7.2 What are Computers?

43 thoughts on “7.2 What are Computers?”

1. Bo September 20, 2011 at 10:25

   Fantastic resources, thank you very much
2. Maliha March 1, 2013 at 14:28

   the lesson 6 resources doesn’t open for me is it not working?
3. Nicki Post authorMarch 1, 2013 at 16:28

   It should be working, I’ve just tested out on a PC at work and it works fine for me! Maybe try a different computer? If it still doesn’t work please share some details about what is happening.

   Thanks
4. Anne Marie Chadwick June 12, 2013 at 12:13

   Great resources, thanks for sharing 🙂
5. Nicki Post authorJune 17, 2013 at 16:12

   No problem Anne Marie, thanks for the comment 🙂
6. Emily July 21, 2013 at 15:29

   Your resources are great, as a new teacher you have really inspired me!

   Thanks
7. Nia October 11, 2013 at 09:36

   Thank you so much. The resources are amazing!
   Really appreciate this!
8. J. Towner November 5, 2013 at 12:10

   You resources are fantastic. How do you find the time?

   I am using these to help me develop KS3 computing resources – I have a couple of questions.

   1. What year groups do you teach each unit too?
   2. How many hours a week do your students get for ICT/Computing? As your skills builder seems to run the whole year and the other SoW’s fit in each term.

   Cheers and thanks
9. Gill November 20, 2013 at 08:14

   Hi Nicki
   These resources are excellent and just the help I need as I’m new to teaching Year 7 & 8 ICT. My school is having a clamp down on printing and I wondered if you are able to share these activities in Word so that pupils can complete them digitally and save rather than printing?
   Thanks
10. Chris Husband December 9, 2013 at 12:26

    Hi Nicky, great resources, especially with the new curriculum in mind. How do you assess this resources at the moment?
11. mo December 20, 2013 at 11:26

    Thanks for these lovely [and detailed] resources. I am hoping to use some in the new year as we start teaching programming.
    Thanks again, Mo
12. Nicki Post authorDecember 26, 2013 at 19:02

    Hi Chris, thanks for your comment. Assessment is tricky at the moment as the government are changing this and there does not seem to be a definitive answer at the moment. I’ve been using the old APP methods mostly for the time being.
13. Nicki Post authorDecember 26, 2013 at 19:10

    Hi, thanks for your comment. I’m currently changing my units around so can’t give a definitive answer to your first question! For example, I’ve just moved Kodu to year 7 and PC basics will also probably move to year 7. My students have one hour per week. I’ve just condensed my skill builder SoW so it doesn’t last as long now we need to fit more into the curriculum.
14. Anban January 4, 2014 at 17:13

    Hi Nicki
    Great resources, thanks for sharing.
15. Sarah Gregory March 19, 2014 at 14:18

    Thank you so much!
16. lisa March 25, 2014 at 10:01

    Fantastic resources! Many thanks.
17. John Coughlin April 10, 2014 at 19:41

    This is awesome! Did you create a SoW for this too??
18. Nicki Post authorApril 18, 2014 at 11:06

    Hi John

    Pleased you like this set of resources. Good news – I am currently updating this topic, I’ve revamped most of the resources and will be adding lessons on more in-depth areas too over the next couple of months such as operating systems and how the CPU works, this will include a full scheme of work as well and be posted here when it’s complete.

    Nicki 🙂
19. Kirsty April 23, 2014 at 13:41

    Resources are excellent – thank you!
20. Natalie Graco April 24, 2014 at 12:11

    Fabtastic resources! thanks for sharing! This will be brilliant for my year 7s!
21. Kathryn April 29, 2014 at 13:11

    Thank you Nicki, for sharing your resources. It has given me numerous ideas for our new curriculum from Sept.
22. Warren June 3, 2014 at 12:08

    Thanks Nicki – these will be really useful in September.
23. Lorraine June 18, 2014 at 10:52

    Hi Nicki
    Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful resources. They are absolute amazing and extremely engaging for the students I work with. I am just asking that on the off chance do you have a SOW for the PC Basics unit a I cannot seem to see this. I just wanted to ask before I started to create one.

