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The following is a sequence of activities that can be used to familiarise students with the basic functions of a desk top computer and peripheral devices. Most activities will be covered in dot points with one of the final activities will be described in more detail. This more fun, light-hearted activity will act as an energising session part way through in order to motivate students and support all students to become involved.

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Students learn about the nature and the safe, ethical and responsible use of information and systems

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What do we do in the Digital Technologies Subject

Key Points

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00. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES – Scope and Sequence PP – 6

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Lots of classroom ideas

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LEARNING ACTIVITY:

Use the Internet to explore different features of user interfaces and then generate and consider alternative designs for a user interface, for example sketching different concepts for a splash screen of a game or interactive multimedia experience.

Use one of the suggested iPad apps at Customfit Online

WHICH ASPECTS ARE COVERED BELOW BY THIS LEARNING EXPERIENCE?

CREATING SOLUTIONS BY:

I nvestigating and defining

Define a problem, and set of sequenced steps, with users making a decision to create a solution for a given task

Identify available resources

Designing

Develop and communicate alternative solutions and follow design ideas, using annotated diagrams, storyboards and appropriate technical terms

Producing and implementing

Select, and apply safe, procedures when using components and equipment to make solutions

Evaluating

Develop negotiated criteria to evaluate and justify design processes and solutions

Collaborating and managing

Work independently, or collaboratively when required, to plan, develop and communicate ideas and information for solutions

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Providing opportunities to be creative and innovative when creating sustainable solutions to meet client needs and opportunities to real world problems using a design thinking process of investigating and defining, designing, producing and implementing, evaluating and collaborating and managing.

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Wallame:

AR resource tutorial

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HP Reveal  Formerly Aurasma

AR resource tutorial

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Describe digital systems as having internal and external components that perform different functions, for example external components for inputting data including keyboard, microphone, stylus; internal processing components including the central processing unit; external output components including speakers, projector, screen; and data and information storage components including cloud and external devices

Explain how data may be transmitted between two digital systems in different ways, for example that wires or cables are used in wired networks to transfer data from one digital system to another, and radio waves are used to transmit data in wireless or mobile networks

Investigate how the internal and external components of digital systems are coordinated to handle data, for example how a keyboard, central processing unit and screen work together to accept, manipulate and present data and information

Investigate how emerging digital systems work, for example using an augmented reality app (e.g. HP Reveal or WallaMe) and consider how images of real-world objects can be blended with computer-generated information to produce a virtual reality. See AR resource tutorials below:

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Apply practices that support the organisation of collaborative problem-solving, for example finding online meeting times that suit all members, and agreeing on ways of protecting files and sharing information digitally with members

Apply safe practices while participating in online environments, f or example checking the default privacy settings to ensure maximum protection of personal details, being aware of online filtering techniques and policies used at school and at home

Consider 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

Develop a set of ‘rules’ about appropriate conduct, language and content when communicating online, and using these rules as a basis for resolving ethical dilemmas

Use digital systems to create web-based information taking into consideration referencing conventions, f or example creating a blog, website or online learning space for sharing ideas

Use a range of communication tools to share ideas and information, for example participating in collaborative online environments

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Use digital systems to validate data, for example setting data types in a spreadsheet to make sure a date is input correctly

Select and us peripheral devices suitable to the data, for example using a data probe to collect data about changing soil temperatures for plants, interpreting the data and sharing the results as a digital graph

Recognise the difference between numerical, text and date formats in spreadsheets

Use software to automate calculations to help with interpreting data, for example using functions to make arithmetic calculations using multiple cells and summing cell ranges.

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Design Chart

Add Data

Labels and fonts

Preview Chart

Save and Share

Bar

Direction:

Vertical Vertical Stacked Horizontal Horizontal Stacked Soft Overlapping Percentage

Shapes:

Rectangle Cylinder

Style:

Background Color:

Appearance: Gap: Legend Position: Grid line color:

Grid width: Grid background:

BG gradient:

Rounder corners: Grid BG gradient: Transparency: Grid lines: Left Margin: Right Margin: Plot Area:

Graph Title: X Axis: Y Axis: Source:

Title Background:

Title Color:

Font Size: Glass Effect:

Data Set:

| Group 1

Color:

| Group label: |
Item No: | Item Name | Value
1 | | |

Data Labels:

Show Labels: Prefix: Suffix: X Axis Label Step: X Axis Label Direction: Y-Axis: Y-Axis Position: Y axis Style: Numbers format:

Position: Font Size: Label Color:

BG Color:

Fonts:

Preview Chart

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ONLINE CHARTS | create and design your own charts and diagrams online

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Create online graphs and charts. Choose from different chart types, like: line and bar charts, pie charts, scatter graphs, XY graph and pie charts.

