This BTEC Activator includes:

• ready made assignments to help students achieve unit outcomes
• exercises that prepare students for work experience
• interactive activities for completion during placements
• materials to help students record and manage placements.

Engage:

• Designed for the needs of the Entry 3/Level 1 learner in full colour, with a spread-based approach, and topics broken into clear, bite-sized chunks to retain learners’ attention.
• Lively activities, mini case studies and clear checklists and summaries help learners engage with - and remember - content.

Achieve:

• Extensive coverage with 13 Level 1 units – enough for a Diploma –and 3 Entry Level 3 units – enough for an Award, so you can be confident your learners have the content they need to achieve their qualification.
• Edexcel’s own Assignment tips, written by BTEC experts, help learners to achieve their potential in assessments.
• Assessment criteria and activities for each unit provide clarity and support for learners, as well as helpful information for collecting evidence.

Progress:

• Prepare your learners for employment withafocus on employability skills and definitions of key terms.
• Help your learners progress to BTEC Level 2 First by building their confidence with the style of BTEC qualifications.

• Covers 16 units of the new specification, giving you the breadth to cover the full diploma, and tailor the course to your learners’ needs. 12 units are supplied in print, with a further 4 supplied online.
• Embedded Functional Skills and Personal Learning and Thinking Skills with activities throughout the book. 
• Achieve your potential: Assessment activities and grading tips in each unit give your students plenty of practice to deepen their knowledge and understanding, clearly explaining what they need to do for Pass, Merit and Distinction, so they can achieve their best possible grade.
• Edexcel’s Assignment tips: Written by experts in the BTEC team, there’s invaluable unit-by-unit advice on how to get the most from your BTEC course. 
• Put yourself in the professionals’ shoes: WorkSpace case studies take your learners into the real world of work, showing them how they can apply their knowledge in a real-life context.
• Advice from former students showing your learners how to make their BTEC experience a stepping stone to success.

Author Team:

Alan Jarvis

Been an IT lecturer in FE colleges for over 15 years. He has written material for the 2010 BTEC IT suite of qualifications and was involved with Edexcel BTEC training events.

Andrea Parkinson

An experienced BTEC IT tutor and IV at The Manchester College

K Mary Reid

is an experienced IT tutor having taught in further education for many years.  She has also been involved in developing a number of specifications for IT qualifications and has over 10 years of experience of writing IT books.

Karen Anderson

is an experienced teacher of ICT and Head of Department who specialises in multimedia, computer games design and eSafety.  With several books under her belt, she is also a popular speaker and workshop leader.

Richard McGill

Has twenty years experience of BTEC National Diploma IT both as a lecturer and course leader. He has written BTEC unit course specifications and support materials for Edexcel as well as working as an External Verifier (EV) and Standards Verifier (SV) in the NSS process. This is Richard’s ninth computing text book.

Jenny Lawson

An experienced author and series editor of IT text books, draws on her extensive teaching and examining experiences and the many years spent in the IT software industry.

• Save planning time: A scheme of work and lesson plan for each unit help you make the most of your planning time — use them as they stand or edit them to suit your needs.
• Inspirational lesson ideas: A variety of activities for use with assignments - or as a starter stimulus for group discussion - to support and stretch your learners. Photocopy them as many times as you need.
• Engage-Stimulate-Motivate with @t work: Videos and interactive activities at your fingertips, to motivate your learners and help your lessons stay lively and up to date.
• It’s easy to update your VLE with BTEC resources: All schemes of work, lesson plans, activity sheets and @t work resources are stored on a FREE VLE disk in the Teaching Resource Pack, so you can transfer whatever you need onto your VLE in just a couple of easy steps.
• All the help you need: with support for delivering the new specification and new materials to support your learners through Pass, Merit and Distinction, so you and your students get the most from BTEC.

Author Team:

Alan Jarvis

Been an IT lecturer in FE colleges for over 15 years. He has written material for the 2010 BTEC IT suite of qualifications and was involved with Edexcel BTEC training events.

Andrea Parkinson

An experienced BTEC IT tutor and IV at The Manchester College

K Mary Reid

is an experienced IT tutor having taught in further education for many years.  She has also been involved in developing a number of specifications for IT qualifications and has over 10 years of experience of writing IT books.

Karen Anderson

is an experienced teacher of ICT and Head of Department who specialises in multimedia, computer games design and eSafety.  With several books under her belt, she is also a popular speaker and workshop leader.

