G042 - Lecture 17 Task E – Present Your Findings Mr C Johnston ICT Teacher

Session Objectives An understanding of what is required for task e Present findings to your investigation

Task E Overview Task E requires you to present your investigation findings, The word presentation needs to used in its widest sense, you could produce a presentation, newsletter, website or report, The “presentation” needs to use a number of different information types from a range of sources, No matter which form your “presentation” takes a formal list of sources (bibliography) using standard notation is required.

Information Forms For high marks you should include information in all of these forms within your “presentation”: Text both created by you and from existing sources; Graphics from websites and other sources; Numerical data from spreadsheets; Graphs and charts; Results of database searches; Hyperlinks to other information sources. As far a possible information forms should be copied and pasted into your “presentation” rather than screen shot – if you use screen shots then technically they are a graphic!! Use the list to tick off the information types as they are used.

Sources of Information You must list all sources used at the end of your “presentation” in a formal bibliography using standard notation Sources used may include: Web pages Books Spreadsheet and database files A sheet with examples showing how to reference correctly is available at: graphyLayout.pdf graphyLayout.pdf Any files names used should be referenced with their file name and path – remember your database used originally came off my website!!!! There is also a trick to try and find out when a webpage was updated on my site. There is also a trick to try and find out when a webpage was updated on my site

Mark Scheme Band 1 (0-2 marks) Produce a “presentation” which uses at least three forms of information from slide 4 from at least three different sources. Sources used for the information will be listed – typically just the base URLs of web pages, Band 2 (3-4 marks) Produce a “presentation” which uses at least five forms of information from slide 4 from at least five different sources. The presentation will combine the different types of information effectively and coherently. Sources used for the information will be listed in an appropriate form – typically full URLs will be included and file names of local resources used, Band 3 (5-6 marks) Produce a well thought out, well structured, coherent “presentation” which uses five forms of information from slide 4 from at least five different sources. Sources used for the information will be listed in a formal bibliography using standard notation. You need to consider carefully how the information needs to be combined so that it is presented in a logical order and in an appropriate style to make the final presentation coherent, easy to follow and easy to understand, including a suitable conclusion.

Session Task Complete the referencing exercise to practice recording sources correctly Using the tasks completed so far plan, develop and publish the findings to your investigation. Ensure you evaluate each draft (max 2) using the g040 document evaluation form. Your “presentation” must include different forms of information. A ranges of sources must be used a listed using formal techniques – see sheet for details.

REMEMBER ITS ABOUT YOUR FINDINGS NOT WHAT YOU DID!!!

Reference Exercise Answers UK Government (2009) “UK Government Digital Television” Accessed On: 06/04/ Wikipedia (2009) "Digital television – Wikipedia the free encyclopaedia” Accessed On: 06/04/ How Stuff Works (2009)”HowStuffWorks – “How Do DVDs Work”” Accessed On: 06/04/ GSM-Technology.COM (2009) “SMS FAQ” technology.com/gsm.php/en,unlock,itlskel_pgid,user_templates,subpage_id, smsfaq,user_tpl,multicom_info,usersub_tpl,contact.html: Accessed On: 06/04/2009http:// technology.com/gsm.php/en,unlock,itlskel_pgid,user_templates,subpage_id, smsfaq,user_tpl,multicom_info,usersub_tpl,contact.html Waelder P. (2009) “Interview with Steve Slacks” Accessed On: 06/04/ McGrath, M. (16 April 2006) “Javascript in Easy Steps 3rd Revised edition.” Computer Step Kaufeld, J. (10 Oct 2003) “Access 2003 for Dummies (For Dummies)” John Wiley & Sons