Design & Technology Make It Easy CD

Each of the LCP Make It Easy CDs comprises:

• a PowerPoint® presentation for each unit of work.
• images that can be projected on to a screen or interactive whiteboard for whole-class use or explored by small groups of children working on computers.

Each PowerPoint® presentation includes:

• photographs of products for investigation, photographs of children working through the design and make assignments, photographs of finished articles and alternative ideas
• video clips of children at work and demonstrations of relevant skills and techniques
• teacher’s notes and key questions

A site licence is included in the price

LCP Make It Easy can be used in a number of ways:

• as a visual planning aid to inspire and guide staff preparing a unit of work
• as a stimulus and focus for class discussion prior to starting on a unit
• as an ongoing reminder of ideas and skills needed during the unit
• as an independent research tool to be used by children before starting a project: for clarifying ideas, as a focus for homework and for identifying materials that need to be collected.

System requirements:

• LCP Make It Easy is designed to be used with PowerPoint 2003. It may be used with earlier versions of PowerPoint, but the video clips will not enlarge to full-screen size.
• LCP Make It Easy KS1 CDs require at least 500 MB of hard disk space (Year 1 requires 201 MB and Year 2 requires 244 MB).
• LCP Make It Easy KS2 Years 3&4 CDs require 650 MB of hard disk space (Year 3 CD - 320MB and Year 4 CD 340MB).
• Microsoft Word