GCSE ICT

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GCSE ICT

• GCSE
• Information and
• Communication
• Technology
• Assignments
• Full Course
• First Teaching from Autumn 2005
• First Examination from Summer 2007

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GCSE ICT OVERVIEW

• Tier - Higher
• Grades Available AD(E)
• Assessment Components
• Written Paper Questions based on the
  specification
• Paper 1 - 1 hour 1 hour 30 minutes
• Paper 2 - 1 hour 1 hour
• Percentage weighting 40 (20 for each paper) 40
  (20 for each paper)
• Internal Assessment
• Six CCEA set assignments
• internally assessed and externally moderated.
  Percentage weighting 60 60
• WRITTEN PAPERS 40, ASSIGNMENTS 60

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ASSIGNMENTS

• YEAR 11
• Assignment A1 Design a Multimedia Presentation
  (19 marks)
• Assignment A2 Produce a Booklet or Report (19
  marks)
• Assignment A3 Design a Website (19 marks)
• Assignment B1 Using the Internet (6 marks)
• YEAR 12
• Assignment B2 and B3
• Assignment B2 School Trip Pupil database
  Contact database (18 marks)
• Assignment B3 School Trip Payments Spreadsheet
  (14 marks)

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EXAMPLES OF SUBJECT RELATED TOPICS

• Some of the assignments provide candidates with
  the opportunity to incorporate ICT related work
  carried out in other subjects, for example, in
  GCSE
• Art and Design, candidates could scan and
  manipulate original images and incorporate these
  into a multimedia presentation of their
  coursework (Assignment A1)
• Business Studies, candidates could interrogate a
  database or search the Internet or CD-ROM to
  research and analyse market research data on the
  potential customer base for a particular product
  or service. They could then produce a word
  processed report incorporating appropriate graphs
  or charts (Assignment A2)

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CONT

• English, candidates could use an ICT application
  within their coursework, for example, they could
  word process an article which attempts to
  persuade people to take green issues more
  seriously and incorporate it within a booklet
  (Assignment A2)
• English Literature, candidates could use ICT to
  produce a booklet based on a personal and
  critical response to short stories written before
  1900 (Assignment A2)
• Geography, candidates could, following field work
  enquiry, produce a word processed report
  incorporating the use of relevant data, graphs,
  maps and diagrams (Assignment A2)
• History, candidates could search the Internet to
  research contemporary accounts of issues and
  events related to their coursework assignment and
  refine and present their findings in an
  appropriate format (Assignment B1)

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• Music, candidates could design a multimedia
  presentation on the different musical traditions
  in Northern Ireland (Assignment A1)
• Religious Studies, candidates could design a
  website to show links with information providers
  within and across religions (Assignment A3)
• Technology and Design, candidates could use ICT
  to produce a booklet which promotes the use of a
  product that they have designed as part of their
  coursework (Assignment A2)

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TIMETABLE

• 1ST ASSIGNMENT
• ASSIGNMENT A2 (BOOKLET)
• DISCUSS TOPICS IN CLASS
• FILL IN PROPOSAL FORM
• ASK FOR TEACHERS APPROVAL
• GATHER INFORMATION REQUIRED
• LEARN WORDPROCESSING SKILLS REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT
  THE TASK
• PRODUCE BOOKLET AND REPORT
• DEADLINE IS WEEKENDING FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2006