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Construct a website to display tips on sustainability. Use one of the web builder software below:
Weebly https://www.weebly.com/au

Wix https://www.wix.com/account/sites

You Tube Tutorials

How to use Weebly

How to use Wix

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Apply the principles and elements of design to a set of requirements in order to produce a user interface for a system that addresses an identified need e.g. a website for a school project

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Store photos and docs online. Access them from any PC, Mac or phone. Create and work together on Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents.

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Turn everyday objects, images, and places into new opportunities for engagement through striking augmented reality experiences.

Use this youtube tutorial

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It allows users to hide and share messages in the real world using augmented reality. Users can take a picture of a surface around them and write, draw and add stickers and photos on them.

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Downloadable cards for micro:bit Scratch projects

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DT Mini ChallengeIntro to micro:bit(Blockly)

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DT Mini ChallengeIntro to micro:bit(Blockly)

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Understand the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies

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Understand the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies

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Unpack the Curriculum

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Unpack the Curriculum | Understand the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies | Australian Computing Academy

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However, abstraction underpins the design and progression of content descriptions between band levels for each concept.

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Collect, store and present different types of data for a specific purpose using "Mrs Daglish's Burger Bar" activities.

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Collect, store and present different types of data for a specific purpose using "We're having a party" activities.

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How do I create a learning pathway for students  to access the Scootle Resources

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How do I create a learning pathway for students  to access the Scootle Resources

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How to create a learning pathway

Example:
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/pin
Click on the URL above and type in the  Pin number: AORGOO

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To view the topics and supporting units, select a year level and then a topic of interest.

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Scope and Sequence | Digital Technologies Hub

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This resource provides a possible set of sequenced topics that could be used in teaching the Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies curriculum to address the content descriptions of the curriculum.

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Binary Numbers Activities on CS Unplugged

Attached below "Count the Dots" activities

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Binary Lessons

This Pintrestboard looks at lessons that teach binary and other numbering systems

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Data Science Web Site

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These pages will help you understand the scientific method, show you how to analyze data and present results, and help you design your own ecology experiment.

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Data are the information gained from observing and testing an experiment. Scientists use data to gain understanding and make conclusions. Scientists often use graphs or tables to show their data and research findings. To learn more about how scientists collect and use data, check out our Data Domain

The class can undertake some of the activities on the web site Data Science to help them understand the scientific method, show them how to analyze data and present results, and help them design your own ecology experiment.

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Use Micro -Bit to learn how to create music with their BBC micro:bit.

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Projects and Tutorials

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Here are some cool tutorials to get you started with your micro:bit!

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Happy Birthday Block Activity

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happy birthday blocks challenges - Microsoft MakeCode

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Coding challenges for finishing the song, happy birthday.

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Get started- very basic

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Lesson resources for teachers

Planning and teaching with the micro:bit

Primary ages 7-11

Complete, editable computing units of work and resources with cross-curricular links for art, science, geography and more, curriculum-linked to England KS2 and Code.org elementary CS Fundamentals.
Search primary lessons
Secondary ages 11-14

Units of work with downloadable, editable resources covering computing fundamentals through to cyber security, cryptography and creative design projects, curriculum-linked to England KS3.
Search secondary lessons

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The BBC micro:bit: the pocket-sized computer transforming digital skills learning.

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Digital Systems- What is a Wired Network?

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Digital Systems- What is a Wired Network?

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A wired network connects devices to the Internet or other network using cables. The most common wired networks use cables connected to Ethernet ports on thenetwork router on one end and to a computer or other device on the cable's opposite end.

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Use the iPad Apps Popplet or Linoit to show Wired vs. Wireless network - show a diagram of each type of network and give a brief explanation of both.

You may wish to use Educreation and do a podcast

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Group Activity

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Digital Systems- What is a Wireless Network?

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Digital Systems- What is a Wireless Network?

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A wireless network is similar to a wired network, but instead of using cables, it communicates using radio frequency signals.

The word wireless is defined in the dictionary as "having no wires". In networking terminology, wireless is the term used to describe any computer network where there is no physical wired connection between sender and receiver, but rather the network is connected by radio waves and/or microwaves to maintain communications.

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Go to your web browser and search for Blockly Games- save as a home Screen App

Blockly Games

Walk through All Levels 1 - 10

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Agreed social, ethical and technical protocols (codes of conduct)

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Agreed social, ethical and technical protocols (codes of conduct)

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Agreed social, ethical and technical protocols (codes of conduct)

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Useful Resources for the WA Curriculum Technologies

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Useful Resources for the WA Curriculum Technologies

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How to register and use the Australian Curriculum resources

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CEWA - instructions for reseting user password and new user registration

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Designing the user interface of a solution using different design tools, for example using a storyboard  to outline the stages of a game or a mock-up to show the placement of icons

18 Free Digital Storytelling Tools

Use the Internet to explore different features of user interfaces and then generate and consider alternative designs for a user interface, for example sketching different concepts for a splash screen of a game or interactive multimedia experience.

