Useful Web Links

WHAT IS BUSINESS?

Scottish Government - Fisheries Linda Bennet
Richard Branson Deborah Meaden
Duncan Bannatyne James Caan
Peter Jones Theo Paphitis
Tom Hunter Tom Farmer
Antonine Centre BBC Business News
S-Cool Business Studies Bized - Business Profiles
People in Organisations Go-Ahead
npower Tarmac
Amway Corus
Land Securities

HOW DO BUSINESSES DEVELOP AND PERFORM?

Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust Alton Towers
Marks and Spencer Unilever
Cadbury Insolvency Helpline
McDonalds MSN - Advantage Marketing
Marketing Plan Amway
Experian Go-Ahead

WHAT RESOURCES DO BUSINESSES USE?

Tesco Scottish Enterprise
Learning and Skills Councils New Enterprise Scholarships
Regional Development Agencies Scottish Business Grants
Business Link Dept for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Shetland Islands Council Learn Direct
Banana Link - Production & Trade in Bananas Global Eye
Just Business - Ethical & Social Issues Guide to Managing for Quality

HOW ARE BUSINESSES MANAGED?

Tesco Unilever
Marks and Spencer The Times 100
Microsoft Business

INTERMEDIATE 1 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Outcome 1

Hardware and Software Activity quiz IT Systems activity Starting the System animation
Understanding the Desktop animation Using the Mouse animation Selecting from Menus animation
Starting a Program Starting a Program by Double-clicking Closing down the system
Using folders Creating a folder Finding a folder
Copying files to your folder Renaming files and folders Opening data files
Deleting files and folders

Outcome 2(1)

Understanding how data is stored Databases quiz Opening a database
Introduction to tables Introduction to searching and sorting Mouse pointers
Searching a table Sorting a table Databases activity
Editing a table Adding a new record Deleting a record
Adding field data Deleting field data Amending field data
Formatting a table

Outcome 2(2)

What is a spreadsheet? Forumula bar Spreadsheets quiz
Adding a row of data Deleting a row of data Amending cell data
Adding a formula Changing a column width Changing font
Changing style Making charts

Outcome 2(3)

Entering & deleting text Using text highlighting Word processing - saving a file
Word processing quiz The spellchecker Justification
Text styles matching activity

Outcome 3

Matching activity Using hyperlinks Using web pages addresses
Entering a web address Using a seach engine Web quiz