Summary:
Endorsed by Edexcel, Information & Communication Technology for Edexcel Applied AS Single Award has been published to support the new specification. Written by two experienced senior examiners and heads of department, the key content of the course and the project-based assessment criteria are covered in full. Exemplar projects and case studies feature throughout as a means of ensuring that students fully understand how to plan, produce, review and submit their own portfolios in the most effective ways. The units covered include: The Information Age; The Digital Economy; The Knowledge Worker; Exam and Portfolio Advice (Standard Ways of Working; Evidence Checklists; Portfolio Advice and Assessed Elements of the Course). The book also comes with a CD containing electronic files that contain example portfolio content and presentations designed to aid students' understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of those projects / how they will be assessed by examiners.

• Approved and Endorsed by Edexcel

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 The Information Age
1.1 The Information Age
1.2 Online services
1.3 Life in the Information Age
1.4 The Digital Divide
1.5 Ebook
1.6 Developing an ebook
1.7 Skills
Chapter 2 The Digital Economy
2.1 Information needs of organisations
2.2 From ‘brick’ to ‘click’
2.3 Transactional websites
2.4 Back office processes
2.5 e-Customers
2.6 e-Consumer awareness
2.7 Security
2.8 The database
2.9 ICT skills
Chapter 3 The Knowledge Worker
3.1 Problem solving
3.2 The decision-making process
3.3 Understanding the situation
3.4 Sources of information
3.5 Other factors to consider
3.6 Making a decision
3.7 Computer modelling
3.8 Alternatives that modelling can suggest
3.9 Justifying the decision
3.10 Reporting to others
3.11 Evaluating a model
3.12 ICT skills
Appendix 1 Exams and portfolios

About the Author(s):
Sean O'Byrne is a retired Head of ICT and is a senior examiner with a leading awarding body. Chris Guy is a senior examiner for a leading awarding body and is a practising Head of ICT.