Links
General
Course Links
Unit
Specific Links
General
Links
www.edexcel.org.uk
The Edexcel homepage for the BTEC Nationals range of
qualifications. Look for the BTEC Higher National Diploma for IT
Practitioners
http://members.aol.com/wbox/wbox.htm
Tutorial site on the basics of computers.
www.amazon.co.uk
A good place for buying books online.
http://www.bcpublications.co.uk/
BCP provides course text books, support material, online resources and a
forum for the exchange of information in ICT education.
Here you will find answers to exercises in the BTEC Nationals for IT Practitioners
text book by Geoffrey Knott and Nick Waites
www.bbc.co.uk/learning
BBC Learning provides revision and study advice for students of all ages, lesson plans and help for teachers, and advice and guidance for parents.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/education/index.shtml?18#topics
Good place to look for information in preparation for going to university
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/courses/
BBCi are launching a series of online courses. Check out the Computers & the Internet
and the Design & Technology courses. Note: you don't have
to register to sample these courses.
Unit
Specific Links
Hardware Guide
Provides various
computer hardware guides.
HardwareCentral
Lots of tutorials -
Building your own PC, Chipsets, CPU installation, AGP, video & expansion
cards & lots more.
How Microprocessors
Work
How fairly simple digital logic techniques allow a
CPU to do its job (HowStuffWorks)
All
About Partitioning
Partitioning is one of the necessary steps to prepare a drive for use. This
page contains information on partitioning. (HardwareCentral)
RAM
This tutorial takes
a look at he different types of RAM.
PC Support
Site with various
information pages on computer parts
PC Guide
Site with lots of
information pages on computer parts
That it for the links folks!
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