Applied GCE AS/AInformation and Communication Technology (8751, 8753, 8756, 8759)
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For administrative materials and information such as Basedata, Timetables, including the Interboard online timetable, and Candidate Record Forms, please visit the Administration section of the AQA Website.
AQA and NCC extend their collaboration for schools
AQA and the National Computing Centre (NCC) have further enhanced their Information Portal for ICT teaching and learning. The web-based information portal for schools and colleges provides teachers, students and education business managers with access to relevant information, enabling a better understanding of how technology and business meet.
During 2006/7 the portal has developed to provide relevant, authoritative content from the NCC mapped onto the units of AQA's specification for GCE Applied ICT.
The portal features:
- Authoritative, independent, impartial business and IT content – updated on a monthly basis
- Content mapped onto the Applied ICT curriculum
- A unique ICT/Business advice centre
- A single integrated resource
- Case studies from the UK's leading organisations
- Details of the latest research
- Daily summaries of the latest ICT/Business news
- An online book store
Over the coming year, AQA and NCC are taking the development on another stage to include:
- NCC content mapped to the new (4-unit) GCE in ICT and to the new ICT Diploma at Level 3
- Additional content mapped as part of ongoing site/content development
- Daily newsfeeds
- Lesson plans and lesson planning hints & tips
- A monthly news bulletin
- Podcasts – demonstrating the value of IT in business
- Case study presentation videos
Both students and teachers will be able to explore and understand the real impact of technology applied in the business context and will gain a deeper appreciation of ICT roles and available career paths.
For a flavour of what the information portal is like please follow this link:
For free trial access (for 6 weeks) to the portal please register* at the above website – with the following login: ictportal password: trial012008. You will be asked to register your full name, centre details (including your centre number) and contact e-mail.
Should you have any queries on the portal or registration procedures please email: info@ncc.co.uk
When you review the site - please remember that this is intended as your site – we ask that where you have developed lesson plans, and/or use additional web resources in your planning, we'd like you to share them with us and your fellow teachers. The portal is a collaborative environment – we look forward to your ideas to develop this as the most compelling ICT environment for schools and ICT learning. Please use the email address above to give feedback and to share ideas with us.
For more information about NCC please follow this link:
www.ncc.co.uk
(* We will allow your centre to register up to 5 people for trial access)
Externally assessed units
The Centre Declaration Sheet and Candidate Record Form for the externally assessed units, IT01, IT09 and IT10 are available on the Applied GCE Administration page.
Coursework standardisation meetings
- Dates for coursework standardisation meetings are generally published on the AQA Website in September.
- Meetings are usually held between October and January and are free of charge.
- Centres are also usually notified in writing.
- If you are teaching this specification for the first time, please contact us to ensure that you are invited.
Policy on attending coursework standardisation meetings
Unit 8: Project Management – Membership of the Association for Project Management
For centres offering six and twelve unit awards in GCE Applied ICT, Unit 8: Project Management is compulsory. The Association of Project Management (APM) is offering membership to teachers of AQA GCE in Applied ICT at a reduced rate until the end of September. An application form may be downloaded from the APM website. Unless teachers have had prior experience of project management, associate membership is likely to be most appropriate. Please contact APM, not AQA regarding any membership queries.
The following is available for this qualification:
Please note that AQA's event booking service is the definitive source of information on meeting availability and status, including date changes, full and additional meetings.