Newham Education Business Partnership

Information & Communication Technology Unit 1

Title Presenting Information
Subject Information & Communication Technology
Level Applied GCSE
Unit 1
Duration In Class: 30 Hrs
Authors Mr Foley, Mr Shell, Mr Chandler
School Forest Gate Community SchoolForest Gate Community School

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Summary

This is coursework designed to cover the first unit of EdExcel's GCSE course in Applied ICT, Presenting Information.

All the work is centred around a fictional education centre called Space City.

In Section One students prepare a series of business communications ranging from display adverts, business letters, Powerpoint presentation and creating a booking form. Duration about 8 hours

Section Two involves students creating a spreadsheet for the finance department of Space City and creating a relational database so Space City can keep records of schools attending lectures. A number of specimen booking forms are used to accompany this section. Duration about 12 hours

In Section Three students create templates and macros and use mail merge, used to produce a business letter. Also in this section students create a website advertising Space City Education Centre. Duration about 10 hours

If you would like further clarification of these resources or would like to see them being used in the classroom please contact Mr Mike Foley at Forest Gate School, who would be happy to advise further.