ICT

AS/A2 ICT

Resources for AS and A2 ICT, including useful websites.

Exams

Past papers - Link to AQA past papers and mark schemes (Click here).

AS ICT

AS handbook

AS weekly plan

Essential websites

AS Intro activity

ICT Rules

Revision sessions

ICT1

10.1 - Knowledge, information & data Knowledge, information & data Police and accuracy of data

10.2 - Value & importance of information Value and importance of information

10.3 - Control of information Control of information

10.4 - Capabilities & limitations of ICT

10.5 - The social impact of ICT The Digital Divide Student presentations Business 1 Business 2 Crime 1 Education 1 Education 2 Medicine 1 Medicine 2 Teleworking 1 Teleworking 2

10.6 - Role of communication systems Communication systems Revision tasks Student presentations Communication systems 1

10.7 - Information & the professional

10.8 - Information systems, malpractice & crime

10.9 - The legal framework

10.10 - Health & safety Health & safety

ICT2

11.1 - Data capture

11.2 - Verification & validation

11.3 - Organisation of data for effective retrieval

11.4 - Software: Nature, capabilities & limitations Data portability etc Standards and protocols

11.5 - Manipulation and/or processing

11.6 - Dissemination/distribution

11.7 - Hardware: Nature, capabilities & limitations Current hardware standards

11.8 - Security of data

11.9 - Network environments Network tasks Network design task Student presentations Network environments 1 Network environments 2

11.10 - Human/Computer interface User interfaces

ICT3

AS project resources Excel coursework Excel practical skills checklist Excel project checklist General advice Document analysis Input, processing & output Objectives & performance indicators Spreadsheet design sheet Macro design sheet (Spreadsheet / Word processing) Word processing design sheet User interface design sheet Testing strategy Case study template Client satisfaction survey Demonstration spreadsheets Excel demo 1 Excel demo 2 Excel demo 3

 

A2 ICT

A2 handbook

A2 weekly plan

Essential websites

ICT4

13.1 - Organisational structure Organisational structure Diagram Card sort

13.2 - Information systems & organisations Information systems Data mining Systems Analysis Investigation Agenda for initial meeting Minutes sheet for team meetings Summary of Registration methods Electronic Attendance, Swipe cards

13.3 - Corporate information systems strategy Corporate IS strategy 1 Corporate IS strategy 2

13.4 - Information & data

13.5 - The management of change Management of change

13.6 - Legal aspects

13.7 - User support Training Training task User support

13.8 - Project management & effective ICT teams

13.9 - Information & the professional

 

ICT5

14.1 - Policy and strategy issues

14.2 - Software Software evaluation

14.3 - Database management concepts Entity-Relationship diagrams Features of Access Features of Access - Test Access - Switchboard references Normalisation task Activities

14.4 - Communication & information systems

14.5 - Networks Network security Standards and protocols

14.6 - Human/Computer interaction 14.7 - Human/Computer interface

14.8 - Software development

14.9 - Software reliability

14.10 - Portability of data

 

ICT6

A2 coursework resources Access coursework Document analysis Objectives & performance indicators Testing strategy Database design sheets Macro design sheet (Database) Word processing design sheet Case study template Client satisfaction survey Access skills test Access skills test - Teacher mark sheet Exemplar material Data Flow Diagrams Example  (Answer)

 

Websites

AQA (exam board)

BBC education

Becta ICT in education

King James School revision notes

Puma glossary

Puma ICT in society

The British Computer Society

Fatmax revision

HCI resource