P1

You must comment on how the use of ICT impacts on your own life or that of your family, friends and peers.  This should be related to the area you have researched rather than being a broad summation of the effects of ICT in general.

P2

You must use appropriate sources of information when researching material for their report.  It is recognised that at this level you may need guidance in identifying and selecting suitable sources of information.

P3

You must briefly describe what improvements have resulted from ICT use in the area that you have studied, and how ICT has brought these improvements about.

P4

You need only cover those areas that apply to the area that you have studied.  However, it may be useful for them to identify why a particular aspect has not been affected by developments in ICT.

P5

Based on your research of your chosen area, you should identify possible future uses of ICT.  This does not have to be new technology, rather where existing technology could be used in that area.  You must also relate current legislation to the ICT used, for example the effects of the Data Protection Act on medical records held on computer.

M1

You must independently identify and select appropriate sources of information.  You can check the accuracy or reliability of an information source with your teacher if you wish.

M2

You must plan the content and presentation of your reports so that your final report is well structured and easy to follow.  You can use a proforma (click here for a blank version to fill in) or produce outline plans of the content and structure of their work to help you achieve M2.

M3

You must describe and comment on both the advantages and disadvantages of the use of ICT in the chosen area of study.

D1

You must identify how the use of ICT impacts on wider society that is outside of your own lives or that of your family, friends and peers.  This should be related to the area you have researched, rather than being a broad summation of the effects of ICT in general.

D2

You must evaluate how useful each source of information was to your research.  You may want to include comments on the reliability, accuracy or currency of the information available, and other sources of information that were not available but that would have been useful.

D3

This may be linked to D2.  You must make suggestions as to how your research or final report could be improved.  This may relate to content or presentation, but should not be trivial, for example ‘reprint in colour’.