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AreaLevel One
Word ProcessingIntroduction
Activity 1 - Using the BACKSPACE or DELETE key
Activity 2 - HIGHLIGHTING Text and using the BACKSPACE or DELETE key.
Activity 3 - Using the CUT function.
Activity 4 - Using the COPY and PASTE function.
Activity 5 - Using the CUT and PASTE or COPY and PASTE function.
Activity 6 - Using FORMAT, FONT, COLOUR, BOLD, ITALICS.
Activity 7 - Making COLUMNS and using COPY and PASTE to split text.
Activity 8 - Using CUT, PASTE and COLOUR with a Timeline.
Activity 9 - Using wordprocessing to organise text.
Activity 10 - Wordprocessing and Essay writing.
Desk Top PublishingIntroduction
Activity 1 - Using text to highlight parts of a photograph.
Activity 2 - Comparing two photographs to emphasise change.
Activity 3 - Further using dtp to emphasise important parts of a picture.
Activity 4 - Using dtp to assist understanding of a source.
Activity 5 - Using dtp to help source-analysis.
Activity 6 - Using dtp to aid understanding of cartoons or pictures.
Activity 7 - Using dtp to pre-form a newspaper front page and/or continuation page(s).
Activity 8 - Using dtp to perform "cut and paste" exercises.
Activity 9 - Using dtp to "cut and paste" pictures into chronological order.
DatabasesIntroduction
Activity 1 - Interrogating a database
Activity 2 - Searching a database
Activity 3 - Using a timeline database: Kings and Queens.
Activity 4 - Using a database with graphics: Transport.
Activity 5 - Making your own database.
Activity 6 - Amending a database.
SpreadsheetsIntroduction
Activity 1 - Graphing Data from a Spreadsheet - making a Line Graph.
Activity 2 - Graphing Data from a Spreadsheet - from Line Graphs to Pie-Charts.
Activity 3 - Graphing Data from a Spreadsheet - more Pie-Charts.
Activity 4 - Using a Spreadsheet's Calculation Functions.
Activity 5 - Using a Spreadsheet's Calculation Functions again.
Activity 6 - Using a Spreadsheet's Calculation Functions yet again.
the World Wide WebIntroduction
Activity 1 - Building up a 'Bookmark' or 'Favourites' list.
Activity 2 - What makes a useful web-site?
Activity 3 - Using a 'Search Engine'
Activity 4 - Using an 'Index Site'
Activity 5 - What makes a Good Web-site?
Activity 6 - Planning a lesson using the www.
 Level Two
Word Processing
  • An introduction to the theory of using word processing in the classroom.
  • Creating your own word processing exercise.
  • Databases
  • An introduction to the theory of using databases in the classroom.
  • Creating your own database exercise.
  • Spreadsheets
  • An introduction to the theory of using spreadsheets in the classroom.
  • Creating your own spreadsheet exercise.
  •  Level Three
    Online MentoringIntroduction
    Week 1 - Simulations in the history classroom.
    Week 2 - Sources on disk.
    Week 3 - Multimedia.
    Week 4 - Multimedia.
    Week 5 - The World wide Web.
    Week 6 - The World Wide Web.
    Weeks 7 - 11, Personal Assignment.
    Week 12 - Pulling it all together.


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