Information Technology

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The right thing

In this lesson plan, students work in pairs to discuss some of the problems in the developing world and identify possible solutions.

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Inventions

Who invented the teabag? When was the paperclip invented? Which invention might you find in a kitchen and a church? This series of activities gets students in teams to find out the answers to these questions while learning all sorts of fascinating facts! A follow-up activity focuses on past tenses ...

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Computers: Integrated Skills CLIL Lesson

In this lesson plan, a reading text introduces students to the components of a computer and includes a computer diagram to label, and a listening exercise narrates the history of computing. Useful phrases for when talking about computers, effective reading and writing tips, vocabulary builder exercises and three project ideas ...

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Recognising symbols and abbreviations used in IT

This worksheet includes three matching and labelling activities to teach useful verbs and nouns often used when talking about computers e.g. ’cut’, ’copy’, ’paste’, ’screen’, ’printer’, ’keyboard’, etc. as well as the symbols that represent them.