Digital Technologies: what are they for?
This 6 min video is an animation that brings Digital Technologies to life. It shows how a learner gathers, displays, interprets and shares data. It investigates the role computational thinking has in the process. The animation demonstrates how 'Knowledge and Understanding' and 'Processes and Production Skills' are integrated in a Digital Technologies curriculum. This animation is from a series developed by the Department for Education and Child Development SA, to provide guidance about the Australian Curriculum. It is part of the initiative Leading Learning Making the Australian Curriculum work for us.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | F-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Professional learning |
| Format | Video |
| Core and overarching concepts | Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms, Implementation (programming), Digital systems, Data representation |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
ACTDIK002
Recognise and explore patterns in data and represent data as pictures, symbols and diagrams
ACTDIP003
Collect, explore and sort data, and use digital systems to present the data creatively
ACTDIK008
Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways
ACTDIP009
Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create information and solve problems
ACTDIK014
Examine the main components of common digital systems and how they may connect together to form networks to transmit data
ACTDIP016
Acquire, store and validate different types of data, and use a range of software to interpret and visualise data to create information
ACTDIP026
Analyse and visualise data using a range of software to create information, and use structured data to model objects or events
ACTDIP037
Analyse and visualise data to create information and address complex problems, and model processes, entities and their relationships using structured data |
| Keywords | Technologies, Digital Technologies, Australian Curriculum, Computational Thinking, Data Knowledge, Understanding, Processes and Production Skills, Webpage, Department for Education and Child Development South Australia |
| Organisation | Government of South Australia, Department for Education and Child Development |
| Copyright | Government of South Australia. May be subject to Copyright |
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