Unpacking the curriculum: Ten key concepts
James Curran, Associate Professor, School of IT, University of Sydney provides some practical examples of algorithms. In this clip James Curran briefly describes the organisation of Digital technologies and Design technologies subjects. James discusses ten concepts that underpin Digital Technologies curriculum:
- Abstraction
- Data collection
- Data representation
- Data interpretation
- Specification
- Algorithms
- Implementation
- Digital systems
- Interactions
- Impact
Additional details
Year band(s) | Foundation, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 |
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Content type | Educational video |
Format | Video |
Core and overarching concepts | Digital systems, Data representation, Data acquisition, Data interpretation, Abstraction, Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms, Implementation (programming), Impact and interactions |
Keywords | Abstraction, Data collection, Data representation, Data interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Digital systems, Interactions, Impact, James Curran |
Organisation | ESA |
Copyright | Creative Commons BY 4.0 |
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