Years 9–10: Student-driven project
In this project, students take responsibility for selecting and managing a collaborative project to design and develop a digital product or prototype. This digital product could include creating a software application, an app, a game, a coded robotic device or a wearable device.
Students apply their data skills to gather and analyse information that informs the definition and design of the solution. They also apply programming skills to create the digital solution.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 9-10 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Scope and sequence, Whole School |
| Format | Web page |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI10P04
Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by interviewing stakeholders to create user stories
AC9TDI10P07
Design and prototype the user experience of a digital system
AC9TDI10P08
Generate, modify, communicate and critically evaluate alternative designs
AC9TDI10P10
Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories, possible future impact and opportunities for enterprise
AC9TDI10P11
Select and use emerging digital tools and advanced features to create and communicate interactive content for a diverse audience
AC9TDI10P12
Use simple project management tools to plan and manage individual and collaborative agile projects, accounting for risks and responsibilities
AC9TDI10P05
Design algorithms involving logical operators and represent them as flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI10P06
Validate algorithms and programs by comparing their output against a range of test cases
AC9TDI10P09
Implement, modify and debug modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures, including in an object-oriented programming language
AC9TDI10P01
Develop techniques to acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases
AC9TDI10P02
Analyse and visualise data interactively using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends and outliers
AC9TDI10P03
Model and query entities and their relationships using structured data
AC9TDI10P14
Apply the Australian Privacy Principles to critique and manage the digital footprint that existing systems and student solutions collect |
| Keywords | scope and sequence, scope, sequence |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Digital Literacy, Critical and creative thinking |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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