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This unit of work covers the following teaching objectives. Ensuring that these are met will form part of any medium term assessment and enable targets to be set.
Finding Information
use information from primary or secondary sources and know when to choose the different types justify the use of particular information sources to support an investigation or presentation, and devise and apply criteria to evaluate how well various information types support a task select information from a range of sources and assess the potential value of the information for a task acknowledge all sources, recognising copyright and other constraints save files in appropriate formats and create a hierarchical folder structure develop open and closed questions with sensitivity, recognising people’s cultural, social and ethical differences design a questionnaire or data-collection sheet to collect relevant data, and obtain and use feedback to establish what are good questions represent information in graphs, charts or tables, and in a report where appropriate; justify the form of representation and check the plausibility of their conclusions identify examples of automated data collection and recognise the impact of electronic databases on learning, everyday life and employment evaluate different applications in terms of the structure and method of processing data
Developing Ideas
identify the key elements of a problem and represent components in a plan automate simple processes by harnessing software tools; recognise where automation tools, such as filtering, can be used to improve safety when using the internet combine variables within a model in different ways to form rules recognise that the rules contained within a model determine its output, and make more complex predictions based on several variables amend existing simple models by changing variables and formulae identify whether a model has an appropriate set of variables to make it suitable for a particular purpose, and assess its accuracy by comparing its outcomes with those from other sources use precision and accurate syntax when framing instructions test and refine sequences in order to achieve specific outcomes recognise that sequencing instructions is fundamental to a wide range of ICT applications
Communicating Information
plan communication projects and select the appropriate communication (type, length, media) for the intended audience (considering audience needs and expectations), purpose and environment reflect on the work of others to help plan and amend their communications and understand how effective presentations or publications address specific audience needs and expectations draft, refine and structure their work using a combination of ICT tools to convey meaning more effectively modify and develop text, images, tables and sounds from several sources within the structure of a piece of work extract, combine and modify relevant information for a specific purpose, and structure and sequence this to meet audience needs use a range of ICT tools efficiently to refine the presentation of information for a specific purpose use digital communications for the sharing and collaborative development of ideas for a variety of purposes work in a safe and responsible way when communicating with others
Evaluating
gather and use feedback to inform future work