DiDA website - Edexcel's DiDA microsite

DiDA resources

• DiDACourse.com/Share - a facility for teachers to share DiDA resources
• Boardworks DiDA - sample SPBs, DiDA links etc
• Alt Campus SPB Helper - SPB helper prepares students for the SPBs
• DiDA delivered - free DiDA resources provided by North West Learning Grid
• BBC DiDA Bitesize revision - free resources for DiDA provided by the BBC
• Varndean advantage and audit DiDA - DiDA e-learning software
• First AiDA - help for students studying unit 1 of DiDA (Using ICT)
• Serif DrawPlus, PhotoPlus, WebPlus, MoviePlus, and PagePlus - useful software especially for graphics and multimedia units. They also provide some free resources.
• Nelson Thornes books and resources - resources and books for students and teachers from Nelson Thorne
• Edexcel's own resources for students and teachers - resources from Edexcel
• ICT Education Online's commercial resources for DiDA - resources for Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 delivered through Moodle. Be sure to try out their free trial of DiDA resources.
• ICT Education Online's FREE resources for DiDA - free eportfolio assessment manager for teachers and free eportfolio manager for students to create eportfolios.
• Chalkface DiDA eportfolio - free suite of eportfolio tasks
• DiDAfolio - DiDA eportfolios made simple
• elearning tutors - DiDA resources and DiDA eportfolio adminstration (DiDAfolio) resources
• Smart Assess - assess and track students as they progress
• Getting the Standards right packs - guide to DiDA assessment

DiDA students' forums

• DiDA Forum (www.didaforum.com/students/) - DiDA discussion forum for students

Websites for DiDA students

• DiDACourse.com/Guide - DiDA/CiDA/AiDA student guide (a must-read)
• DiDACourse.com/Students - help and advice for DiDA students
• DiDA delivered - free DiDA resources provided by North West Learning Grid
• BBC DiDA Bitesize revision - free resources for DiDA provided by the BBC
• First AiDA - help for students studying unit 1 of DiDA (Using ICT)
• Revise ICT - useful site for DiDA with many fun games
• Mark your own DiDA project - it's worth a try
• Learn about databases - helpful for databases (include a quiz for each topic)
• Students section of the DiDA microsite - students guide, career options etc

Websites for DiDA teachers

• DiDACourse.com/teachers - Help and advice for tachers
• Teachers section of DiDA microsite - information for teachers

DiDA teachers' forums

• DiDA Forum (www.didaforum.com/teachers/) - DiDA discussion forum for teachers and students
• TES ICT staffroom - though it is not dedicated to DiDA, this forum is extremely useful. You might need to search for DiDA.
• groups.msn.com/EdexcelDiDAResources - DiDA forum on MSN
• listserv.specialistschools.org.uk/ls/dida.html - DiDA discussion forum from the Specialist Schools Trust

Software for DiDA

• Boardworks' software for DiDA - software from a reputable company
• Serif DrawPlus, PhotoPlus, WebPlus, MoviePlus, and PagePlus - useful software especially for graphics and multimedia units. They also provide some free resources.
• Matchware Open Mind, Mediator and Screen Corder - useful software for creating mind maps, eportfolios, multimedia products, plans and more
• Cute PDF - free PDF writer with no adverts on the documents
• Wink - free software for creating demos, tutorials etc
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Frontpage, Access) - extremely useful
• Macromedia (Adobe) studio 8 (Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver etc) - extremely useful
• Adobe Photoshop CS, Audition, Premiere Pro and AfterEffects - images, sound and
• Audacity - sound editing and recording (free)
• Windows movie maker - video editing software that comes free with windows
• Open Office (writer, calc, impress, base, draw) - similar to Microsoft office, but free
• Matchware suite

DiDA training

• DiDA Events - training events from Edexcel
• INSET online - they run many flexible and short training sessions online
• Symbiosis - DiDA training (for flash, dreamweaver etc)
• Learn 2 - DIDA training (for Dreamweaver, Flash etc)
• Southern Creative Media Group - DiDA training (for Dreamweaver, Flash, eportfolios etc)

DiDA books

• Payne and Gallway books for DiDA units 1 to 4 - books for units 1 to 4 of DiDA
• Heinemann books for DiDA units 1 to 4 - books for units 1 to 4 DiDA
• Nelson Thornes books and resources - resources and books for students and teachers from Nelson Thorne
• Hodder Education books - books for units 1 to 4 of DiDA (pre-order)
• Edexcel books - Edexcel books for DiDA