IT Cambridge Technical Year 12

To experience:

• What is required from IT specialists in the working environment, and the importance of good communication skills along with the technology available to them.
• How information is used un the public domain, globally, in the cloud and across the Internet, by individuals and organisations.

To develop:

• A sound understanding of IT Technologies and practices essential for IT professionals.
• A solid foundation in the fundamentals of hardware, networks, software the ethical use of computers and how business use IT.
• An understanding of how organisations use information sources both internally and externally.
• An understanding of the functionality of information and how data is stored and processed by organisations. • employability skills such a communication, critical thinking and decision-making.

To explore: 

• The threats involved when using computer systems, and the ethical and operational issues that have to be considered to support their use
• The legislation and regulation governing information that flows into and out of an organisation and the constraints and limitations that apply to it

Unit 1: Fundamentals in IT

• Understand computer hardware
• Understand computer software
• Understand business IT systems
• Understand employability and communication skills used in an IT environment
• Understand ethical and operational issues and threats to computer systems

Unit 2: Global Information

• Understand where information is held globally and how it is transmitted  Understand the styles, classification and the management of global information
• Understand the use of global information and the benefits to individuals and organisations
• Understand the legal and regulatory framework governing the storage and use of global information  Understand the process flow of information
• Understand the principles of information security

IT Cambridge Technical Year 13

To experience:

• The stages of application develop by designing an application for a particular audience and purpose.
• The stages that developers go through in this process including design and prototyping.
• Presenting your ideas to an audience and getting feedback from them.
• Writing a feasibility study.

To develop:

• The skills and knowledge necessary to develop the designs for an application and how the user will interact with it.
• Transferable skills such as liaising with clients and questioning people effectively to gain the information you need to develop successful design.
•  An understanding of the Internet and how it is impacting on people and society

To explore:

• A world that is increasingly reliant on applications that help individuals, business and organisations achieve specific activities or purposes.
• The use of social media in digital marketing Unit 6: Application Design
• Understand how applications are designed
• Be able to investigate potential solutions for application development • Be able to generate designs for application solutions
• Be able to present application solutions to meet client and user requirements

Unit 13: Social Media and Digital Marketing

• Understand what is meant by the Internet of Everything
• Be able to repurpose technologies to extend the scope of the IoE
• Be able to present concept ideas for repurposed developments

Unit 17: Internet of Everything (IoE)

• Understand what is meant by the Internet of Everything
• Be able to repurpose technologies to extend the scope of the IoE
• Be able to present concept ideas for repurposed developments