Students Learn About- Organising – the process by which data is structured into a form appropriate for use by other information processes
- how different methods of organising affect processing, for example:
- letters of the alphabet represented as images rather than text
- numbers represented as text rather than numeric
- the way in which the hardware used for collection organises data by digitising images, audio, video, numeric and text
- software for organisation
- (See Course Specifications Document for any future changes)
- paint and draw software that allows image manipulation
- mixing software for audio manipulation
- video processing software that allows arrangement of video and audio clips on a timeline
- word processors and desktop publishing for the arrangement of text, images and numbers for display
- spreadsheets for the arrangement of numerical data for processing
- website creation software that uses hyperlinks to organise data to be displayed in web pages
- presentation software allowing data to be arranged on slides, providing control over the sequence in which information is displayed
- non-computer tools for organising
- hard copy systems such as phone books, card catalogues and pen and paper forms
- pen and paper methods for organising data
- social and ethical issues associated with organising, including:
- current trends in organising data, such as:
- the increase in hypermedia as a result of the World Wide Web
- the ability of software to access different types of data
- a greater variety of ways to organise resulting from advances in display technology
- – the cost of poorly organised data, such as redundant data in a database used for mail-outs
Students Learn To: - choose the most appropriate format for a given set of data and identify and describe the most appropriate software and method to organise it
- describe how different types of data are digitised by the hardware that collects it
- compare and contrast different methods of organising the same set of data using existing software applications
- use software to combine data organised in different formats
- use data dictionaries to describe the organisation of data within a given system
- assess future implications when making decisions about the way data is organised
Stimulus Questions (linked to "Students Learn To....")
- Describe the information process of organising in detail, including a real life example.
- Explain how the different methods of organising affect processing.
- Using a hardware collection device, explain how data is organised by that device.
- Compare and contrast Paint and Draw software for organising images.
- Identify an organising example for each type of the following software:
- Graphics
- Audio
- Animation
- Text
- Web page
- Identify and describe two non-computer methods for organising data
- With the advent of the internet, discuss the issues that have affected the organisation of data, with particular reference to search engines.
- Discuss the implications of poorly organised data for organisations which rely on the accuracy of data.
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