    Much appreciated.

    Have a great day.

    Lorraine
24. Nicki Post authorJune 22, 2014 at 19:37

    Hi Lorraine Thanks. I’m actually revamping my PC Basics unit and have nearly finished updating the resources and also writing the scheme of work. It should be online with the next week or two.
25. Harpreet Johal June 25, 2014 at 18:36

    Hi Nicki,

    Thank you so much for the scheme of work, it is excellent and we will be definitely using it!
26. Lee Springett June 30, 2014 at 20:51

    Hi Nicki,

    Love the update, especially your ideas for the human computer lesson. I was just wondering, have you run this yet? I was curious, what size you are printing the sheet to fit the motherboard/case in to the square so can take a picture?

    Thanks
    Lee
27. Nicki Post authorJuly 1, 2014 at 18:06

    Hi Lee, haven’t run this yet. It’s ready for the new year. I’m planning on printing at A3 size.

    Nicki
28. Vishan Singh July 1, 2014 at 21:55

    Brilliant Resources, keep up the great work! Vishan
29. Elles July 10, 2014 at 10:02

    Thank you so much for these, i have been preparing something similar for the year 8s and your resources has definately come in handy and they are fantastic
30. Sue July 14, 2014 at 14:01

    I came across your PC Basics lessons which I found quite interesting, they were really useful as I have several weeks where I was able to use them with students. The lessons were fun and really engaging, and after running a student voice survey, the feedback was highly positive from the majority of students. I will definitely find time to incorporate these for next year. I also ensured I had a few computer components in the room for them to see and touch which made the lessons more interactive.
31. martin July 16, 2014 at 14:56

    I’m very impressed – these look really good. I’m starting to plan some non-school sessions about computing for children in a disadvantaged area of Cardiff, I hope you don’t mind if I use some of your slides. As we are starting from nothing, these will be an enormous help – we use volunteers and they won’t have the time to prepare fresh material.
32. Nicki Post authorJuly 16, 2014 at 18:06

    Hi Martin, more than happy for you to use the resources. Good luck 🙂
33. Nicki Post authorJuly 16, 2014 at 21:54

    Hi Sue, thanks for the fab feedback. Glad to hear the students enjoyed it. I’ve updated the scheme of work now too so it should be even better! Let me know what you think of the new resources if you get chance.

    Nicki
34. Judy Kelly August 29, 2014 at 17:49

    Hi Nicki – great resources and I plan to use these to introduce computing to my new Year 7s. I am having a problem opening the file Network Simulation Tool – I wondered if you could help? Many thanks for preparing this work.
35. Nicki Post authorAugust 29, 2014 at 20:17

    Hi Judy, I’ve just tested the tool by downloading and running it and it seems to work fine on my computer. It’s a Flash file so you may need to ensure that is up-to-date?
36. jane September 7, 2014 at 22:22

    great resources, thanks for sharing
37. Nath October 2, 2014 at 07:54

    Hi…fantastic resources and thank you for taking the time to share them. just wanted to ask if you had got anything that maps this to the levels?
38. Tom October 12, 2014 at 16:03

    Cracking resources! Thank you for sharing. Used your year 7 resources last year and found them amazing. You have a real talent, love the layout and detail you have put into these. Thank you again.
39. Nicki Post authorOctober 30, 2014 at 14:04

    Thanks for the kind words Tom, much appreciated!
40. Nicki Post authorOctober 30, 2014 at 14:08

    Hi Nath, in the scheme of work overview it maps to progression pathways levels.

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42. Pat April 21, 2015 at 08:13

    Amazing resources. Thank you so much for sharing.
43. Anisah Hasan February 7, 2016 at 04:36

    Thank you fro these, I used them last Year with Year 8’s and this year with Year 7s. I love the clear layout of the teacher PPT and the resources. Thank you for sharing.