The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...
Overview material | Design and Technologies
The Design and Technologies curriculum is organised by the three related strands of Technologies and Society, Technological Contexts, and Creating Design Solutions. The Technological Contexts and Creating Design Solutions strands are further organised by sub-strands, as set out below.
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Overview material | Design and Technologies
In Digital Technologies, students are actively engaged in the processes of analysing problems and opportunities, designing, developing and evaluating digital solutions, and creating and sharing information that meets a range of current and future needs. Students learn to safely and ethically exploit...
Overview material | Digital Technologies
The Digital Technologies curriculum enables students to become confident and creative developers of digital solutions through the application of information systems and specific ways of thinking about problem solving.
Students acquire a deep knowledge and understanding of digital...
Overview material | Digital Technologies
A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):
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Overview material | Digital Technologies
The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...
Overview material | Digital Technologies
Digital Technologies comprises of three related strands: Digital Systems, Data and Information, and Creating Digital Solutions.
Strands | Digital Systems | Data and Information | Creating Digital Solutions |
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Focuses on the hardware, software and network components of digital systems. Students initially... |
Overview material | Digital Technologies
By the end of Level 2, students describe the purpose of familiar designed solutions and how they meet the needs of users and affect others and environments. They identify the features and uses of some technologies for each of the prescribed technologies contexts.
With guidance, students create...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2
By the end of Level A, students react to significant designed solutions that meet their needs.
With guidance, students experience designed solutions in at least one technologies context. They begin to communicate their needs and indicate a choice or preference through accept and reject actions.
Studen...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level A
By the end of Level B, students are using some familiar designed solutions appropriately to meet their needs.
With guidance, students explore designed solutions in at least one technologies context. They experience designed solution ideas and select materials and components based on personal preferences.
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level B
By the end of Level C, students use and identify the purpose of familiar designed solutions. They match some designed solutions to a need.
Students use designed solutions in at least two technologies contexts. With guidance, students reflect on created and produced designed solutions, developing...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level C
By the end of Level D, students describe the purpose of familiar designed solutions and what needs they meet.
Students use designed solutions in at least two technologies contexts, identifying significant features.
With guidance, students create designed solutions evaluating their ideas based on...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level D
By the end of Level 10 students explain how people working in design and technologies occupations consider factors that impact on design decisions and the technologies used to create designed solutions. They identify the changes necessary to designed solutions to realise preferred futures they...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10
By the end of Level 6 students describe some competing considerations in the design of solutions taking into account sustainability. They describe how design and technologies contribute to meeting present and future needs. Students explain how the features of technologies impact on designed solutions...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6
By the end of Level 4 students explain how solutions are designed to best meet needs of the communities and their environments. They describe contributions of people in design and technologies occupations. Students describe how the features of technologies can be used to create designed solutions...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4
By the end of Level 8 students explain factors that influence the design of solutions to meet present and future needs. They explain the contribution of design and technology innovations and enterprise to society. Students explain how the features of technologies impact on designed solutions and...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 7 and 8
By the end of Level 2, students identify how common digital systems are used to meet specific purposes.
Students use digital systems to represent simple patterns in data in different ways and collect familiar data and display them to convey meaning.
Students design solutions to simple problems...
Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Foundation to Level 2
By the end of Level A, students recognise common digital systems that are used to meet specific everyday purposes.
Students react to different types of data and how digital systems can be used to represent data as images.
Students recognise that routine tasks involve completing a set of steps.
Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level A
By the end of Level B, students explore some common digital systems for a purpose.
Students collect data, sort them based on given characteristics and with assistance use digital systems to display findings as images.
Students follow a sequence of steps and decisions needed to solve simple problems.
Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level B
By the end of Level C, students explore alternative digital systems to meet a purpose.
Students collect and sort different data and identify patterns in data through matching. With assistance, they use digital systems to display findings with pictures and symbols.
Students represent a sequence of...
Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level C