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Everyday ICT for GCSE

Category: GCSE ICT

A refreshing new look at the world of GCSE ICT, written specially for Northern Ireland students. Presented in a bright, accessible style, the text is illustrated throughout with full colour photographs and diagrams.

Pupils are guided into ICT in a way that is in keeping with their everyday experience of the technologies and issues discussed. The text is arranged by topic with additional explanations and definitions organised into boxes for clarity. Each of the 17 chapters concludes with questions and tasks, and two chapters also include ‘Thinking Skills’ activities.

The authors have included some references to appropriate web sites in order to promote further learning. This entirely new pupil textbook has been written to cover the theory examined in written papers. The authors are both currently teachers in Northern Ireland and between them have many years’ experience teaching ICT at GCSE level.

The chapters are:

1. About Your Computer
2. The Computer System
3. Information and Data
4. Getting Data into the System
5. Getting Information from the System
6. Storing Information on the System
7. Collecting Your Data
8. Checking Your Data
9. Data Structure
10. Data Portability
11. Networks and Network Security
12. Using the Internet and Intranets
13. Communications Using ICT
14. Consumer Services and ICT
15. Some Computer Applications
16. Some Impacts of ICT
17. ICT and the Law

The Authors

Kay Clarke has 20 years post-primary teaching experience and has been Head of the ICT Department and the IT coordinator in Omagh Academy, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, since January 1991. She obtained her BA from Leicester University before completing a PGCE at Queen’s University, Belfast. She also has an Med and two computer-related postgraduate qualifications. She lives in the Omagh area with her husband Robert and daughters Alicia and Cathy.

Simone Monteith has been teaching ICT in Omagh Academy, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, for four years having obtained her BSc and PGCE from the University of Ulster at Coleraine. She also teaches Geography and makes use of ICT where at all possible in her classes. Simone lives in Donaghcloney, Co Armagh, with her husband Malcolm who also works in the computer industry.

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