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Holiday

I hope all students have a good Christmas break. I’ll add the latest web awards from .net magazine in the next day or two. When you have some time, please review all the sections we’ve covered this term and let me know, when we get back on the 6th January, if you need me to [...]

The future of GUI

We’re going to have a look at a couple of short Youtube videos (dated 12th November) tagged under ASICT and future_gui on my delicious. They’re very interesting, but we’ll discuss whether they’re gimmicks or effective GUI’s which could assist users in the future.

Test today

Here is the test on Data and Information. A word document is on the Intranet, ICT A Level so that you can copy it and then add your answers. Please email it to me when it is complete. Good luck!

.netmag December website gallery

.netmag has a number of interesting and creative new websites listed in their latest issue:

Get Out There
Go For Change
Bright.Ly
Jasmax Agency
Barcinski & jeanjean (play a game while it loads and watch it in 3D if you have the glasses!)

3.2.1 An ICT System and its Components

We’ll round off this week by looking at and discussing some video material (BBC purchased clips) on ICT Systems and the Social Effects of ICT. We’ve been given the go ahead to visit shops and banks in central Wolves to see ICT as it is used in business and commerce every day. This short visit will [...]

INFO2 3.2.8,9 Factors and Consequences of ICT

Work for Tuesday will be to complete a paragraph on “The consequences of the Use of ICT for the disabled and the aged”. This will count for a total of 8 marks. Email the document to me at the end of the lesson. Students must also begin to construct a fact sheet on the “Consequences of ICT for Society”. We’ll [...]

Test Today!

This is the test you need to complete on Safety and Security of Data today. I’ll put the Mark Scheme up later today. Sections of work covering the home and education on the wiki “Our World and ICT” must be completed by the end of Friday. If students want more time to work on it over [...]

A new blog for A2 Level students

After 3 weeks of using a blog to deliver guidance for lessons, I’ve decided that this particular blog appears a little cumbersome for both AS and A2 students to navigate, at the same time. Scrolling up and down to find the last entry for your year is tricky; entries for AS and A2 look the [...]

A2 ICT4 13.2 Information Systems and Organisations

Students must continue to consolidate the work on this section. Use texts and references indicated in the ICT4 Scheme of work (earlier post) to complete their knowledge and understanding of the topic. Finding visual material on this topic has been difficult! Notes from North Chadderton can be reviewed here.