Year 10 Digital Technology

Digital Technology covers a wide range of fields of study, from computer science to digital media. In this programme whilst we develop digital skills the focus is on the key competencies of managing self, thinking, problem solving and working with others. The aim is to develop your abilities to manage a project working independently or as part of group, meet deadlines and solving problems.

What skills will I learn?
The year has two main projects digital media and programming. Students develop outcomes individually and within a team. As part of the digital media project students create a website using HTML and CSS - following the design process with concepts, feedback and creating the site from scratch. In programming, students learn how to program using Python and Turtle, moving onto to straight Python as they develop their skills. 

Students will use a range of software through this course, in particular Photoshop, Illustrator, Python, HTML and CSS. Ther emay be the opportunity to explore other software such as Adobe Animate.

Assessment
During the year there will three main assessment tasks
•Computer Science
•Digital Media
•Nature of Technology