ICT at key stage 3 (Year 8)
Unit 11: Data - use and misuse
Section 3: Activity 2 (1)
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Objectives |
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- that EPOS and EFTPOS are used alongside bar coding to give supermarkets and customers more accurate, faster and convenient till service
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Activities |
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Children: |
- Explain and discuss the process of scanning the bar code and the till's output in response to the code. Demonstrate the effect of bar codes using information from supermarket receipts. Discuss this information in the light of previous discussions.
- Introduce the term EPOS, and refer back to the link between the product bar code, and the information received by the till from the store's computer during scanning. Extend the discussion to include the term EFTPOS to discuss paying by credit/debit card transfer.
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- describe the process of scanning bar codes into an EPOS terminal and the output of those results
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Points to note |
- The use of internet sites that explain the bar scanning process.
- Homework could involve a study of the information on a supermarket till receipt identifying the different components and their possible significance.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
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