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**GATHERING INFORMATION**

You need to get your facts right. Start by finding out about charities and sponsorship. You need to choose five charities which will be supported by the event and gather relevant information about them for use in your publications. You also need to make sure that your sponsorship form gathers the right information. Here are some [|websites] to start you off. You must keep careful records of all the sources you use to gather information. Create a sources table to record details of each source. Here is an example of a [|Sources Table.doc] to start you off. You should use the first four columns to record the location of each item you find. You only need to complete the other columnns for items you actually use. The table should contain all items from primary and secondary sources, not just images. Save your sources table for your eportfolio. Keep it up-to-date throughout the project.
 * Background information**
 * Sources table**


 * YOU MUST** log the full web address (URL) of any site you use in your sources table. **REMEMBER** pictures found on Google Images will have another web address attached to the picture which is where they are actually hosted: all Google does is bring you a thumbnail as the result of a search, but the image is not hosted on Google Images. **DO NOT** just list "Internet" as your source in your sources table as you will gain no marks for this. The full URL is required so make a note as you go along. You also need to say if you need permission to use the image. Basically, unless the site states that the image is available as 'copyright free', you need to get permission before you use. However, in practical terms, the exam board acknowledges that this probably isn't practical for students on this course. Therefore, the board will allow you to use images that are not copyright free and that you do not have permission for **SO LONG** as you state in your sources table, in the same row as the image details, what you would need to do to the image before you could use it. This means that you need to state something like "I would need to get the consent of the owner/creator of the image, or I would need to replace the image with clipart before publishing on the web". This will cover you.

Producing original information
It is often easier to produce images and information yourself and it will certainly give your eportfolio a uniqueness if you do, and the moderators like that! In any event, you will need to use a range of primary sources in order to gain marks in section b). You can do this in a number of ways: take digital photographs and insert into documents or your website; produce hand drawings and scan into the computer; create pictures in Paint and insert into your work (Save As .jpg though, not .bmp); make sound recordings, etc. Make sure you don't hide your light under a bushel though! It is all too easy to produce fantastic work, then forget to acknowledge it in your sources table and therefore fail to gain the credit you deserve. Insert a thumbnail of your own image into the sources table and say that you created it, where you will use it and why and that you do not need permission to use it. Mark Alert! [|MARK ALERT - Gathering Information.doc]