Year 8

Digital Technologies

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In Year 8, learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking, such as decomposing problems, and engaging students with a wider range of information systems as they broaden their experiences and involvement in national, regional and global activities.

Students have opportunities to create a range of solutions, such as interactive web applications or simulations of relationships between objects in the real world.

Students investigate the properties of networked systems and their suitability and use for the transmission of data types. They acquire, analyse, visualise and evaluate various types of data, and the complexities of storing and transmitting that data in digital systems. Students use structured data to model objects and events that shape the communities they actively engage with. They further develop their understanding of the vital role that data plays in their lives, and how the data and related systems define and are limited by technical, environmental, economic and social constraints.

Students further develop abstractions, identifying common elements, while decomposing apparently different problems and systems to define requirements; and recognise that abstractions hide irrelevant details for particular purposes. When defining problems, students identify the key elements of the problems and the factors and constraints at play. They design increasingly complex algorithms that allow data to be manipulated automatically, and explore different ways of showing the relationship between data elements to help computation. They progress from designing the user interface, to considering user experience factors, such as user expertise, accessibility and usability requirements.

Students have opportunities to plan and manage individual and team projects. They consider ways of managing the exchange of ideas, tasks and files, and techniques for monitoring progress and feedback. When communicating and collaborating online, students develop an understanding of different social contexts; for example, acknowledging cultural practices and meeting legal obligations.

Source SCSA

Digital Systems

Introduction

Lesson 1

Course introduction and class expectations.
Set up folder structure for the year

What makes a computer?

Lesson 2 - 3

Find out by viewing this presentation with the teacher.

Watch the video found here the worksheet for the video can be found here.
Complete the second worksheet found here

Extension

Visit Microsoft's OneDrive headquarters and experience cloud storage here
Search for GROK in Google or try www.groklearning.com
- Click on the Microsoft button
- Log in using your school email
- Begin with Python for Beginners

Lesson 4

Revision
End of Topic Test

Extension

Visit www.Grok.com sign in with your school account (click the Microsoft tab) and begin working through the challenges.

So you think you can Google?

Lesson 5 - 6

The Internet presentation here
Google WebQuest here

Extension

GeoGuessr free here

Neal.fun here

Google Fued here

25 things Google can do here

Cyber safety

Lesson 7

The art of being a good digital citizen

Video Respect circle here
Video Digital footprint (first 20 secs same as previous) here
Video Shame longtime (first 20 secs same as previous) here
Digital footprint awareness Clickview Link

Extension

ESafety commission website here

Interland Googles digital citizenship game here

Cyber Detective game here

Lesson 8

Revision
End of topic test

Word Processing

Lesson 9

Word Processing introduction presentation here
Word processing practice exercises here
Word processing files here

Extension

Visit the GCF Global and follow the online tutorial here.

Extension

Continue to log in to Grok and work through any of the tutorials on Python.

Spreadsheets

Lesson 10

Spreadsheet task book here
Spreadsheet work book here

Extension activities

Spreadsheet 2 here
Spreadsheet 3 here
Spreadsheet SS here

Website Design

Lesson 11 to 17

Website Design using HTML

View the presentation here
Sample website is here

Website Task PowerPoint Here - Due Week 7
Assessment Starter is here. It will need to be downloaded and unzipped before you can make changes.

Artificial Intelligence

Lesson 17 - 19

Semester 2

Networks

Lesson 1

The internet worksheet here
Networks presentation 1 here
Computer Networks worksheet here

Lesson 2

Wired vs Wireless presentation here
Computer Networks worksheet here
Extension activity here

Lesson 3

Networks continued presentation here
Network hardware worksheet here
Network Diagram - Online Practice here
Data representation presentation here

Lesson 4

Binary worksheet here
Revision video here
End of topic test

Computational Thinking

Lesson 5

Computational Thinking presentation here
Bebars challenges here

Flowcharts and Pseudocode

Lesson 6

Flowcharts and pseudocode presentation here
YouTube video for peanut and jelly sandwich here
Worksheet here

Programming

Lesson 7, 8, and 9

Create an account with Code combat and use SoftIceGold as the class code visit the website here
Use your school email and your 003 number as your nickname.
Your progress will be monitored.

Lesson 10, 11, and 12

Revisit Grok learning and continue with the coding challenges here.
Sign in with your school email on the Microsoft tab.
You have been allocated tasks, these will appear at the top of the page.
Your progress will be monitored.

Alternative 1

Learn to code in Python here

Further Python tasks here

Alternative 2

Visit Blocky games and complete as many challenges as you can.
No sign in required!
Blocky Games website here

Term 4 - Week 1 to 4
Learn the basics of Python using Grok. Register using your JWACS email. Click here

Lesson 15 - Term 4 Week 5

End of topic Test - Revision notes are here

Minecraft

Lesson 16 to 18

Minecraft has a number of lessons designed to teach coding. Open Minecraft education and follow the path below.
View library
- Subject Kits
  - Computer Science
    - Hour of Code
      - Escape artist OR Inclusion OR Time craft OR Museum Heist
      - DO NOT SHARE WORLDS

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