DiDA is the Diploma in Digital Applications, a revolutionary suite of three paperless qualifications

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DiDA is the Diploma in Digital Applications, a
revolutionary suite of three paperless
qualifications from Edexcel that focuses on the
practical application of technology.
...designed to stimulate students creativity
and develop real-world, practical skills...
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• As a suite of qualifications, DiDA offers
• the Award (AiDA), which is equivalent to one
  GCSE,
• to the Certificate (CiDA), which is the
  equivalent to two GCSEs.

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• Students will be entered at either
• Level 1 (GCSE C-G)
• or
• Level 2 (GCSE A-C)

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All pupils will study AIDA, equivalent to 1 GCSE.
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Some pupils may be eligible to study CIDA,
equivalent to 2 GCSEs.
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Assessment
Each unit is assessed via a Summative Project
Brief (see example below) in which students bring
together the knowledge, skills and understanding
they have acquired throughout the unit into one
substantial piece of work.
Click the image view an example SPB
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Assessment
Remember the DIDA qualification is paperless.
Student coursework is organised and submitted via
an e-portfolio.
THERE IS NO EXAM
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Unit 1 - Using ICT (1 GCSE all pupils)
We live in an age of information overload TV,
radio, text-messaging, web and e-mail, telephone,
video, DVD and CD to say nothing of newspapers,
magazines and face-to-face conversations. How do
we manage all of the information we receive and
how do we judge its usefulness? How can we
present it clearly and effectively so it
communicates the message we want to convey?
These are all issues addressed by the course in
Using ICT, which will also teach you how to
critically evaluate your own work, and the work
of others.
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Unit 1 - Using ICT
Click below to view examples of Unit 1 portfolios
EXAMPLE 1
EXAMPLE 2
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Unit 2 Multimedia ICT pathways option choice
for eligible pupils (2 GCSEs including Unit 1)
When you browse a website, play a video game,
send a text message, download an MP3 file or
watch a DVD, youre using multimedia. This course
will help you to design and produce your own
multimedia applications, as well as take a
critical look at multimedia in the world around
you. Youll learn how to collect your own
multimedia products music, images or
photographs, for example - and then manage the
process of putting them together to create
something new. Youll learn the importance of
managing and reviewing your work and testing what
you produce, as well as thinking about how it
could be distributed.
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Unit 2 - Multimedia
Click below to view an example of a Unit 2
portfolio
EXAMPLE
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What Now?
AIDA (1 GCSE) Unit 1 (Using ICT) all pupils
will study this qualification
CIDA (2 GCSEs) Unit 1 (Using ICT) Unit 2
(Multimedia) some pupils are eligible to CHOOSE
this qualification as one of their OPTIONS
Remember you have until 13th March to confirm
your option choices.
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Your ICT teacher will be explaining the ICT
course options available to you
If you require further information about this
exciting new course contact Mrs Mellefont in Room
T9
We look forward to working with you in September
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Information and images for this presentation were
taken from the official DIDA website
http//dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/