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AQA AS ICT1 - Information: Nature, Role and Context


Stuff for ICT1
- Links and resources organised by topic. This is stuff I find useful for teaching AQA 5521 ICT1 and which may, or may not, be useful to other teachers or students. You can take it or leave it but remember none of the links/resources are endorsed by AQA in anyway (see disclaimer below) and anything you find on this and related linked ICT1 pages is just stuff FatMax, an underpaid/overworked teaching dog, is quite fond of. If in any doubt always refer back to the Official AQA website and the current 5521 specification.

Books and stuff to buy


AS Level Books



Widely used as the standard text for
A level ICT
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Diagrams

An excellent resource for last minute revision
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Student text written for the AQA specification (Not very good IMHO!)
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Photocopiable AS notes supplied on CD
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ICT1 Topics

Use the topic list below to find notes, links, presentations and practice questions to help with your assignments, lesson planning, or revision for individual ICT1 topics.

10.1

Knowledge, Information and Data
 

10.2

Value & Importance of Information
 

10.3

Control of Information
 

10.4

Capabilities and Limitations of ICT
 

10.5

The Social Impact of ICT
 

10.6

Role of Communication Systems
 

10.7

Information and the Professional
 

10.8

IS Malpractice and Crime
 

10.9

The Legal Framework
 

 

 


ICT1 Assessment/Exams

1 hour 30 minute exam. Short answer questions

Next exam
Monday 15 January 2007 PM
 

 
ICT1 Useful Official AQA Stuff

The official AQA 5521/6521 page containing a number of useful documents can be found here Highlights for ICT1 include:

AQA past papers
Past papers and mark schemes. Not as useful as the Psionica database they shamefully closed but... the next best thing.

Examiners' Reports
It's very useful when preparing your revision and practising exam technique to know exactly what the examiner was/is looking for. If you read nothing else read these!

ICT1 Online Resources

General resources for ICT1. Specifications change so get a copy of the current specification here and refer to it when using any of these documents.

AS Revision Guide
AS ICT Revision Guide from the KJS. Use this with a good textbook and the links on the left to plan your revision. This booklet also covers ICT2
 
Teach-ICT.com
Links to ICT1 resources sorted by topic. Teachers should take the time to explore the rest of this site as there's some useful stuff in the OCR section.
 
ICT1 Terminology
Key words/phrases and what they mean. At this level you should be making use of language which shows an examiner you understand the question set.
 
ICT Checklist
Revision checklist from Kesgrave High School. If you don't understand something on the list you need to talk to your teacher!
 
ICT1 Revsion Notes
Technicolour revision notes from student Rhodri Karim. FatMax recommended. Check out Rhodri's cool website here. Makes Reservoir Dogs look like Bambi
 
Annotated specification
Annotated ICT1 specification from AGS. Important note: this is quite an old document so needs cross-referencing to current specification.
 
ICT-Teacher
Link to good PowerPoint presentations for each topic in ICT1. This site also includes some supplementary notes for this module
 
ICT1 Links
Comprehensive set of links to individual ICT1 topics from Alcester Grammar School. There are revision notes for selected ICT1 topics here

Key to resources:
 
PowerPoint presentation
Word file
Web page
Macromedia Flash
Pdf file

Help FatMax keep these pages relevant by submitting new links and/or reporting dead links here. In case you haven't bothered to read the bit at the top of the page FatMax is not an official AQA site and the only <splutter> *reliable* </splutter> source of official AQA info and documents is www.aqa.org.uk This page last updated 22/02/06 by a dog who OWNS the sofa. Oh yeah the dog pics are by Adam Kirkton BTW