Digital Technologies: Curriculum Connections F to 6

1. Digital Technologies: Curriculum Connections F to 6 Paula Christophersen Digital Technologies Curriculum Manager

4. Why make connections? Reflect a connected, knowledge-based society Efficiencies – time; crowded curriculum? Educational effectiveness – meaningful partnerships;shared core concepts Source: http://tinyurl.com/plewxxd

5. Types of connections

6. How connected?

7. Types of connections

8. Conceptual connections: processes (Digi Tech)

9. Conceptual connections: processes (D&T)

10. Conceptual connections - processes INVESTIGATE ANALYSE GENERATE PLAN & MANAGE DESIGN D&T DT PRODUCE DEVELOP EVALUATE EVALUATE

11. Conceptual connections: types of inquiries

12. Conceptual connections - design: Design thinking is a methodology that helps people understand and develop creative ways to solve a specific issue

13. Conceptual connections - design Media Arts – Making involves using techniques, technologies and processes to design, produce and distribute media artworks What’s the same? What’s different? Language; Units of measure? Digital Technologies – generating ideas and instructions for the appearance and functionality of digital solutions Design and Technologies – processes to identify and investigate a need or an opportunity, to generate, plan, manage and create designed solutions, and evaluate products and processes

14. Close connections Different perspectives creates a product, solution or explanation otherwise not possible

15. Levels 3 to 4

16. Levels 3 to 4

17. Levels 3 to 4

18. Levels F to 2

19. Levels F to 2 Students verbally retell the story (of the Three Little Pigs) to a partner, ensuring that the sequence of events in constructing each house is correct (for example, a frame, then roof, then walls).

20. Types of connections - Words

21. Types of connections – Words (Levels 3 to 4) Different words; same intent? Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create information and solve problems (Digi Tech) Use media technologies to create time and space through the manipulation of images, sounds and text when telling stories (Media Arts) Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language (Science)

22. Levels 5 to 6

23. Levels 5 to 6

24. Levels 5 to 6

25. Connections - Science

26. Connections - Maths

27. Types of connections

28. Types of connections - Contexts

29. Types of connections - Contexts Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways Explore a range of digital systems with peripherals devices for different purposes …

30. Types of connections - Contexts

32. Context connections

33. Tools for making connections https://www.digitaltechnologieshub.edu.au/primary-teachers http://www.digipubs.vic.edu.au/pubs/digitaltechnologies/digital-technologies-curriculum

34. Tools: Knowing the curriculum

35. Options and tools: Course planning

36. Options and tools: Knowing the curriculum A to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 7 to 8 9 to 10

37. Options and tools: Decision making A guaranteed and viable curriculum ensures that all students have an equal opportunity to learn. Each student will have access to an effective or highly effect teacher, and access to the same content, knowledge and skills in each section or class program http://preview.tinyurl.com/hj6fose

38. In summary: Decisions affecting planning Options and Tools: Decisions

39. PAULA CHRISTOPHERSEN Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au 9032 1724 0407 043 110