[Yr7-10it] Year 7-10 Digital technologies - Australian curriculum

[ken price]

Whether you can cover all of the 7 and 8 content in a “ Single year
course”will depend on the total hours available in that course. Check out
the design  times for the AC and see how it compares.

kp

On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 at 11:51 am, Travis Parker <Travis.Parker at knox.vic.edu.au>
wrote:

> Hi All,
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> As a member of an independent school, we are a bit slow on the uptake when
> it comes to the Australian Curriculum. Next year I am pushing to get a Year
> 8 Digital Technology course and a Year 9 Digital Technology course. We
> already teach “Digital Entrepreneurship” at Year 7 and in Year 10 I get
> students to undertake Units 1 and 2 Computing as otherwise I wouldn’t have
> a VCE class, hence I am now targeting Year 8 and Year 9.
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> I am trying to put together a proposal for the classes next year – Does
> anyone have any timelines on putting the year 7/8 DigiTech curriculum into
> a single year course, and the same for year 9/10? I may not be able to
> include all of the content from a two year band but single year electives
> are the best I’ve been offered at the moment! I’ve just sources the 7/8 and
> the 9/10 Digital Technologies books from Nelson Cengage so can use them as
> a reference, and even have students purchase them as part of the course if
> required.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Trav
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> Travis Parker
> Head of Paterson House
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Dr Ken Price MACS(Snr) CP ACCE Professional Associate.
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