| Help : What is the ICT Companion 04 ? (Teachers) |
The GCSE ICT Companion 04 is an interactive tuition package designed to help you :
1. | Learn the information that you will need to know
to pass a GCSE Information and Communication Technology examination.
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| 2. | Produce and effectively document coursework for
GCSE Information and Communication Technology courses.
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The ICT Companion is suitable for both full and half (short) course GCSEs. You can use the Course Selector to select the subject specification that you are following and the ICT Companion will help you decide which topics to study. It provides comprehensive information about these 50 important topics :
| Introduction | Spreadsheets | Contol Programs | Algorithms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information | Charting | The Law | Programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information Systems | Web Design | Data Protection | Data Transfer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardware | Multimedia | Copyright | Social Issues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardware | Operating Systems | Hacking | IT in Industry
| Input Devices
| Other Software
| Health & Safety
| Banking
| Output Devices
| Data Comms
| Security
| Supermarket
| Storage Devices
| Comms Methods
| Security
| Project Work
| Processing
| Networks
| Backups
| System Lifecycle
| Software
| Internet
| Viruses
| Analysis
| Software
| E-Commerce
| Other Topics
| Design
| Word Processing
| Global ICT Services
| Validate & Verify
| Implementation
| Desktop Publishing
| Control
| Data Collection
| Testing
| Graphics
| Data Logging
| Simulation
| Evaluation
| Databases
| Control
| User Interface
| Documentation
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The information on each topic is divided up into a number of small, easy to digest subtopics. For example the Input Devices topic is divided up into 25 subtopics including Keyboard, Joystick and Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
In addition to comprehensive information on each topic the GCSE ICT Companion 04 also includes :
| Course Selector | There are many different GCSE courses available that cover ICT. They all cover slightly different material. You can use the course selector to tell the ICT companion which subject specification you are following. Traffic light indicators will then help you decide how relevant the information on each page is to your course. |
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| Quiz Module | The quiz module contains over 700 questions which cover all of the topics. You can take a quiz on an individual topic or on any group of topics. If you get stuck on a question then a look up button at the bottom of the question will take you directly to the subtopic that contains the information needed to answer the question. At the end of a quiz a performance summary and score are given and you can review questions you answered incorrectly. Star ratings are awarded for each topic. |
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| Worksheets | There are worksheets covering every topic. Worksheets can be completed (and marked) online or printed and completed on paper. A workbook can also be printed that contains all of the worksheets. The worksheets are designed to guide students through the important information contained in the articles. Answers to the questions are provided. |
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| Summaries | Accompanying each topic there is a concise summary of the information contained in the topic which can be used for revision purposes. |
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| Search Engine | The search engine can be used to search the ICT Companion for information. Simply type in what you want to find out about and the search engine will find articles that match your request. Articles are sorted so that the most relevant articles are nearer to the top of the list of articles that are found. The results of recent searches are stored so that they can be rapidly recalled. |
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| Printing | The print module makes it easy to print information from the ICT Companion. The pages are automatically formatted to print on greyscale printers. Topics, suptopics, summaries and worksheets can be printed. Booklets can also be produced automatically. Printed information can be photocopied. |
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| Glossary | Over 750 important terms are defined and you can jump straight to the article which explains a term by simply pressing a button. |
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The different features of the ICT Companion are all accessed using the navigation panel on the left hand side of the screen.
(C) P Meakin 2004