ICT at key stage 3 (Year 8)
Unit 12: Systems - integrating applications to find solutions
Section 6: Activity 6
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Objectives |
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- to update a database with new information for each record (into pre-existing fields)
- to interrogate a database to produce reports
- to use e-mail address book entries for sending e-mails to a circulation list
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- Review with the class the replies to the standard letter mailings. Introduce the use of an e-mail address book.
- Ask groups of pupils to update the database as a result of the replies, including e-mail contacts, followed by transferring e-mail addresses to an address book.
- Ask groups of pupils to compile a distribution list for each type of respondee to the mailings and then send standard e-mails to each distribution list.
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- update and amend a database
- produce reports from a database
- use an e-mail address book
- use a presentation program for a short, automated presentation
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Points to note |
- The updated database will now contain a full list of sponsors and helpers and any other category appropriate for the chosen event.
- The sending of standard e-mails to different distribution lists is a similar operation to the original mail-merge, but using a different technology.
- The programmes can be printed out at this stage.
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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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