GCSE ICT Double Award Unit 2 and 3 overview

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GCSE ICT Double AwardUnit 2 and 3 overview

• Margaret Kane
• Principal Moderator

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Purpose

• Unit Structure / Methods of Delivery
• Assignment Development
• Exemplar Material
• Portfolio Consultancy Service

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Unit Structure

• About this unit - Outlines the content and method
  of assessment and relationship to any other units
• What you need to learn What candidates need to
  know and be able to achieve within the unit
• Assessment Evidence Outline of the tasks to be
  completed, evidence requirements and marking grid
• Guidance for teachers Delivery strategies,
  assessment guidance, resources

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Order of Delivery

• Nothing to prevent linear delivery of units
• BUT
• Level of skills and understanding required for
  2(c) and 2(d) mean students might be better
  prepared to complete these portfolios in the
  second year

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Teaching Strategies

• Visits to local, national organisations as
  broad a range as possible, banks, video shops,
  estate agents etc.
• Observation / Interview in work experience
• Research in groups is a possibility but portfolio
  evidence must be individuals own work
• Avoid investigating ICT in school need to
  encourage students to see beyond this

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Assignment Development

• Original approach
• Capture candidates interest
• Capitalise on skills developed through Unit1
• What evidence is required
• What strategies can we use

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Unit 3 ICT in Society

• Assignment 3 a) Report on the impact of ICT on
  the way you do things at home and at school /
  college

• Assignment Briefing e.g. produce a report for a
  friend who wants to reassure his mother that his
  use of ICT in school and at home is beneficial to
  his education and his social life

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What approach to take?

• As with all assignments in Unit 3
• Evidence of investigation interview,
  questionnaire etc
• Must cover personal, professional and social use
  of ICT
• Will relevant legislation be covered now or dealt
  with as a separate section?

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Unit 3 ICT in Society

• Assignment Briefing e.g. A new world wide based
  charity organisation wants to inform individuals
  with special needs of the ways in which ICT
  equipment can help promote an independent
  lifestyle has asked you to develop a portfolio
  that contains details of the many products
  available which help provide independence and
  career opportunities for individuals with special
  needs.

• Assignment 3 c) Report on the impact of ICT a
  person with special/particular needs

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Evidence Requirements

• Wide range of social, personal and professional
  uses
• Explanation of how the technologies meet the
  individuals needs
• Evaluation of the extent to which the
  technologies meet the candidates needs in
  personal, social, home and professional uses in
  relation to alternatives

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Unit 2 ICT in Organisations

• Assignment 2 a) Produce a report on the
  different purposes for which an organisation
  /department uses ICT

• Approach Named organisation or
  departmentGuidance to ensure the organisation
  has a wide uses of ICT to cover communication,
  function and information

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Evidence Requirements

• Clear identification of the organisation /
  department, functions, staffing
• Range of purposes identified as information,
  communication and purpose
• Give full details of each purpose and the reason
  for using ICT

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Unit 2 ICT in Organisations

• Assignment 2 b)Produce a report on the ICT
  system used in the organisation / department and
  how it meets the needs identified in 2 a)

• Must relate directly to the purposes for ICT
  identified in Assignment 2 a)

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Evidence Requirements

• Detail of hardware and software requirements to
  include input devices, output devices,
  processors, ports and cables and storage devices
• Descriptive comments about the components and the
  system as a whole
• Purposes linked to relevant hardware / software
  with an evaluative comment about how well the
  system meets these purposes

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Unit 2 ICT in Organisations

• Assignment 2 c)Produce a design specification
  for an ICT system including information sources,
  input, processing and output requirements with
  the type of application software needed

• Can be a different organisation from 2 a) and b).
• Must be a manageable project a small
  organisation which can be implemented

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Evidence Requirements

• User requirements must be clearly identified
• Initial designs should allow the use to determine
  suitability
• Final designs should be broken down sufficiently
  to allow a third party to be able to construct
  the system
• Effective test plan for the whole system

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Unit 2 ICT in Organisations

• Assignment 2 d)Implement, test and evaluate the
  system together with guidance for the user

• Evidence of implementation can be shown through
  annotated hard copy or witness statements

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Evidence Requirements

• The implemented project should fulfil all
  requirements and conform to the design
• The system is fully tested
• The system as a whole should be evaluated in
  terms of requirements being met and areas for
  improvement
• User guide is detailed enough for a new user to
  begin using the system

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Portfolio Consultancy Service

• Sat 29th March
• Deadline for submission of portfolios Fri 14th
  March
• Feedback regarding direction and approach
• Portfolios will not be marked
• Send in copies only No live material

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June 2003 - Background

• Part One GNVQ to be replaced.
• CCEA to provide Applied ICT (Double Award)
• Seminar in June 2002.
• Unit 1 - possibly underpins the other two
  units.
• Request for assessment opportunity in June 2003.

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June 2003 - Background

• Request for assessment facilitated by CCEA
• Seminar June 2002
• September 2002 centres receive candidate booklet.

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Unit One ICT Tools and Applications Assessment

• Computer based examination
• 2 hours 30 minutes

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Facilitating Pupil Assessment

• Prepare candidates for the examination.
• - Examine current practice.
• - Recognise mode of assessment is different to
  traditional mode.
• CCEA are committed to supporting the
  specification.

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CCEA Supporting Assessment ProcessActivity
Booklet

• Each pupil will receive a Pre-release Activity
  Booklet.
• Activity Booklet will help to focus study and
  learning for examination.
• Activity Booklet will use the same language as
  that used in the examination.
• Activity Booklet assist teachers in the
  preparation of candidates.
• Activity booklet does not form part of the
  examination or assessment process.

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CCEA Supporting Assessment ProcessTeacher
Guidance Notes

• Teacher Guidance Notes will accompany the
  Activity booklet, advising teachers on how to use
  each activity.

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CCEA Supporting Assessment ProcessWebsite

• A company website will support the Activity
  Booklet scenario.
• Pupils will be required to access the website and
  use the information to complete tasks in the
  booklet.

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CCEA Supporting Assessment ProcessData files

• Pupils will be required to download files from
  the website for the activities in the Activity
  Booklet.
• Teachers will be required to download examination
  data files. These will be available 4 weeks
  before the examination date.

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CCEA Supporting Assessment ProcessExamination

• Pupils will sit a 2hr 30minute computer based
  examination.
• The examination forms 100 of the assessment for
  that unit