Years 9 and 10 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as precisely and accurately describing problems and the use of modular approaches to solutions. It also focuses on engaging students …
Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDIP036
developing strategies to ensure the privacy and security of survey data, for example using numbers rather than names as identifiers; password protecting files to reduce risks of modifying data and using CAPTCHA™ to confirm human responses
Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP036 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDIP036
developing strategies and techniques for capturing accurate and usable qualitative and quantitative data of different formats, for example using text entry for open-ended questions to acquire qualitative data; using radio buttons or checkboxes for closed …
Elaboration | ACTDIP036 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students explain the control and management of networked digital systems and the security implications of the interaction between hardware, software and users. They explain simple data compression, and why content data are separated …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
ACTDIK035
Analyse simple compression of data and how content data are separated from presentation
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACTDIK035 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDIP043
applying techniques to make ethical decisions when faced with dilemmas about security and ownership of data, for example selecting an action that results in the greatest benefit for the most number of people; avoiding the use of photos of deceased persons …
Elaboration (1) | ACTDIP043 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACTDIK034
explaining encryption of data as a means of protecting data, for example secret keys and ‘exclusive or’ (XOR) and hashing algorithms to digitally sign data
Elaboration (5) | ACTDIK034 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
ACTDIP037
Analyse and visualise data to create information and address complex problems, and model processes, entities and their relationships using structured data
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACTDIP037 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACTDIP041
selecting different types of data structures such as an array, record and object to model structured data
Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
ACTDIK034
Investigate the role of hardware and software in managing, controlling and securing the movement of and access to data in networked digital systems
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACTDIK034 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
ACTDIP036
Develop techniques for acquiring, storing and validating quantitative and qualitative data from a range of sources, considering privacy and security requirements
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACTDIP036 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
ACTDIP041
Implement modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures including using an object-oriented programming language
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACTDIP041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACTDIP040
developing test cases that correspond to the requirements of the specifications, for example validating program behaviour on a range of valid and invalid user input
Elaboration (4) | ACTDIP040 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDIP044
developing an evolutionary prototype iteratively and incrementally, for example regularly revising features of an application in response to user feedback and development decisions
Elaboration (1) | ACTDIP044 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACTDIP036
extracting specific data from an external source and storing it in a format that is more useful for analysis, for example combining mapping data from multiple electronic data sets to build a composite representation
Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP036 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACTDIP037
documenting the attributes of complex objects and processes using a data dictionary
Elaboration (4) | ACTDIP037 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDIP037
using visualisation software tools to identify patterns and relationships between sets of data and information, and support abstract reasoning, for example representing data using histograms, network diagrams and maps
Elaboration | ACTDIP037 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDIP037
summarising data using advanced filtering and grouping techniques, for example pivot tables in spreadsheets and aggregation functions in databases
Elaboration (1) | ACTDIP037 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACTDIP044
investigating major causes of threats to data, for example human actions such as losing a storage device, disclosing passwords, theft and fraud
Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP044 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDIP038
developing a preliminary specification for an opportunity or a need that typically contains a problem statement, a set of solution needs expressed as functional and non-functional requirements, any assumptions or constraints to be considered and the scope …
Elaboration | ACTDIP038 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum