Years 7-8
By the end of Year 8, students distinguish between different types of networks and defined purposes. They explain how text, image and audio data can be represented, secured and presented in digital systems. Students plan and manage digital projects to create interactive information. They define and decompose problems in terms of functional requirements and constraints. Students design user experiences and algorithms incorporating branching and iterations, and test, modify and implement digital solutions. They evaluate information systems and their solutions in terms of meeting needs, innovation and sustainability. They analyse and evaluate data from a range of sources to model and create solutions. They use appropriate protocols when communicating and collaborating online.
- ACTDIK023 Meets
Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired, wireless and mobile networks, and how the specifications affect performance
- ACTDIK024 Partially meets
Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data in binary
- ACTDIP025 Does not meet
Acquire data from a range of sources and evaluate authenticity, accuracy and timeliness
- ACTDIP026 Does not meet
Analyse and visualise data using a range of software to create information, and use structured data to model objects or events
- ACTDIP027 Meets
Define and decompose realworld problems taking into account functional requirements and economic, environmental, social, technical and usability constraints
- ACTDIP028 Meets
Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs
- ACTDIP029 Meets
Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
- ACTDIP030 Meets
Implement and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions in a generalpurpose programming language
- ACTDIP031 Meets
Evaluate how student solutions and existing information systems meet needs, are innovative, and take account of future risks and sustainability
- ACTDIP032 Meets
Plan and manage projects that create and communicate ideas and information collaboratively online, taking safety and social contexts into account
