Legislation-Functional Skills 2.2 Entry Level

Legislation

 

 

Marks

3C

No evidence presented.

0

(i)

Candidate describes the main purposes of legislation covering working with and using ICT.

1-4

(ii)

Candidate additionally includes an explanation of the implications for users of implementing the legislation.

5-8

(iii)

Candidate additionally evaluates his/her work in detail, and validates the relevance of legislation to the work undertaken.

9-10

 

You are going to create a presentation about the legislation which covers working with ICT.

Ask your teacher for the book GCSE Applied information and communication technology for Edexcel pages 201-205 to help you with this task. This legislation booklet may also be useful

Tasks

1) Write an introduction for your presentation about why we have computer legislation.

2) Create slides about the purpose, principles and implications of the Data protection act.  Useful websites Information Commissioner

3) Create slides about the purpose and implications of the copyright design and patent act.  Useful websites Copyright

4) Create slides about the purpose and implications of the computer misuse act.  Useful websites Computer Misuse Act 1990 - Liverpool University  Computer Misuse Act 1990 - online

5) Create slides about the purpose and implications of the health and safety act.  Useful websites Business Link - advice for business  Health and Safety Executive

6) Write an evaluation saying how the acts effect your company, the coursework you have been doing and your day to day lives.  Evaluation + help sheet

Helpful presentation

Exemplar work

Functional Skills

Health and Safety (2.1,3.1,4.1)

Minimise Risk (3.1,4.1)

Legislation (3.2)

Bitesize (3.2)