The Syllabus, Topic By Topic
The 12 topics the Cambridge IGCSE ICT lessons on CognitaSTEM cover, in teaching order. Each one is a lesson, a set of exam-style questions and a tutor who knows exactly where you are.
- Types and components of computer systems
- The systems life cycle
- Input and output devices
- Safety and security
- Storage devices and media
- Audiences and communication
- Networks and the effects of using them
- File management and images
- The effects of using IT
- Spreadsheets and databases
- ICT applications
- Presentations and website authoring
How You Learn It
LINUS DEVLIN, YOUR ICT TUTOR
A subject tutor anchored to the Cambridge IGCSE ICT syllabus. Ask by voice or text at any hour; the answer is taught from the topics below and worked on a board you can read back.
PRACTICE BUDDY
Upload the past paper or mark scheme you have and the buddy takes you through it question by question, marks your answers and explains what the examiner wanted. No paper to hand? It sets questions from the syllabus instead.
WORKED ON THE BOARD
Every explanation is written out on an interactive board as it is spoken: the equation, the diagram, the essay plan. Read it back, copy it into your notes, ask for it another way.
Year 10 And Year 11
IGCSE ICT runs across Year 10 (IGCSE 1) and Year 11 (IGCSE 2). A learner picks up in whichever year they are in, and the tutor keeps to that year's part of the syllabus unless asked to look ahead or back.
Homeschooling? The same tutor, labs and buddies work for a child learning at home; a parent sees every session from the parent dashboard.
Questions
Which IGCSE ICT topics are covered?
All 12 listed above, from "Types and components of computer systems" to "Presentations and website authoring". They follow the Cambridge syllabus for Year 10 and Year 11.
Where do the answers come from?
From the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus and the files you upload, and nothing else. The tutors and buddies are grounded in the syllabus topics listed on these pages and in the past papers, notes and mark schemes you give them; they do not invent facts or pull from the open internet. Your syllabus and your files are the only truth they teach from.
Is this free?
A free account gives you the tutors with a daily allowance, the 3D labs and the Practice Buddies. Premium adds unlimited tutor time; the pricing page has the current price in Kenyan shillings, and schools and homeschooling families pay the same.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Everything runs in the browser on an ordinary smartphone over mobile data, including the 3D labs, which are built for low-end phones.
Do you register candidates for the exams?
No. Cambridge IGCSE exams are sat at a registered Cambridge school or exam centre; homeschooled learners enter as private candidates. CognitaSTEM teaches and revises the syllabus and tells you exactly where a learner stands before the exam.