Information and Communication Technology
Unit 1: Practical Problem Solving in the Digital World
This new AS Level ICT courses will provide the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of the development of ICT systems through practical experience through using a range of applications software in a structured way enabling students to apply these practical skills, knowledge and understanding to solving a range of problems.
Students will use a range of applications software, hardware and communication technologies to address several different types of problem.
The applications software used will include the processing of; text, images, numbers and sound whilst researching solutions to several problems, which could include the following:
- an electronic photo album
- a rolling multimedia presentation
- a website
- organising a blog
- producing invoices
- organising a set of Podcasts
- an interactive multimedia display
Assessment
Assessment of this module is by examination. Students will bring a sample of their work, which addresses one or two problems, into the examination to be submitted with their question paper/answer booklet at the end of the examination.
Unit 2: Living in the Digital World
Today’s students are living in a world where the use of ICT surrounds them, and
where they, and others, frequently take this use for granted.
- why is ICT being used?
- is it appropriate to use ICT?
- what are the implications of its use for me, now and in the future?
Increasingly, future adults will have to be aware of the numerous issues arising from the use of ICT for individuals, society and organisations. These issues change rapidly and increasingly involve environmental and ethical considerations.
This module is designed to give students the wider picture of the use of ICT and to enable the understanding of basic terms and concepts involved in the study of ICT.
Students will be encouraged to consider the important issues involved in the use of ICT. Students will study the immediate effect on themselves and also the longer term effects on society and the world in general. It is expected that students will study much of the content of this module through the investigation of examples of ICT use and the issues involved in those examples.
Assessment
Assessment of this module is by examination.