1. AO4 – Carry out Research for the
Group Project
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2. Individual Task
• You will be working individually to
complete the work for this Assessment
Objective (although you will need your
groups assistant to collect examples).
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3. What Information is Required?
• It is important to decide the specific
information that is needed before you
start researching. For example:
– Date of birth
– When they were born
– Education
– Career etc.
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4. Sources of Information
• The Internet is NOT the only source of
information. Other sources include:
– Books
– Magazines
– CD-ROMs
– People (interviews and questionnaires)
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5. Finding Information Again
• Bookmarks/Favourites in the web
browser allow you to find information
again.
• Social bookmarking sites like Delicious
allow you to share your bookmarks with
others and access them from other
computers.
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6. Is the Information Useful?
• Not all information found will be useful.
• The following need to be evaluated:
– Suitability
– Reliability and trustworthiness
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7. Copyright
• The “Right to Copy”.
• If the provider of the information has
copyright to it then permission should
be granted to use the information.
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8. AO4 Portfolio Evidence (Part 1)
Identify a wide range of information
required to carry out your part of the
group project.
Carry out research from the Internet
(should have done this in AO3)
Collect information from at least one of
the following:
Books
Magazines
CD-ROMs
People (Interview or survey)
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9. AO4 Portfolio Evidence (Part 2)
List all sources used and evaluate the
suitability and reliability of each one.
Comment of the copyright on all the
information found and describe the
implications of this for using the
information.
Create and organise (in folders or by
tags) bookmarks/favourites to store
useful web links.
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