Digital Devices and Computers

Start with personal devices

The Personal Digital Devices mind map is a useful starting point for exploring multifunctional mobile phones. It covers uses such as internet browsing, entertainment and navigation. The Mobile phones mind map looks at core functions, including voice calls and short messages, alongside functions associated with smartphones, such as cameras and games.

Read one map first, then look at the other for a different view of phone functions. You can compare the functions you find in each and note any terms you want to study again.

Move on to ICT systems

The mind map titled Chapter 1 introduces an ICT system in terms of hardware, software and the people who use it. Another map, ICT in todays world, also includes data in its description of an ICT system and distinguishes ICT systems from computers.

These maps can help you connect the devices on this topic page to the wider unit, ICT Systems and Applications, in Computing and ICT. Look for the parts named in each map and consider how their descriptions of an ICT system relate to one another.

Use flashcards and a quiz

The GCSE ICT flashcards include points about cameras and camcorders, such as zoom, image storage and transferring files. The Personal digital devices flashcards cover input and output devices and connections. After looking at a map, use a flashcard deck to go over terms and details.

Mr Duffy's ICT Quiz asks about terms including GPS and RAM. Try it after reading the maps, then return to a resource if you want to look at a term again. Choose a resource and follow the route that suits your study.