Public information systems

Weather underground

Automatic weather stations

9

Publishing on the web

Publishing on the web (by the BBC)

Web monkey for kids

TescoSchoolNet

Webwise (by Ambleside school - review 1)

Webwise (by Ambleside school - review 1)

SchoolsWeb

10

Information : reliability, validity and bias

'Websites that suck'

Encyclopaedia Britannica

11

Data : use and misuse

Data privacy and security (by 'Schools-resources.co.uk')

12

Systems : integrating applications to find solutions

The 'Globe' programme

'Supermarket' (by Fred Smith)

Encyclopaedia Britannica

13

Control systems

Control systems (by Ben Smith)

Park Rides (by the Annenberg Foundation)

Logo with Microworlds pro (by Elizabeth Doyle)

14

Global communication : negotiating and transferring data

Databases (by ITGCSE)

Developing thinking skills when planning PowerPoint presentations (by Alan Lynch)

15

Systems : managing a project

Developing information handling skills (by Elizabeth Doyle)

The Northern Grid for Learning

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