Fully support the examined units plus the requirements of the controlled assessment elements of the course with this textbook.

WJEC Information and Communication Technology GCSE Student's Book is endorsed by WJEC and has been published to support WJEC's specification. Written and edited by highly experienced teachers, the text covers the examined and controlled assessment units of the course: understanding ICT, solving problems with ICT, ICT in organisations and developing multimedia ICT solutions. The core knowledge and understanding required by students for the examined units is provided through an accessible and comprehensive narrative.

- Support students in tackling the controlled assessment tasks

- Provide opportunities for students to prepare for exams with tasks and exam-style questions throughout

- Access free digital resources designed to support your students in their studies

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Hodder Education .

Denise Warmsley is head of ICT and is a chief examiner for OCR. Ian Paget is head of ICT and a principle examiner with OCR.

This book has the following chapters:

• Unit 1: Understanding ICT
• • Chapter 1: Data and quality of data
  • Chapter 2: Home Entertainment
  • Chapter 3: Home and personal communication systems
  • Chapter 4: Home business
  • Chapter 5: Organisations: School, home, environment
  • Chapter 6: ICT and learning
  • Chapter 7: Applications software
  • Chapter 8: Information-handling software
  • Chapter 9: Email
  • Chapter 10: Spreadsheets
  • Chapter 11: Desktop publishing
  • Chapter 12: Web and presentation software
  • Chapter 13: Health, safety and other issues
• Unit 3: ICT in organisations
• • Chapter 14: Data, information and knowledge
  • Chapter 15: Multimedia components
  • Chapter 16: Art in ICT
  • Chapter 17: Presentation software
  • Chapter 18: Multimedia industries
  • Chapter 19: Animation
  • Chapter 20: Networks
  • Chapter 21: Social and environmental impact
  • Chapter 22: The human-computer interface
  • Chapter 23: Applications of ICT
  • Chapter 24: Process control in industry
  • Chapter 25: Stock control and order processing
  • Chapter 26: Safety in organisations
  • Chapter 27: Introduction to the examinations
• Unit 2: Solving problems with ICT
• • Chapter 28: Solving problems with ICT
• Unit 4: Developing multimedia ICT solutions
• • Chapter 29: Developing multimedia ICT solutions
  • Chapter 30: Preparing for the examinations