• Understand that information is a commodity and as such can have a monetary value, the level of which depends on its accuracy, its potential use and its particular intended use.
   

• Describe the overheads involved in ensuring that information is up-to-date.

See the books page for more details about the titles listed below

Mott & Leeming Ch.2 Pages 9 -13
Questions Page 19

Heathcote Ch.9 Pages 40 - 43

Doyle Ch.1 Pages 6 - 9

McWeeney pages 1 - 4

AQA past papers
ICT past papers. Not as useful as the Psionica database AQA shamefully closed but...

10 Quick questions
10 quick practice questions on value of information from Alcester Grammar School

Practice questions
More practice questions for 10.2 (.rtf file - opens in Word/Writer)

Past paper answers
Answers to the questions above. Password protected .doc file. Sorry but the password is only available to teachers.

Older exam papers
Past papers (pre 2000) not included on the official AQA site from Colchester VI Form College. These still contain some relevant questions for this topic.

Links to general online resources for 10.2. I'd recommend right clicking links/icons and "Save Target As..." for anything other than web pages (see key below)

	Flash Notes
Offline version of Steve Longley's excellent flash revision notes for 10.2: Value & Importance of Information. Stolen from the old psionica site! Right click link and Save Target As...
	Value of information
Comprehensive set of summary notes for this topic from the KJS. Very useful resource as an introduction to the topic or for planning a revision framework.
	Information as a commodity
Short PowerPoint presentation based on Heathcote AS/A level textbooks Ch. 9
	Information as a commodity
Archive of news stories covering this topic from Teach-ICT.com. This is a very useful resource for getting real-life (TM) examples to illustrate concepts/answers.
	Value & Importance of Information
Page of links from Alcester Grammar School covering this topic. There are a few deaders on the page but it's still well worth a look IMNSHO.
	Information as a commodity
Another one of those very useful handout thingies from Alcester Grammar. Set of summary revision notes and practice questions and answers.
	Knowledge, information, data
PowerPoint presentation from Chris Brown at Billericay School. Also covers data & information 10.1 so it's most definitely worth having a look at.
	Information Rules
"A strategic guide for the network economy". Online course from somewhere or other full of notes and persentations. Excellent!!! Very highly recommended by FatMax
	Information Economics
Online PowerPoint from the University of Hawaii 5-O. On reflection that reference is only vaguely amusing if you're above a certain age and/or wear flowered shirts.
	Value and Importance of Info
Summary notes and questions from North Chadderton High for 14.2: Value and Importance. Easy to follow notes and a set of practice questions & answers.
	Value and Importance of Info
Summary sheet covering this topic (very useful for last minute revision) from Kegrave High School.
	Value & Importance of Info
Online notes from www.ictWeb.org Great introduction to this topic or useful as a framework for planning your revision.
	Measuring the Value of Info
Although it's fairly old this excellent online paper is still very relevant to this topic. Also covers parts of 10.1 so it's well worth spending the half an hour or so it takes to read it.

Key to resources:

PowerPoint presentation Word file Web page Macromedia Flash