Richard McGill

Has twenty years experience of BTEC National Diploma IT both as a lecturer and course leader. He has written BTEC unit course specifications and support materials for Edexcel as well as working as an External Verifier (EV) and Standards Verifier (SV) in the NSS process. This is Richard’s ninth computing text book.

Jenny Lawson

An experienced author and series editor of IT text books, draws on her extensive teaching and examining experiences and the many years spent in the IT software industry.

• Covers enough units for a full Diploma
• Save valuable planning time: readymade assignments so you can get straight into delivery* — use them as they stand or edit them to suit your needs
• Assess learner work with confidence: sample learner work that has been graded by BTEC experts to help understanding of BTEC levels of Pass, Merit and Distinction
• All materials are available in a ring binder.  A CD-ROM is also provided to give you all materials electronically: view these on screen, share examples at the front of class, tailor the assignments for your own use, and share materials with your colleagues by uploading to your VLE.

*Subject to internal verification

Eddie Allman

Has worked in programming and system analysis design for over 20 years. He has taught BTEC In FE Colleges for a number of years and has been involved with Edexcel’s development of the QFS unit specifications for the current BTEC IT qualifications.

David Atkinson-Beaumont

Works as a manager in a large FE college in the North West of England and has written QFS unit specifications for the current BTEC IT qualifications.

• Extensive unit coverage: Student Book 1 covers 14 units including all the mandatory units, giving you the breadth to tailor the course to your learners’ needs and interests, when combined with Student Book 2 .
• Functional Skills and Personal Learning and Thinking Skills are embedded in activities throughout the book.
• Achieve your potential: Assessment activities and grading tips in each unit give your students plenty of practice to deepen their knowledge and understanding, clearly explaining what they need for Pass, Merit and Distinction, so learners can achieve their best possible grade.
• Edexcel’s Assignment tips: Written by experts in the BTEC team, there’s invaluable unit-by-unit advice on how to get the most from your BTEC course.
• Put yourself in the professionals’ shoes: WorkSpace case studies take your learners into the real world of work, showing them how they can apply their knowledge in a real-life context.
• Advice from former students: showing your learners how to make their BTEC experience a stepping stone to success.

Author Team:

Jenny Lawson

An experienced author and series editor of IT text books, draws on her extensive teaching and examining experiences and the many years spent in the IT software industry.

Karen Anderson 

An experienced teacher of ICT and Head of Department who specialises in multimedia, computer games design and eSafety.  With several books under her belt, she is also a popular speaker and workshop leader.

Jenny Phillips

Has worked as an IT professional, is an education consultant and Ofsted Inspector and has been an IT author for many years.

Andrew Smith 

A specialist in networking and systems support and currently working as an academic at the Open University. He is the senior verifier for BTEC IT.

Richard McGill

Has been writing IT books part-time for many years alongside his work as a college tutor delivering IT Practitioner qualifications.

Alan Jarvis

Has been an IT lecturer in FE colleges for over 15 years. He has written material for the 2010 BTEC IT suite of qualifications and was involved with Edexcel BTEC training events.

Alan Kaye

Has spent over 11 years as a teacher in secondary schools and FE colleges. He was responsible for the development of occupational and vocational IT at Edexcel and he currently holds the post of Stakeholder Partnerships Manager at Edexcel.  

Daniel Richardson 

Currently ICT programme leader for a sixth form college and has been lecturing in sixth form and further education for several years teaching a wide variety of BTEC National and First units.

David Atkinson-Beaumont

Works as a manager in a large FE college in the North West of England and has written QFS unit specifications for the current BTEC IT qualifications.

• Extensive unit coverage: Student Book 2 covers 10 optional units, giving you the breadth to tailor the course to your learners’ needs and interests, when combined with Student Book 1.
• Functional Skills and Personal Learning and Thinking Skills are embedded in activities throughout the book.
• Achieve your potential: Assessment activities and grading tips in each unit give your students plenty of practice to deepen their knowledge and understanding, clearly explaining what they need for Pass, Merit and Distinction, so learners can achieve their best possible grade.
• Edexcel’s Assignment tips: Written by experts in the BTEC team, there’s invaluable unit-by-unit advice on how to get the most from your BTEC course.
• Put yourself in the professionals’ shoes: WorkSpace case studies take your learners into the real world of work, showing them how they can apply their knowledge in a real-life context.
• Advice from former students: showing your learners how to make their BTEC experience a stepping stone to success.

