1. Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma Unit 1: Scene
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
1.1.1a Evaluating your choices
Student Book
pp 14–23
Extension activity
Often there is more than one way to investigate a particular subject.
Think carefully about the research method you chose at the beginning of this task, then fill
in the grid below, listing the advantages and disadvantages of using this method.
Considering carefully the potential drawbacks of your chosen method will help to prepare
you for any problems that may arise, and will mean that you have considered alternative
ways to find this information.
When weighing up the advantages and disadvantages, consider the time this method will
take, the practical considerations (e.g. bad weather if you are going to be outdoors), what
resources your method needs and the chances that something beyond your control will
affect your ability to use this method.
Method chosen Advantages Disadvantages Alternative method
should problems occur
Internet Research • Lots of • Might not be • Look at the URL
information reliable if it is not .org
or. Gov or
• Different • The website .co.uk then it is
websites might be biased not reliable
• Giving variety • It might not give • Making sure that
of websites for the right results you can find the
the history of same
Exhibition of • The time and the
information on
artwork and the date the of
three different
present and the website it is not
website
future present
• Making sure that
• Only need one • The computer
what is typed on
resource which might not work
the search
is the computer and might lose
engine is correct
the work save on
and it’s straight
to the point. Or
by using
advance engine
• Making sure I
look for the most
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2. Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma Unit 1: Scene
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
information and
also the past
information if it
is needed
• Making sure that
the computer is
working and
look for any
problem that
there might be
and solve it
You should consider all of the methods you employ in your research in this way.
Sometimes you will find that there is a quicker, safer, more efficient or more reliable way
to do a task if you consider it carefully enough.
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