Technologies
Technologies enrich and impact on the lives of people and societies globally. Australia needs enterprising individuals who can make discerning decisions about the development and use of technologies and who can independently and collaboratively develop solutions to complex challenges and contribute to sustainable patterns of living. Technologies can play an important role in transforming, restoring and sustaining societies and natural, managed and constructed environments.
The Australian Curriculum: Technologies ensures that all students benefit from learning about and working with traditional, contemporary and emerging technologies that shape the world in which we live. By applying their knowledge and practical skills and processes when using technologies and other resources to create innovative solutions, independently and collaboratively, they develop knowledge, understanding and skills to respond creatively to current and future needs.
The practical nature of the Technologies learning area engages students in critical and creative thinking, including understanding interrelationships in systems when solving complex problems. A systematic approach to experimentation, problem-solving, prototyping and evaluation instils in students the value of planning and reviewing processes to realise ideas.
All young Australians should develop capacity for action and a critical appreciation of the processes through which technologies are developed and how technologies can contribute to societies. Students need opportunities to consider the use and impact of technological solutions on equity, ethics, and personal and social values. In creating solutions, as well as responding to the designed world, students consider desirable sustainable patterns of living, and contribute to preferred futures for themselves and others.
This rationale is extended and complemented by specific rationales for each Technologies subject.
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Input/Output Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of an input and an output.
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Information Systems Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of Information Systems.
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Systems Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a system.
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Fibre Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of fibre.
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Encryption of Data Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of data encryption.
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Computational Thinking Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of computational thinking.
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Social Sustainability Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of social sustainability.
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Prototype Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a prototype.
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Programming Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of programming.
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Desktop Workstation Word Wall
A set of labels for a desktop workstation.
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Tablet Workstation Word Wall
A set of labels for a tablet workstation.
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Laptop Workstation Word Wall
A set of labels for a laptop workstation.
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8Ws of Project Development (Technologies) - Individual Posters
A poster for teachers to display and discuss when helping students to develop a project.
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Technology Workstation Worksheet - Laptop Computer
A worksheet for students to label the key components of a laptop workstation.
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Technology Workstation Worksheet - Desktop Computer
A worksheet for students to label the key components of a desktop computer workstation.
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Technology Workstation Worksheet - Tablet
A worksheet for students to label the key components of a tablet workstation.
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Technology Workstation Posters - Computer, Laptop & Tablet
Three posters highlighting the key components of a desktop, laptop or table workstation.
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8Ws of Project Development Poster (Technologies)
A poster for teachers to display and discuss when helping students to develop a project.
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Life Changing Technologies - Match-Up Activity
A match-up activity linking technologies and technological devices with the function they perform.
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We Are Moving Project
An Earth and Space project that develops knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts, research skills and writing skills.
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Class 'We Can' Statements - Technology and Technologies (Lower Primary)
A set of 7 class 'We can' statement cards linked to the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum.
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'I Can' Statements - Technology and Technologies (Lower Primary)
A set of 44 'I can' statement cards linked to the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum.
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Data Match-Up Cards (Set 1)
A match-up activity for students to use when exploring data.
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Software and Hardware Match-Up Activity
Consolidate students’ understanding of various software and hardware with this word and image match-up activity.
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Biomimicry Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of biomimicry.
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Bit Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a bit.
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Code Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of code.
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Coding Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of coding.
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Basic Functions Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of basic functions.
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Augmented Reality Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of an augmented reality.
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Central Processing Unit Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a central processing unit.
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Byte Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a byte.