At the beginning of each year once subject selection has been finalised, is when our class lists are locked in and we get to know who our students are in our senior subjects. Generally we already have an idea from the previous year, but often there are multiple changes that take place, and our classes are firmed up by about week 2 or 3.

This year is no different to any other with my Level 2 and 3 DigiTech class, in that it is multi-level, and includes a mix of students who have not taken DigiTech in Level 1, or Level 2, or in some cases are taking DigiTech for the first time in NCEA Level 3 only having previously taken the subject as a short course in Year 9 or 10. 

The following includes information about my NCEA Level 2 and NCEA Level 3 classes.  The yellow highlighted sections signify learners who have not taken DigiTech in the previous year levels, and are undertaking NCEA Digital Technologies for the first time in 2020.

The breakdown of my NCEA Level 2 class is as follows: 

Within the NCEA Level 2 cohort, two of the students are new to New Zealand and new to the NCEA education system. 

The breakdown of my NCEA Level 3 class is as follows: 

One of the first activities that I asked the students to undertake, was to identify where they are at now, where they seeing themselves tracking to next year, and knowing the standards that they would be undertaking during DigiTech this year. This was to give the students a starting point, a goal post to aim towards, and also that I would have an idea of what their aspirations are in terms of their career pathways. 

The following is an example of the Career Pathways task: