Digital Technologies is a dedicated subject area for the
in-depth study of computer science and information technologies. It is offered
in all year levels for students to improve and specialise their
digital skills and knowledge of emerging technologies.
Students studying subjects in the digital technologies
will develop knowledge and understanding and practise skills that will apply to
future technologies. They
will evaluate its use, ethical issues and impacts on the world.
Digital Technologies will help students to:
apply systems, design and computational thinking to digital problems in a variety of contexts
explore, develop, generate and evaluate digital solutions using current technologies
develop specific coding skills used in solving digital problems
Digital
Technologies (7-10) and Digital Solutions (11-12) is the study of data, digital
systems, application development and user experiences in the context
of environmental, social, technologicall and useability constraints and impacts.
In Year 7/8 all students study a semester of Digital Technology. They learn skills in Webpage Development using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. They also learn introductory programming skills using Python.
They explore hardware applications using micro:bit boards in a variety of projects
In Year 9/10 Digital Technologies is an elective. Students further develop Web Development skills, Web based, programming, Digital Systems and work on Data Management problems. Digital Solutions to problems are explored, developed with prototype applications generated and evaluated.
New topics for 2025 involve open ending exploration in small teams of: Making AI Bots and micro:bit radio & machine learning projects;
see:
micro:bit radio projects
micro:bit machine learning
https://nous.matatastudio.com/
For further information regarding Digital Technologies
subjects, please refer to the relevant curriculum handbooks.
Head of Department Digital Technologies Roger Hallmond rhall9@eq.edu.au