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QCA

ICT at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8: Public information systems
Section 3: Activity 3

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to develop a project specification
  • about the need for planning and matching of outcomes to user needs

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Review with the class what has been found previously and lead the class through the key choices each group will make in choosing data, methods of presentation and the system they will use.
  • Ask pupils to work in groups to establish the project 'specification' which they should ensure meets the needs identified earlier. Each group could be set a different task based on a different need, eg weather information for sports teams, planning for holidays.
  • The plan could include the use of raw data from an automatic weather station, and images from an internet site, which will need to be manipulated, eg selecting appropriate data, drawing suitable graphs and the information inserted in a presentation package.
  • understand the needs of an audience and the constraints of a software presentation package
  • appreciate a range of methods of presenting information and select appropriate methods of display with respect to the needs of an audience

Points to note

  • It is important to ensure there is a range of data sources to enable pupils to make some judgements about the quality of data.
  • A sample 'frame' may be useful to guide or structure pupils' work.
  • Careful research and sample data for investigation is worth preparing to help those who have problems.
  • Homework could involve pupils reporting on or suggesting what information could be provided in another public information system, eg a train station system.

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