Years 7 and 8 Digital Technologies

Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as decomposing problems and prototyping; and engaging students with a wider range of information systems as they broaden their experiences …

Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

ACTDIK024

Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data in binary

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACTDIK024 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

ACTDIP028

Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACTDIP028 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACTDIP030

developing and modifying digital solutions by implementing instructions contained in algorithms through programs

Elaboration | ACTDIP030 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACTDIP030

developing a digital game that manipulates models of real-world objects

Elaboration (1) | ACTDIP030 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students distinguish between different types of networks and defined purposes. They explain how text, image and audio data can be represented, secured and presented in digital systems. Students plan and manage digital projects to …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACTDIP028

identifying similar digital systems and their user interfaces, assessing whether user interface elements can be re-used

Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP028 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACTDIP029

using diagrams to describe key decisions, for example creating flowcharts using digital systems to describe a set of computational instructions

Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP029 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Learning Area Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students explain how social, ethical, technical and sustainability considerations influence the design of innovative and enterprising solutions to meet a range of present and future needs. They explain how the features of technologies …

Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACTDIP025

acquiring data from a range of sources, for example people, websites, books, mobile phones, radiofrequency identification (RFID) and data repositories such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics datasets, and compiling these data into a digital forma …

Elaboration (1) | ACTDIP025 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACTDIP030

creating digital solutions that provide user navigation and prompts with controlled repetitions, for example an information kiosk that has layers of buttons and prompts the user three times before returning to the beginning

Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP030 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACTDIP031

considering the effects of e-waste on societies and environments, for example the impacts of toxic chemicals when hardware is disposed of, and the practice of dumping unwanted digital systems overseas, particularly in the Asia region

Elaboration (4) | ACTDIP031 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum