Cambridge IGCSE ICT 3rd Edition

Develop a strong understanding of how and why technology and communication are essential to the world we live in. Created to support the Cambridge IGCSE Information & Communication Technology syllabuses (0983/0417), the series brings real-life ICT to your class. The series focusses on strengthening practical skills and allowing learners to apply theory to real-life scenarios, building core skills they will use in all areas of life. Research informs that teachers want activities to reach students of all levels of understanding. A three-tiered approach to practical tasks throughout the coursebook and workbook develop fundamental skills and challenges more confident students, at home or in class. As well as this, our teacher's resource includes over 400 teaching activity ideas, teaching plans, language support, homework ideas and differentiated worksheets, giving you and your students plenty of support throughout the course.

This coursebook with digital access strengthens practical skills and allows learners to apply theory to real-life scenarios, building core skills they will use in all areas of life. A three-tiered approach to practical tasks throughout our coursebook develops fundamental skills with ‘Getting started’ and ‘Practice’ tasks, and stretches more confident students with ‘Challenge’ tasks. Students are given a taste of the industry through ‘ICT in context’, adding relevancy to students’ learning. As well as this, learners develop autonomous learning skills through the ‘Reflection’ feature, encouraging students to assess and evaluate their learning journey.

Features

• New ‘ICT in context’ feature brings information & communication technology to life and adds relevancy to students’ learning
• ‘Getting started’, ’Practice’ and ‘Challenge’ tasks throughout provide a tiered approach to practical tasks, building foundational skills and challenging more confident students
• New ‘Getting started’ activity at the start of each chapter helps teachers gauge students’ levels of understanding before beginning each topic
• A wealth of new exam-style questions in every chapter provides students with exam preparation activities throughout the course
• New ‘Reflection’ feature at the end of each chapter encourages students to assess and evaluate their own learning journey
• Source files for practical tasks are downloadable from the 'supporting resources' area of Cambridge GO, giving students the resources they need to develop ICT skills in-class or at home
• Access all your Cambridge GO resources anytime, anywhere and create your own collection in ‘My Resources’

CONTENTS

How to use this series

How to use this book

Introduction

1. Types and components of computer systems
2. Input and output devices
3. Storage devices and media
4. Networks and the effects of using them
5. The effects of using IT
6. ICT applications
7. The systems life cycle
8. Safety and security
9. Audience
10. Communication
11. File management
12. Images
13. Layout
14. Styles
15. Proofing
16. Graphs and charts
17. Document production
18. Databases
19. Presentations
20. Spreadsheets
21. Website authoring