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DiDA

About DiDA

Key Stage 3
Utilities

Delivery

The best approach, used by most schools, is to deliver the ICT skills using the framework of a practice SPB (Summative Project Brief)

Practice Microsite

The downloadable zip file is modeled on the first of EDEXCEL's SPB's. It is quite ugly as the first ones were. I will improve this soon.

Implementing DiDA

This is a presentation that will explain what the qualification is about. It is useful to show to Senior Management and parents.

Timing

This is a tricky subject in DiDA, The SPB should take a minimum of 30 hours. Schools are taking up to 45 hours for it. Check the EDEXCEL website for guidance on the amount of support you should offer. Very little.

Timing II

If you want to do 'Using ICT' at level 2 it will take about 90 hours. At one lesson a week that means you start in year 9. Not as mad as it sounds.

KS4 Compulsory ICT

All students in years 10 and 11 should follow a qualification in ICT. The best route using DiDA (AiDA) is most probably to do the level 1 at one lesson a week. The best students will get a C equivalent and almost all the others will get a result. On level 2 quite a few wuld get a Fail.

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