Description

This text book is designed for teachers and students of Digital Technologies Years 7 – 10 in Australian high schools.

Chapters include:

Fundamentals (Year 7)

Fundamentals I: ICT at School

Fundamentals II: Google Apps  for School

Fundamentals III: Social and Ethical Use of Technology

Foundation (Years 7 & 8)

Foundation ICT Skills

•           Word Processing
•           PowerPoint Animation
•           Web Development I
•           Turtle Programming

Foundation Digital Technology Knowledge

•           Binary
•           Data Storage and Memory
•           Data Types and File Types
•           Networks
•           Hardware and Software
•           Cybersecurity
•           Programming I

Foundation Assessment Tasks

Intermediate (Years 7, 8 & 9)

Intermediate ICT Skills

•           Excel
•           Data Mining
•           Visualisation
•           Web Development II
•           Programming Microbits

Intermediate Digital Technology Knowledge

•           Data Analysis
•           Elements and Principles of Design
•           Raster and Vector Images
•           The Web and the Internet
•           Social and Ethical Issues
•           Programming II

Intermediate Assessment Tasks

Advanced (Year 9 & 10)

Advanced ICT SKills

•       Spreadsheets
•       Databases
•       Visual Basic Programming
•       Web Development

Advanced Digital Technology Knowledge

•       Social and Ethical Issues
•      Legal Obligations
•      Transaction Processing Systems
•       Programming Design Tools
•       Cybersecurity
•       Web Design

Advanced Assessment Tasks

  Specialist Studies: Data Analytics (Year 10)

• Data Mining
• Data Analysis
• Visualization
• Legal Obligations
• Report Writing

  Specialist Studies: eCommerce (Year 10)

• Market Research
• Business Plan
• Internet Technology
• Web Development
• Server-side programming

  Specialist Studies: Software Development (Year 10)

• Visual Basic programming
• Analysis Tools
• Design Tools
• Project Managment

  Specialist Studies: Transaction processing Systems (Year 10)

• Database design
• SQL
• Interface design
• Project Management

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