Digital Technologies / Year 5 and 6 / Processes and production skills / Investigating and defining

Curriculum content descriptions

define problems with given or co-developed design criteria and by creating user stories (AC9TDI6P01)

Elaborations
  • using provided stimulus to identify an issue and writing a user story in groups, for example using a newspaper article to develop a user story, such as: a family in a bushfire or flood-prone environment needs a way to ensure they are prepared in case of an emergency
  • discussing possible design criteria based on a stimulus, for example the cost, sustainability and timeliness for a roadside bushfire or flood risk rating system
  • investigating the impact that feral animals have on native flora and fauna and how this problem has led to economic development opportunities for groups such as the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Design thinking,  Problem solving

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Bethany Christian School – Progress report 4

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Green Hill Public School

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Bethany Christian School – PL ecosystem

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South Kalgoorlie Primary School – Progress report 4

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Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies Years F-6 achievement standards and aligned content descriptions on a page

This PDF presents content descriptions and achievement standards for the Digital Technologies subject in the Australian Curriculum

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St Mary’s Primary School – Progress report 1

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Expert webinar video: Professor Tim Bell – Computational thinking

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St Mary’s Primary School – Final report

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Expert webinar video: In conversation with Paul Mead from She Maps: A wide-ranging discussion from women in Technology and unconscious bias to digital systems and the ethical and safety considerations of using drone technologies

Paul Mead, from STEM education provider She Maps, discusses unconscious bias in young students and how She Maps is spreading the word about women who work with technologies in the field. He discusses digital systems and explains how geospatial systems and geographical information systems are used to collect, analyse and ...

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Lockwood & Mooney review: Computational thinking

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Voskoglou & Buckley review: Problem solving and computational thinking

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DTiF Classroom Exploring AI in the Classroom: Activity

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Mossman State School – PL ecosystem

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Bethany Christian School – Podcast

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South Kalgoorlie Primary School

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Mossman State School – Timeline

This document presents the milestones in Mossman State School's participation in the Digital Technologies in Focus project.

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Wodonga South Primary School

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Bethany Christian School – Final report

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