Structure Digital Technologies
The Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies (F–10) comprises two related strands: Digital Technologies knowledge and understanding – the information system components of data, and digital systems (hardware, software and networks) Digital Technologies …
Structure | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Digital Technologies
This rationale complements and extends the rationale for the Technologies learning area. In a world that is increasingly digitised and automated, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the economy, the environment and society, that the …
Rationale | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
ACTDIP018
Design a user interface for a digital system
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACTDIP018 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students explain the fundamentals of digital system components (hardware, software and networks) and how digital systems are connected to form networks. They explain how digital systems use whole numbers as a basis for representing …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | 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 ACTDIK034
explaining how an operating system manages the relationship between hardware, applications and system software
Elaboration | ACTDIK034 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDIK034
identifying how changes to the configuration of an operating system change the operation of hardware and software components in a networked digital system
Elaboration (2) | ACTDIK034 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
ACTDIP039
Design the user experience of a digital system by evaluating alternative designs against criteria including functionality, accessibility, usability, and aesthetics
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACTDIP039 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDIP039
evaluating aspects of the total user experience, that is, all aspects of the system as perceived by the users, for example, a user’s initial experience of setting up and using a system, or a user’s emotional or cultural response to using a digital sy …
Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP039 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACTDIP027
starting from a simplified system, gradually increase complexity until a model of a real-world system is developed, and record the difficulties associated with each stage of implementation
Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP027 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDIP021
imagining how the functioning of one type of information system could be applied in a new way to meet a community or national need, for example considering how an electronic tracking system such as a global positioning system (GPS) could be used to find …
Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP021 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACTDIK001
recognising that a digital system follows instructions or commands, for example instructing robotic toys to perform a function such as a dance movement
Elaboration (4) | ACTDIK001 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDIK008
recognising that numbers, text, images, sounds, animations and videos are all forms of data when stored or viewed using a digital system
Elaboration | ACTDIK008 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDIP012
exploring information systems that suit particular home or personal needs, for example using speech recognition software that can help speakers whose language background is not English, or a system to monitor energy or water consumption in the home
Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP012 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDIP018
applying the principles and elements of design to a set of requirements in order to produce a user interface for a system that addresses an identified need, for example to emphasise or highlight an area of the screen to draw the viewer’s attention to …
Elaboration (1) | ACTDIP018 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACTDIP031
evaluating the success of information systems in meeting an economic, environmental or social objective, for example interviewing a local business owner to find out how effectively their information system supports a business objective such as increasing …
Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP031 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDIK007
experimenting with different types of digital system components and peripheral devices to perform input, output and storage functions, for example a keyboard, stylus, touch screen, switch scan device or joystick to input instructions; a monitor, printer …
Elaboration (2) | ACTDIK007 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDIP012
investigating how information systems are used in communities and explaining what needs are being met, for example students jointly creating a short survey and collecting data about how many community residents use the online library borrowing system …
Elaboration | ACTDIP012 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDIK014
explaining how data may be transmitted between two digital systems in different ways, for example that wires or cables are used in wired networks to transfer data from one digital system to another, and radio waves are used to transmit data in wireless …
Elaboration (1) | ACTDIK014 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDIP042
investigating techniques used by people and organisations to shape how information systems are used, for example refusing to use innovations, using social media to advocate behaviours, purchasing devices, withdrawing previous processes that can now only …
Elaboration (1) | ACTDIP042 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum