Digital Technology 7
TECHNOLOGY FACULTY
| 🎓 Course Type | Compulsory |
|---|---|
| 🧩 Units | 2 |
| ⏱ Hours per week | 1 |
| ✏️ Selection | Automatically included |
| 🧭 Future Pathways | Leads to further elective study of Control Technology, Computer Graphics Design, Multimedia in Year 8 and beyond. |
Digital Technology is a course based on the development of computer related skills to investigate, create and communicate across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on using a variety of software and hardware, programming and correct touch-typing techniques.
This subject enhances achievement in other disciplines and equips students with the skills required to use their laptop as a learning tool. The course encourages good document management (saving, retrieval, deletion and making backup copies of documents) and safe and ethical use of digital technology.
The course is structured to include: basic word processing; collaborative document design; an introduction to the most commonly used applications, e.g. email, presentation, databases, spreadsheets, World Wide Web, image processing, programming, animation, audio and video editing; and the use of hardware such as laptops, digital still cameras, digital video cameras and using the school network services.