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• VCDTDI020

  Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways

  Elaborations

  • recognising that numbers, text, images, sounds, animations and videos are all forms of data when stored or viewed using a digital system
  • using a table to reorganise information that includes sentences, and/or words, and/or numbers and/or images
  • recognising representations of different types of data such as waves for sound
  • exploring codes and symbols that are representations of data, for example morse code and semaphore and how similar symbols in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art can represent different concepts depending on the context, for example three circles, drawn as lines, can represent ants, fruit, flowers or eggs depending on the art region

  VCDTDI020 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Data and Information

• Technologies | Digital Technologies: Structure

  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
  	Focuses on the hardware, software and network components of digital systems. Students initially...

  Overview material | Digital Technologies

• VCDTCD043

  Develop and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions using a general-purpose programming language

  Elaborations

  • developing and modifying digital solutions by implementing instructions contained in algorithms using a programming language
  • developing a digital game that manipulates models of real-world objects
  • programming a robot to recognise particular objects and to treat them differently, for example to choose objects based on colour
  • creating digital solutions that provide user navigation and prompts with controlled repetitions, for example an information kiosk that has layers of buttons and prompts the user three times before returning to the beginning

  VCDTCD043 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Creating Digital Solutions

• VCDTCD009

  Follow, and with assistance, represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems

  Elaborations

  • re-sequencing a known everyday activity using visual images or verbal cues
  • experimenting with very simple, visual step-by-step procedures to explore using a device or completing a task, for example printing a picture or starting a game
  • identifying sequences of instructions or events that are commonly experienced such as the sequence of traffic lights or instructions for making a sandwich
  • following two to three-step series of instructions to use a piece of hardware or software, for example locating a website by keying in its URL or inserting an image in a file

  VCDTCD009 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level C | Creating Digital Solutions

• Digital Technologies: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students distinguish between different types of networks and their suitability in meeting defined purposes.

  Students explain how text, image and sound data can be represented and secured in digital systems and presented using digital systems. They analyse and evaluate data...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8

• Digital Technologies: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students explain the functions of digital system components and how digital systems are connected to form networks that transmit data.

  Students explain how digital systems use whole numbers as a basis for representing a variety of data types. They manage the creation and...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 5 and 6

• Digital Technologies: Level D description

  In Level D, students are building their independence and participating cooperatively in group learning activities. They combine and sequence key words and images to communicate personal interest and significant experiences and are beginning to reflect on their own behaviour and learning. They...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• VCDTDI022

  Individually and with others, plan, create and communicate ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols

  Elaborations

  • considering ways of managing the use of social media to maintain privacy needs, for example activating privacy settings to avoid divulging personal data such as photographs, addresses and names, and recognising that all digital interactions are difficult to erase (digital footprints)
  • using a range of online tools to share information and being aware that information may be received at different times, for example adding entries to a class blog, participating in a web conference or online chat with an author, or participating in a forum on a specific topic
  • organising and creating different types of information for sharing and collaborating online, for example planning the sequence and appearance of an animation and sharing it online with students from another school
  • managing a project that involves students working together to publish online, for example identifying how group members can help each other to avoid delays in finishing the project
  • discussing digital citizenship rules and behaviours for participating in an online environment, for example not using all capital letters when expressing a strong viewpoint about a contentious matter and ensuring that the audience is aware of your identity
  • making ethical decisions when faced with reporting inappropriate online behaviour or acknowledging digital products created by others, for example making a decision based on how individuals would like to be treated by others

  VCDTDI022 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Data and Information

• VCDTDI015

  Collect, explore and sort data, and use digital systems to present the data creatively

  Elaborations

  • collecting, and sorting data through play, for example collecting data about favourite toys and sorting the results into categories such as toys they like or dislike
  • locating image or text data, for example searching through a digital photo library, taking into account cultural considerations such as appropriate use of images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
  • exploring, imagining and comparing the usefulness of different data displays, for example jointly creating simple column graphs and picture graphs to represent different types of items
  • exploring and creating graphs to represent classroom data, for example collecting data on the country of birth of each student and presenting the results as a picture graph
  • using digital systems to organise data to improve meaning, for example using visualisation software to create a mind map (diagram) showing relationships between characters in a story
  • using common software to present data creatively, for example using word processing, multimedia, graphic, numeric and presentation software to create a slideshow, movie, sounds, image, chart, word art, poster or drawing

  VCDTDI015 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Data and Information

• VCDTCD032

  Design, modify and follow simple algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration

  Elaborations

  • following a diagram of a simple method of sorting numbers or words
  • following, modifying and describing the design of a game involving simple algorithms represented diagrammatically or in English, for example creating a flowchart with software that uses symbols to show decisions, processes and inputs and outputs
  • experimenting with different ways of representing an instruction to make a choice, for example branches in a tree diagram or using an ‘IF’ statement to indicate making a choice between two different circumstances using a spreadsheet or a visual program
  • experimenting with different ways of representing an instruction to make a repetition, for example loops in a flowchart diagram or using a ‘REPEAT’ statement
  • designing the instructions for a robot vacuum cleaner to clean a room
  • using different design tools to record ways in which digital solutions will be developed, for example creating storyboards or flowcharts to record relationships or instructions about content or processes

  VCDTCD032 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Creating Digital Solutions