GCSE ICT

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GCSE ICT
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Advantages

• Traditional GCSE course in ICT
• Higher grades from A - D
• Foundation grades from C G
• Coursework year 10 and year 11 (both 30)
• One 1 ½ hour examination (40)

GCSE ICT
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Benefits

• Easy to achieve C or above with continued
  coursework. (over 70 average grade C or above
  over last 10 years)
• Good preparation for continued academic studies.

GCSE ICT
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DiDA (or CiDA)Diploma in Digital
ApplicationsCertificate in Digital Applications
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Advantages

• Brand new course
• The full DiDA qualification is equivalent to 4
  GCSE grades at A-C. (CiDA is 2)
• Heavy multimedia and graphics bias bringing ICT
  into the 21st Century. You will be taught Flash,
  Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
• All resources can be accessed from home.
• Modular format kept informed of progress
  throughout.

DiDA
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Benefits

• With hard work your son/daughter will
  dramatically improve their chances of 5 or more
  A-C.
• This improves their prospects of continuing with
  further education.
• More skills based qualification should they
  decide to take employment directly from school.
• Different qualification options (1, 2 or 4
  GCSEs)
• Two tiers of entry Level 1 and Level 2

DiDA
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Why should I pick ICT?
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Easy Access

• All ICT courses at Montgomery are accessible on
  the net.
• The VLE has everything you need so you can catch
  up on missed work / print lost worksheets etc.

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How will I be taught?

• 1 pupil to 1 PC ratio.
• All rooms have an interactive whiteboard
• State of the art digital video and camera
  equipment
• Colour and monochrome printer in each room
• ICT rooms available to students after school to
  complete work / practice using the software that
  might not have at home

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Other good reasons..

• It is essential to have good ICT skills for any
  future career.
• College will expect any coursework you do to be
  produced on a computer.
• All employers look favourably on candidates with
  good ICT skills.
• Computing / ICT has excellent career prospects.