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ICT With reference to the AQA Applied Information and Communication Technology (Double Award) GCSE syllabus, students study three compulsory units: Unit
1 - ICT Tools and Applications Internally assessed portfolio The Adapt project was particularly relevant to Unit 1 where students are expected to learn about ICT tools and applications and how these are used by different organisations. They need to investigate how local businesses use ICT tools and applications, or use Case Study materials, or a mixture of both. Clearly, Katharine Willis's Work Showreel and Design Process Case Study Presentation materials on this web site provide a valuable resource in this respect. Students were able to investigate how ICT was used by Katherine Willis at the Jason Bruges Studio, and in their own design process. They developed skills in the ArtCAM application and explored how and why automated and control processes, including CAD/CAM, were used. In some of Katharine's work they were able to see her use of ICT for presenting ideas to clients, modelling prototypes and how monitoring and recording physical and environmental data was used to control interactive public art installations. One of the assessment criteria for the Unit required high scoring candidates to describes in detail three main features and purposes of organisations' use of CAD/ CAM, sensing and control and image manipulation software, and evaluate in detail the impact on businesses of this use. Evaluating the relevance to the ICT course: This
part of the ICT course is really about understanding CAD/CAM and
its application in business contexts. They met that objective very
well through what we did. Being
creative also makes business sense. In a knowledge economy being
creative is an important element. The creative industries are the
biggest growth area in the country and schools are not necessarily
supporting their development. |
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