Author Team:

Karen Anderson 

An experienced teacher of ICT and Head of Department who specialises in multimedia, computer games design and eSafety.  With several books under her belt, she is also a popular speaker and workshop leader.

Jenny Phillips

Has worked as an IT professional, is an education consultant and Ofsted Inspector and has been an IT author for many years

Richard McGill

Has twenty years experience of BTEC National Diploma IT both as a lecturer and course leader. He has written BTEC unit course specifications and support materials for Edexcel as well as working as an External Verifier (EV) and Standards Verifier (SV) in the NSS process. This is Richard’s ninth computing text book.

Daniel Richardson

Currently ICT programme leader for a sixth form college and has been lecturing in sixth form and further education for several years teaching on a wide variety of BTEC National and First units.

David Atkinson-Beaumont

Works as a manager in a large FE college in the North West of England and has written QFS unit specifications for the current BTEC IT qualifications.

Allan Kaye

Has spent over 11 years as a teacher in secondary schools and FE colleges. He was responsible for the development of occupational and vocational IT at Edexcel and he currently holds the post of Stakeholder Partnerships Manager at Edexcel.  

Jenny Lawson

An experienced author and series editor of IT text books, draws on her extensive teaching and examining experiences and the many years spent in the IT software industry.

• Save planning time: A scheme of work and lesson plan for each unit, plus PowerPoint presentations help you make the most of your planning time — use them as they stand or edit them to suit your needs.
• Inspirational lesson ideas: A variety of activities for use with assignments - or as a starter stimulus for group discussion - to support and stretch your learners. Photocopy them as many times as you need.
• It’s easy to update your VLE with BTEC resources: All schemes of work, lesson plans and activity sheets are stored on a FREE VLE disk in the Teaching Resource Pack, so you can transfer whatever you need onto your VLE in just a couple of easy steps.
• Engage-Stimulate-Motivate with @t work interactive activitiesand video case studies featuring industry professionals, to motivate your learners and help your lessons stay lively and up to date.
• All the help you need: with support for delivering the new specification and new materials to support your learners through Pass, Merit and Distinction, so you and your students get the most from BTEC.

Author Team:

Jenny Lawson

An experienced author and series editor of IT text books, draws on her extensive teaching and examining experiences and the many years spent in the IT software industry.

Karen Anderson 

An experienced teacher of ICT and Head of Department who specialises in multimedia, computer games design and eSafety.  With several books under her belt, she is also a popular speaker and workshop leader.

Jenny Phillips

Has worked as an IT professional, is an education consultant and Ofsted Inspector and has been an IT author for many years.

Andrew Smith 

A specialist in networking and systems support and currently working as an academic at the Open University. He is the senior verifier for BTEC IT.

Richard McGill

Has been writing IT books part-time for many years alongside his work as a college tutor delivering IT Practitioner qualifications.

Alan Jarvis

Has been an IT lecturer in FE colleges for over 15 years. He has written material for the 2010 BTEC IT suite of qualifications and was involved with Edexcel BTEC training events.

Alan Kaye

Has spent over 11 years as a teacher in secondary schools and FE colleges. He was responsible for the development of occupational and vocational IT at Edexcel and he currently holds the post of Stakeholder Partnerships Manager at Edexcel.  

Daniel Richardson 

Currently ICT programme leader for a sixth form college and has been lecturing in sixth form and further education for several years teaching a wide variety of BTEC National and First units.

David Atkinson-Beaumont

Works as a manager in a large FE college in the North West of England and has written QFS unit specifications for the current BTEC IT qualifications.

Each Student Book provides:

• assessment support that will help your students achieve, with contextualised evidence activities that build your students portfolio of achievement in small steps.
• real insight into the industries which will help your students on their way to becoming practitioners, with real life case studies and interviews from industry practitioners to provoke your students interest. 

• flexible book structure provides a cost-effective solution for your students, with everything they need for the Award for just £16.50 (Book 1), and specialist units Book 2 for just £14.50.

This set of Student Books provide:

• assessment support that will help your students achieve, with contextualised evidence activities that build your students portfolio of achievement in small steps.
• real insight into the industries which will help your students on their way to becoming practitioners, with real life case studies and interviews from industry practitioners to provoke your students interest.

• a flexible book structure provides a cost-effective solution for your students, with everything they need for the Award for just £16.50 (Book 1), and specialist units Book 2 for just £14.50.