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Digital Technologies Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in November 2016 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2018.

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Literacy

Literacy

In this subject students extend and apply their literacy capability by, for example:

  • using digital and other communication strategies to engage in collaborative projects and tasks
  • interpreting, analysing, and evaluating primary and secondary data sets relevant to problems of interest
  • using a range of visualisation tools to identify and deconstruct problems and design solutions (product, prototype, and/or proof of concept), incorporating the terminology and conventions of digital technologies
  • becoming competent and confident designers of the features of digital solutions
  • using accurate and appropriate terminology to interpret, discuss, and explain concepts, issues, problems, and solutions involving digital technologies
  • communicating project ideas using tools such as storyboards and other visual representations
  • reading and interpreting online documentation and tutorial materials that support coding.