This Year 11 Digital Technology course is structured around a focusing theme of video game design. Over the year, students design and create a video game prototype, a logo and accompanying marketing materials . Evidence is gathered for assessment against seamlessly integrated Generic Technology and Digital Technology knowledge and skills achievement standards.

Generic Technology achievement objectives

Outcome Development and Evaluation

Students will:

• Critically analyse their own and others outcomes to inform the development of ideas for feasible outcomes
• Undertake ongoing experimentation and functional modelling , taking account of stakeholder feedback and trialling in the physical and social environments
• Use information gained to select, justify and develop a final outcome
• Evaluate the fitness of purpose of the final outcome against the brief and justify the evaluation using feedback from stakeholders

Digital Technology Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Demonstrate understanding of basic information management tools and systems
• Implement basic procedures to create a digital information outcome
• Implement basic procedures to create a digital media outcome
• Design and construct a basic computer program

Managing Self - Students will:

• demonstrate independence by using self-directed problem-solving when encountering issues relating to solution development.
• use resources effectively and efficiently when developing outcomes.
• meet deadlines and milestones in projects.
• recognize the importance of appropriate/ethical use of technologies.
• use an appropriate data management strategies in organisation of both digital and non-digital work.

Relating to Others - Students will:

• acknowledge and incorporate different viewpoints (stakeholder, teacher, others)
• be adaptable and open to new ideas, with feedback on outcomes

Participating and Contributing - Students will:

• Provide evaluation and reflection on others' work

Using Language, Symbols and Texts - Students will:

• Use software to design, create and export language symbols and text
• Communicate effectively using a variety of forms and mediums (visual diaries, developing models, written and oral communication with stakeholders)
• Interpret and transform data
• Develop and make meaning from codes, language, and symbols specific to the technological context
• Access and process information to inform an outcome

Thinking - Students will:

• Use creativity and innovation to create appropriate outcomes
• Research and analyse other technologists' practice or other situations
• Develop technological knowledge, make decisions, construct own knowledge
• build evaluation and reflection skills

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