Foundation: Using digital systems safely
This scope and sequence unit introduces students to common digital systems and builds an understanding of the role hardware and software play as students use digital systems for a purpose. They also learn about how to practise being safe users of digital systems.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | Foundation |
|---|---|
| Content type | Scope and sequence, Whole School |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Digital systems, Privacy and security, Data representation |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI2P01
Investigate simple problems for known users that can be solved with digital systems
AC9TDIFP01
Identify some data that is personal and owned by them
AC9TDIFK02
Represent data as objects, pictures and symbols |
| Keywords | scope and sequence, scope, sequence |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Digital Literacy |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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