Term 3
Internet Technologies: Internet and WWW
Overview of the Internet
- Describe the Internet
- Internet addresses - Internet protocol (IP) addresses and domain names
• What is needed to connect to the Internet referring to
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs), wired and wireless connections
• Overview of the World Wide Web (WWW)
- Describe the WWW
- Web address/uniform resource locater (URL)
- Web page and website
- Types of websites, their purpose/what they offer and examples
Portal, news, informational, business, weblog (blog), Wiki, online social network, educational, entertainment, advocacy, web application, content aggregator, personal
Social Implications
• Social issues applicable to term 3 content such as:
- E-mail threats and issues: viruses, hoaxes, spam, phising, e-mail spoofing and pharming
- Safe email and Internet use: dangers and tips to ensure safe use
Solution Development: Introduction to solution development using an
Introductory Graphical Programming Tool (Delphi Programming)
Using good programming principles and algorithmic development extend the use of
the tool:
Explore simple nested loops
Develop an elementary game or other suitable programs that exercise the content
of the syllabus
Develop simple applications incorporating a combination of graphics, iteration, conditional constructs, concepts covered
Assessment (PoA):
1 practical test + 1 theory test
Term 4
Internet Technologies: Internet Services Technologies
• What are Internet services technologies?
• Usability of web pages/sites
- Compare usability issues such as readability, navigation, consistency, layout, typography
- How does this relate to user interface design?
• Overview of web development
- Concept of a web page as a file that contains text and HTML and/or XHTMLcode
- Tags and elements of a web page
- Web design principles
• Exploring a simple HTML editor with basic HTML code to view tags and elements
• Utilising an HTML preview tool to explore some of the functionality and purpose of the various tags:
Solution Development: Introduction to solution development (Delphi)
Introduce learners to the high-level programming language
Assessment (PoA):
1 examination (practical paper + theory paper)