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Tesco bank attack: What do we know? (homework task)

Students are directed to an article about how an attack on Tesco's banking website resulted in 40,000 customers' accounts being affected and the website having to be temporarily shut down.

They are asked a series of questions based on the news story which aim to increase their awareness of current issues related to Computer Science.

This can be used as a homework task, a starter or form part of a cover lesson.

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Massive web attack hits security blogger (homework task)

Students are directed to an article about how infected USB sticks were left at peoples' houses.

They are asked a series of questions based on the news story which aim to increase their awareness of current issues related to Computer Science.

This can be used as a homework task, a starter or form part of a cover lesson.

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Australian homes sent infected USB sticks (homework task)

Students are directed to an article about how infected USB sticks were left at peoples' houses.

They are asked a series of questions based on the news story which aim to increase their awareness of current issues related to Computer Science.

This can be used as a homework task, a starter or form part of a cover lesson.

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Workbook and answers v1

This workbook accompanies the lesson PPTs and the student lesson

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Workbook and Answers v2

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions on the task sheet.

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Practice exam questions

Students are given a set of questions which are similar to those they might expect to see in their written examination.

This is a useful task which will provide students with a good opportunity to gain practice on question answering technique.

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Fill in the gaps

Students are given a piece of text with a number of key words removed. The key words appear in a table above the text. They need to replace the words correctly back into the text.

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Reduce it

Students are given a section of theory. They pick out the 20 most important words. They are then asked to reduce these to the 8 they consider to be the most important.

A great task for really getting them to concentrate and think about the text in front of them.

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Tick the answers

Students are given a number of different statements relating to this topic. They have to decide whether the statement is true or false and place a tick in the correct box.

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Construct an answer

Students are given an exam style question to answer. They are also given a set of key words to incorporate into their answer.

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Agony aunt

Students are put into the role of an agony aunt who has to answer a set of letters about technology related problems.

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Discussion statements

Students are given a number of open ended and sometimes controversial statements related to this topic. In groups, they discuss each statement in order to see if they can come up with a suitable answer.

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100 words

Students have exactly 100 words to summarise the key points about this topic

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Crossword

Students are given a crossword to solve with clues relating to key words for this topic. Answers are provided.

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Booklet

Students are given a scenario and asked to research for specific information. They are then given a set of guidelines and asked to create a booklet from the information they have gathered.

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Create your own crossword

Students are given step by step instructions about creating their own crossword which they can then give to fellow students to solve

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Identify the question

Students are given the answer to a number of questions. Their task is to identify what the original question might have been.

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Key terms

Students are asked to provide a definition and example for key terms related to this topic

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Matching statements

On the left-hand side is a set of terms. On the right-hand side is a set of statements or definitions. Students are asked to draw a line to matchup the correct term and statement.

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Presentation

Students can take forever to set up a presentation often wasting valuable lesson time choosing their background colours and font styles.

This resource provides students with a template for this topic with the aim on them spending time on the content rather than the 'pretty stuff'.

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QR codes

A good kinaesthetic activity. Students have to find, decode and answer questions stored in the form of QR codes

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Mind Map

Students are given the basic structure of a mind map for this topic. They are asked to recreate the structure on their own sheet of paper and add further detail to each of the branches.

Mind maps are a useful tool to use as a revision aid.

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PNI

Students are asked to identify the positive, negative and interesting points relating to this topic

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Podcast

Students are given instructions about creating a revision podcast based on this topic

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Poster

Students are asked to create a poster that could be used for a classroom display. Key design techniques are suggested.

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Wordle

Students write a set of notes about this topic and then use them as the basis to create a word cloud. Their work can be used to create a classroom display.

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You are the teacher

Students work in small groups to prepare a lesson on this topic. They are provided with information and tips about the tasks they need to prepare.

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