FULL DIGITAL Technology Curriculum: 27 Lesson Plans + 1 Summative Assessment + 2 Projects + Worksheet Suggestions (Year 7)

FULL DIGITAL Technology Curriculum: 27 Lesson Plans + 1 Summative Assessment + 2 Projects + Worksheet Suggestions (Year 7)

Covering ALL the Content Descriptors of the Digital Technology Curriculum. These lessons could also be spread out or used in year 8.

Each Lesson Plan includes: Cross Curriculum Opportunities, Explicit Teaching Content, Hands-On Learning Tasks, Assessment Suggestions, Differentiation Strategies, Extension Tasks, Career Education Suggestions, Materials Needed.

Also included: 1 Summative Assessment Task + 2 Marking Rubrics for both Projects + Worksheet Suggestions for each lesson.
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Covering:

Knowledge and understanding
Digital systems
AC9TDI8K01 - explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads.
AC9TDI8K02 - investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet.

Data representation
AC9TDI8K03 - investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers.
AC9TDI8K04 - explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary.

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Processes and production skills

Acquiring, managing and analysing data
AC9TDI8P01 - acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases.
AC9TDI8P02 - analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends.
AC9TDI8P03 - model and query the attributes of objects and events using structured data.

Investigating and defining
AC9TDI8P04 - define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories.

Generating and designing
AC9TDI8P05 - design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode.
AC9TDI8P06 - trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors.
AC9TDI8P07 - design the user experience of a digital system.
AC9TDI8P08 - generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs.

Producing and implementing
AC9TDI8P09 - implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language.


Evaluating
AC9TDI8P10 - evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories and possible future impact.

Collaborating and managing
AC9TDI8P11 - select and use a range of digital tools efficiently, including unfamiliar features, to create, locate and communicate content, consistently applying common conventions
AC9TDI8P12 - select and use a range of digital tools efficiently and responsibly to share content online, and plan and manage individual and collaborative agile projects.

Privacy and security
AC9TDI8P13 - explain how multi-factor authentication protects an account when the password is compromised and identify phishing and other cyber security threats.
AC9TDI8P14 - investigate and manage the digital footprint existing systems and student solutions collect and assess if the data is essential to their purpose.