CURRICULUM AREA: Digital Technologies toward Level 8 Achievement Standard Context: Big Data Students explore large data sets and develop an understanding of their structure. They will also explore how data can be sorted. Students use this understanding to develop their own datasets based on a personal interest. The teaching and learning plan focuses on the strand of Data and Information. Context Description: Acquire data from a range of sources and evaluate their authenticity, accuracy and timeliness Analyse and visualise data using a range of software to create information, and use structured data to model objects or events Digital Technologies Level 6 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress towards Level 8 Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Level 8 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 6: Students explain the functions of digital system components and how digital systems are connected to form networks that transmit data. Students explain how digital systems use whole numbers as a basis for representing a variety of data types. They manage the creation and communication of ideas, information and digital projects collaboratively using validated data and agreed protocols. Students define problems in terms of data and functional requirements and design solutions by developing algorithms to address the problems. They incorporate decision-making, repetition and user interface design into their designs and develop their digital solutions, including a visual program. Students explain how information systems and their developed solutions meet current and future needs taking sustainability into account. In Digital Technologies, indicative progression towards the Level 8 achievement standard may be when students: identify different types of data found in a variety of data sets and categorise them as strings, dates, numbers, etc. discover that different types of data sort in different ways. By the end of Level 8: Students distinguish between different types of networks and their suitability in meeting defined purposes. Students explain how text, image and sound data can be represented and secured in digital systems and presented using digital systems. They analyse and evaluate data from a range of sources to model solutions and create information. They manage the collaborative creation of interactive ideas, information and projects and use appropriate codes of conduct when communicating online. Students define and decompose problems in terms of functional requirements and constraints. They design user experiences and algorithms incorporating branching and iterations, and develop, test, and modify digital solutions. Students evaluate information systems and their solutions in terms of meeting needs, innovation and sustainability.
CURRICULUM AREA: Digital Technologies toward Level 10 Achievement Standard Context: Algorithms Students learn to write algorithms, using both flowcharts and structured English. They will design and create an algorithm for a café/restaurant ordering app for a mobile device. The teaching and learning plan focuses on the strand of Creating Digital Solutions. Content Description: Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in structured English and validate algorithms and programs through tracing and test cases Digital Technologies Level 8 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress towards Level 10 Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Level 10 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 8: Students distinguish between different types of networks and their suitability in meeting defined purposes. Students explain how text, image and sound data can be represented and secured in digital systems and presented using digital systems. They analyse and evaluate data from a range of sources to model solutions and create information. They manage the collaborative creation of interactive ideas, information and projects and use appropriate codes of conduct when communicating online. Students define and decompose problems in terms of functional requirements and constraints. They design user experiences and algorithms incorporating branching and iterations, and develop, test, and modify digital solutions. Students evaluate information systems and their solutions in In Digital Technologies, indicative progression towards the Level 10 achievement standard may be when students: design an algorithm (as a flowchart) and in structured English (pseudocode) for an ordering process in café/restaurant. test their algorithm to demonstrate a successful outcome. By the end of Level 10: Students explain the control and management of networked digital systems and the data security implications of the interaction between hardware, software and users. Students explain simple data compression, and why content data are separated from presentation. They take account of privacy and security requirements when selecting and validating data and use digital systems to analyse, visualise and model salient aspects of data. Students share and collaborate online, establishing protocols for the legal and safe use, transmission and maintenance of data and projects. Students define and decompose complex problems in terms of functional and non-functional requirements. They design and evaluate user experiences and algorithms, and develop and test modular programs, including an object-oriented program. Students evaluate their solutions and information systems in terms of risk, sustainability and potential for innovation.