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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Planning is a key part of the design process that can help to improve the finished product.
- A planning template can help plan and structure the content and layout of a digital product.
- Sketching can be used to quickly communicate a visual idea.
Keywords
Landscape - a layout where the width is greater than the height
Portrait - a layout where the height is greater than the width
Orientation - the way a rectangular page is positioned for normal viewing
Colour wheel - a diagram used to represent colours and their relationship to each other
Common misconception
Plans cannot change as a project progresses.
Initial planning helps focus the purpose, content and layout of a product. However, due to feedback or changing needs, plans may need to be changed as a project progresses.
To help you plan your year 7 computing lesson on: Poster planning, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 7 computing lesson on: Poster planning, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 3 computing lessons from the Clear messaging in digital media unit, dive into the full secondary computing curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Pupils will need access to a digital device that is connected to the internet and has software that allows them to take notes.
