2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) GRADE 10 Implementation: June 2020

Presentation Outline Purpose Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA) Conclusion

1. Purpose • To mediate the amendments of the trimmed and re-organised 2020 Annual Teaching Plan including School Based Assessment for Information Technology, Grade 10 for implementation in June 2020 as stipulated in Circular S--. • To ensure that meaningful teaching proceeds during the remaining teaching time as per the revised school calendar. • To assist teachers with guided pacing and sequencing of curriculum content and assessment.

Purpose (continued) To enable teachers to cover the essential core content /skills in each grade within the available time. To assist teachers with planning for the different forms of assessment. To ensure learners are adequately prepared for the subsequent year/s in terms of content, skills, knowledge, attitudes and values

2. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan

Reorganisation of Content Topics Theory Practical Content clustered for accelerated teaching and learner-directed learning. Supported with Power. Point Presentation, videos, Q&As, quizzes No changes to practical content – only repackaged for new time frames

Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Term Amendment System Technologies 2 Clustered / Compressed and Accelerated Time needed and extended coverage in gr. 11 Solution Development 2 No Change Communication Technologies 3 Clustered / Compressed and Accelerated Time needed and extended coverage in gr. 11 Social Implications 3 Clustered / Compressed and Accelerated Time needed and extended coverage in gr. 11 3 No Change Internet Technologies 4 Clustered / Compressed and Accelerated Time needed and extended coverage in gr. 11 Social Implications 4 Clustered / Compressed and Accelerated Time needed and extended coverage in gr. 11 Solution Development 4 No Change Solution Development

3. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA) Summary

Revised Programme of Assessment Tasks Assessme nt SBA Weighting Promoti on Weightin g Total Marks Time Allocati on Term 1 Task 1 Term 2 Task 2 Test 1 Theory Test 2 Practical 25% Term 3 Task 4 Test 5 Test 3 Practical Integrat Theory ed Test 25% Convert to 25% Minimum 45 Term 4 Task 5 Yearend Practical Theory Exam Minimum 45 Minimum 60 minutes Convert to 25% Minimum 120 3 hours Minimum 2½ hours Promotion weighting of PAT: 25%

Revision of Examination Structure No amendments Paper 1 – Practical – Proposed layout Marks: 120 – Time: 3 hours • Question 1: Properties, debugging, formulae, formatting • Question 2: Application of decision making and repetition (loops) • Question 3: General problem-solving

Revision of Examination Structure Paper 2 – Theory – Proposed layout Marks: 120 – Time: 2½ hours • Question 1: Short questions (± 20 marks) • Question 2: Systems Technologies (± 20 marks) • Question 3: Communications and Network Technologies (± 20 marks) • Question 4: Data and Information Management (± 20 marks) • Question 5: Solution Development (± 20 marks) • Question 6: Integrated Scenario (± 20 marks)

Revised Practical Assessment Task (PAT) • No change to the Practical Assessment Task (PAT)

4. Conclusion

Conclusion • The theory content was clustered and compressed for accelerated learning. – Use a learner-directed learning approach. Supported by presentations, videos, questions and quizzes – Time gained is used for teaching and practising practical content • No changes to the practical components

Contact Details Mrs Carina Labuscagne: CAT & IT Department of Basic Education Tel: 012 357 4168 Email: Labuscagne. C@dbe. gov. za