Use one of the suggested iPad Drawing Apps below:

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Drawing Apps for the iPad

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The Apple Pencil has upped the ante when it comes to creating art on the iPad. The fine-tipped point and pressure sensitive stylus is here and ready to get down to business. If you're looking to get the most out of your Apple Pencil, you need to check out these six free drawing apps for the iPad & Apple Pencil.

Autodesk Sketchbook

Autodesk's Sketchbook is a handy tool for any professional artist. The app has a wide range of features including rulers, geometric shapes, over 190 customizable brushes, and much more. Right now, my favourite part of Sketchbook is the radial symmetry tool. It's super fun - definitely worth checking out!

Adobe Illustrator Draw

You can bring the power of Adobe Illustrator to your iPad with Abobe Draw. The app contains lots of useful tools for creating vector drawings, icons, and artwork. You can zoom to 64x for fine details, export straight to .ai files, and make perfect lines, shapes, and curves with the digital ruler. Don't forget to use the layers function to keep your work organized!

Tayasui Sketches

One of my favourite things about Tayasui Sketches is the ability to organize drawings into different notebooks within the app. While the free version of Sketches is excellent for quick illustrations and doodles, purchasing the app adds a bunch of features that make it a much more powerful drawing app.

You can try out the Sketches pro features for an hour, so you can decide for yourself if it's is worth the purchase. Upgrading to the pro version of the app will give you access to features like surface pressure, layers, types of paper, and more brush customization options.

Adobe Comp CC

You can easily create wireframes and design mock-ups using Comp CC. The app is fast and straightforward to use with plenty of premade shapes, image placeholders, and lorem ipsum headlines at your disposal. Comp CC is great for laying out web designs, and if you like working on the iPad, it will definitely increase your productivity.

Adobe Photoshop Sketch

Most of the Adobe iOS app suite works excellent on the iPad, each for a reason for their own. Abode Sketch comes with a lot of the same features as Adobe Draw. However, Sketch gives you the tools to create more expressive drawings and paintings. The watercolour brushes in the app are great. Watch colours bleed as you paint, or hit the fan button to dry the paint before your next brushstroke.

Evernote Penultimate

Just looking for somewhere to take handwritten notes? Penultimate, created by Evernote, allows you to write notes and draw doodles that you can search for within the Evernote app. Add pages to your notes and choose from a variety of preformatted sheets including storyboards, to-do lists, day planners, and music sheets.

Penultimate also has a few preformatted game sheets that were popular before the iPad - Hangman, TicTac-Toe, Dots and Boxes, and the License Plate Game.

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Drawing Apps for the iPad & Apple Pencil

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Lesson Ideas and Resources to Assist Implement the West Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies

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Lesson Ideas and Resources to Assist Implement the West Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies

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Peter Carey

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Go to your web browser and search for Blockly Games- save as a "Home Screen App". Blockly Games

Walk through All Levels 1 - 10

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Programming - Coding -- Algorithm - Pseudocode

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Students construct a Padlet page considering ways of managing their site to maintain privacy needs, for example activating privacy settings to avoid divulging personal data such as photographs, addresses and name

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Create and communicate information, including online collaborative projects, using agreed social, ethical and technical protocols (codes of conduct)

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Create and communicate information, including online collaborative projects, using agreed social, ethical and technical protocols (codes of conduct)

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Use Blockly Games - You can use on iPad (save as a "home screen App) or  use on the Laptop at https://blockly-games.appspot.com/

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Games for tomorrow's programmers. Block-based programming lessons for beginners. Free from Google.

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Use the Blockly language Games which involves decision making and loops

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Implement and use simple programming environments that include branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition)

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Use Lucidchart to record ways in which solutions will be developed- a flowchart to record "how to make toast".

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Design, follow and represent diagrammatically, a simple sequence of steps (algorithm), involving branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition)

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Construct an excel spreadsheet to display numbers, text and date format for a purpose e.g. spreadsheet of students names, birthday date and age

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Goggle Translate for the iPad
Google Translate on the web

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Use Google Translator to explore different features of a user interface that allow people from different cultures to access information irrespective of language background

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Design solutions to a user interface for a digital system

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Recognising the difference between numerical, text and date formats in an excel spreadsheet

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Collect, store and present different types of data for a specific purpose using software

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Data is represented using binary code -  Use the “convert binary code” website below to:

1. write your name in binary code, and then

2. work in groups to send a secret message to your classmates. Use the website to help you compose your firstname and your secret message https://www.convertbinary.com/alphabet

FIRST write your firstname in Binary

e.g. Peter is:

01010000 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010

Other activities are suggested on the "Binary and Coding" Powerpoint below.

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Explain how data may be transmitted between two digital systems in different ways e.g. cables are used in wired networks, and radio waves are used in wireless or mobile networks.

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Data is represented using codes

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Digital systems have components with basic functions that may connect together to form networks which transmit data