LESSONS

Part 1: Handling Information

• 7 BULLET PROOF - Students are asked to extract relevant information from a suitable word processing program.
• 9 TABLE MANNERS - To introduce, and allow students to practise producing, tables in a word processing package.
• 11 ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM - To enable students to use a spreadsheet to sort and more easily access information.
• 13 GRAPHITI - Students practise presenting information in graphical formats.
• 15 FINDING THE FILES - To enable students to practise the finding of files on a computer.

Part 2: Communicating Information

• 17 TURNING ON THE STYLE (1) - To enable students to practise and further develop the use of text styles and other appropriate facilities available using a word processor.
• 19 TURNING ON THE STYLE (2) - To enable students to practise and further develop the use of text styles and other appropriate facilities available using a word processor.
• 21 NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST - Invites students to practise using columns and other facilities to produce a newspaper style sheet.
• 23 E-MAIL - To practise sending an e-mail message.
• 25 THE BARE FAX - To give practise in how to send a fax using a computer.

Part 3: Controlling and Measuring

• 27 GAME OVER - To experiment with different ways of controlling a computer game in order to lead students into a consideration of the practical uses that modelling situations have in the real world.
• 29 THE KEY TO CONTROL - To learn that there are other ways of navigating around a keyboard than using the mouse, and shortcuts that might be quicker than always using the mouse. For some people these are essential.
• 31 SLICK SLIDES - To use a presentation package to make the point about good presentation being effective and to introduce students to an element of control.
• 33 THE TIME IS RIGHT - Students learn to use timing controls to time transitions in a presentation.

Part 4: Modelling

• 35 PACKING IT IN - Students practise using a spreadsheet to model a real life problem.
• 37 A MODEL SOLUTION - Enables students to practise 'what if' predictions using a spreadsheet.
• 39 ALMOST HOME - Students choose the correct software to carry out a task (in this case a spread-sheet) and demonstrate that they are able to use and alter it.
• 41 A NEW BEDROOM - Students explore the usage of a paint or drawing package to design a new bedroom.

Part 5: Subject-specific pages

ENGLISH

• 43 APPLY BY LETTER - To enable students to practise the skills required in writing a job application letter using a word processor.
• 45 WRITING YOUR CV - Students practise using cut and paste activities to help organise information into the correct chronological order, as in a CV.

MATHS

• 47 PARTY TIME (1) - Students practise using a spreadsheet to calculate the area and volume of geometric shapes.
• 49 PARTY TIME (2) - Students use a spreadsheet to investigate shape. The use of ! in a spreadsheet is introduced.

SCIENCE

• 51 GRAPHING RESULTS - Students practise using a spreadsheet to produce a graph of the results of a scientific experiment.
• 53 WATCH THE BIRDIE - Students practise using a database to catalogue the results of a survey into the types of birds found in a typical garden.

(FOOD) TECHNOLOGY

• 55 A NEW CONCEPT - Students choose an appropriate program and produce a concept keyboard with the emphasis on good diet.
• 57 RECIPE FOR SUCCESS - To allow students to set up and practise using database information.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• 59 FOREIGN ACCENTS - Students practise using the 'Insert Symbol' menu on their word processor.
• 61 TOURIST MAP - Students practise using a drawing package to produce a tourist map.

Appendix

• 62 CHECKLIST - Tracking sheet for recording which machines students have access to, and which homework sheets they have completed.