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Digital Technologies Computing

 

 

Year 10 Digital Technologies Computing    (10DTC)

Students study the following topics in Year 10 DTC.  For each topic, students will plan, design and develop a digital outcome employing the use of a wide range of digital tools.  Project work is done as a combination of both team work and individual work.  The skills learnt at Year 10 help prepare the students for further study in both the Digital Media and Computer Science & Programming strands of senior level Digital Technologies Computing. 

  • Researching computing technologies
  • Computer technology, the economy and the environment         
  • Computer security
  • Computer programming (coding)

      

 

Year 11 Digital Technologies Computing    (11DTC)

Students will learn a variety of skills and tools needed for planning, designing and developing a digital media outcome.  Students will also be learning about databases and their effect on society in order to create a database outcome as evidence of their understanding.  Finally, students will be introduced to website design elements as they undergo a critical analysis of existing websites.

Internal Standards (Projects)

  • AS 91046  Use design ideas to produce a conceptual design for an outcome to address a brief (6 credits)
  • AS 91880  Develop a digital media outcome  (4 credits)
  • AS 91879  Develop a digital outcome to manage data  (4 credits)
  • AS 91878  Develop a design for a digital outcome  (3 credits)
  • AS 91052  Demonstrate understanding of the ways a technological outcome, people, and social and physical environments interact (4 credits)

External Standard (Report)

  • AS 91053  Demonstrate understanding of design elements (3 credits)

 

Year 12 Digital Technologies Computing    (12DTC)

The focus of the learning programme in this course is website design and development.  Students will learn how to ‘hard’ code a website using HTML and CSS and a text editor app (Notepad++).  All of the assessments in this course are encompassed in a website project that requires the students to plan, design, create, develop, test and evaluate web pages for a school community topic of the student’s choice.  Students also have the opportunity to undertake an independent learning option that is a theory-only unit of study about advanced concepts of digital media.  This option is for students who demonstrate the capacity to complete their website project early in Term 3.

    

Internal Standards (Website Project)

  • 91354 Undertake brief development to address and issue (4 credits)
  • 91355 Select and use planning tools to manage the development of an outcome (4 credits)
  • 91356 Develop a conceptual design for an outcome (6 credits)
  • 91370 Implement advanced procedures to produce a specified digital media outcome (4 credits)

Internal Standard (Optional - Report)

  • 91369 Demonstrate understanding of the advanced concepts of digital media (4 credits)

(*NOTE: Undertaking this standard will require both independent learning and independent production of the required assessment evidence (report). Students should notify the instructor early in Term 2 if they wish to be considered for entry in this standard.)

 

Year 13 Digital Technologies Computing    (13DTC)

Students in Year 13 Digital Technologies Computing are provided with the option of completing either a website or a computer program for a set of stakeholders.  Students are able to work to their strengths and interests, thus creating a collaborative and engaging environment for all those involved.  Students who have performed in an effective and efficient manner may also be invited to take part in the completion of a separate Scholarship Technology course.  Students will be assessed on a combination of the following standards based on their own technological practice and interests. 

 

All students will be expected to complete assessment tasks worth at least 16 credits from the following standards:

Internal Standards (Projects or Reports)

  • 91609  Undertake project management to support technological practice (4 credits)
  • 91610  Develop a conceptual design considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense (6 credits)
  • 91611  Develop a prototype considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense (6 credits)
  • 91634  Demonstrate understanding of complex concepts of digital media  (4 credits)
  • 91635  Implement complex procedures to produce a specified digital media outcome (4 credits)

External Standards (Report)

  • 91632  Demonstrate understanding of complex concepts of information systems in an organisation (4 credits)

and/or

  • 91636  Demonstrate understanding of areas of computer science (4 credits)

 

Technology Scholarship

(Available via instructor invitation only)

Students who have done well in previous years in Technology courses may be granted an opportunity to participate in the Scholarship Technology course.  By looking at their own practice throughout the year, students will need to reflect and engage with how their own technological practice has changed throughout the year and how it could be further improved. There is a group focus with discussions and collaboration, enabling students to work with their peers to obtain the best possible results.  Students will need to create a portfolio of work summarising their Year 13 DTC project accompanied by a reflective report.

 

 

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