Monday, May 6, 2013

YEAR 10 CT EXAMINATION AREAS TO BE TESTED

The following are some of the Examination Areas to be tested

Digital Activism Unit
  • IT technologies used for activism
  • How the technologies work or the way they have been used by stakeholders in past
  • The impact of using those technologies
  •  Concerns and issues resulting from using the technologies
Digital Entertainment Unit
  • Review of some entertainment Information technologies tools in use
  • Examine how the technologies work/function in particular sectors of entertainment
  • The impact of using  information technologies in entertainment
  • Issues resulting from using the information technologies in entertainment and solutions to some related problems
Online Business Unit (The case study material and research will be used in the examination)
  • Review of some of the online business information technologies as stated in case study material and other researched information.
  • Examine how the different technologies function as used in running an online businesses.
  • The impact of using different information technologies in running an online business.
  • Issues resulting from using the online business information technologies and solutions to some of the related problems
  N/B
-All the three sections will be tested
-The CT exam will be 1 hr 30 mins
-The following command terms will be used in each of the questions
            a) identify
            b) Describe
            c) Explain
            d) Evaluate

Critical Thinking
These trigger words in explain and Evaluate often signal critical thinking. The bold words are the key terms in the various criteria.
Identify / Define- Requires a brief response or just a list.
Describe- shows a technical process step by step, using an example is recommended 
Explanation - Because, as a result of, due to, therefore, consequently, for example
Evaluation - My opinion, overall, although, despite, on balance, on weighing up

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