This book meets all the assessment requirements of the AQA specification, however, it is also suitable for students following other specifications.

An essential aid to lesson planning and teaching, these resources provide a wealth of differentiated material designed to make teaching both foundation and higher tier students much easier.

specifically for AQA, this teacher support pack provides advice and assistance on how to approach the Applied ICT GCSE Double Award. Each pack contains: information on how to prepare students for external assessment and how to assist them in preparing their portfolios; induction material, teacher notes and a glossary of key terms; guidance on selected case study questions; lesson plans and strategies for teaching the new course; exercises and activities that reinforce the underpinning knowledge; and a useful Web links page.

Emphasis in this book is placed on developing pupils' ability to build and apply ICT skills in a range of contexts. An extended chapter on coursework gives detailed step-by-step guidance on what pupils need to do to gain maximum marks for their projects. Practice exam questions at the end of each chapter help pupils develop confidence.

This book covers the three units of the GCSE in Applied ICT which can be taken as a two-year course from September 2002 or a one-year course from September 2003. It will be an invaluable text for students studying this course for assessment by any of the examination boards. The Assessment grid for Edexcel has been included in the book Unit 1 is a very practical unit and the student is shown how to use various applications including a web browser, word processing, database, spreadsheet and multimedia presentation software. Unit 2 covers the ways in which ICT is used in different types of organisation. It includes numerous discussion points and ideas for students to research. It takes the student through the various stages of designing and implementing an ICT system. Unit 3 explores how individuals, families, clubs, people at work and community groups use ICT. Up-to-date case studies are used as the basis for discussion and exercises, with suggestions and guidance for work.