What's the big iDEA?
Sue Garlick
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What’s the big iDEA?
Making sure students are ready for the digital future is really important. Some of the jobs they need to be ready for don’t exist yet, but you can be sure technology will be involved.
The Computing Department is helping students take part in a three-year program to Achieve the Duke of York’s Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA). Students start in Year 7 completing badges in E-Safety through to Year 9 where they investigate things like Big Data and the Internet of Things. It is expected all students will achieve this award by the time they finish Year 9. Once they have completed the set badges they will receive a certificate from Buckingham Palace.
Students are really getting engaged, here is what one Year 8 had to say
“I really enjoyed the badges and they were challenging but still fun and I think that they were the right difficulty for my age group. I learnt lots of skills about safety and I think these skills will help in later life and will be good to put on my CV and I think it is a good thing for all Year 8 to complete and it is good because it is free and teaches lots of skills, I am very grateful for all the skills I have learnt.” Toby
Here is the exciting part, You can take part as well simply join up at https://idea.org.uk/register.
Edit the profile to include PARENTSatTRS.
Can you complete the Bronze Award with your child or even before! You will find many of the badges very useful in your work life. If enough people are interested we can even have sessions in school!
You can get extra help from the Subject Lead Computing James.stephenson@theregisschool.co.uk
- The award is being used in Schools, Colleges and Adult Education throughout the country.
- The award can be added to application forms and CV’s.
- We have already had some students complete the Bronze Award and are now starting the Silver.
You can see the student video which is truly inspiring at https://vimeo.com/259843307
As a Parent you could look at what the badge offers watch the video at https://idea.org.uk/about
