Stage 2 Digital Technologies
SACE CREDITS: 20 credits
KEY CONTACT: Ryan Brown
RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND: Stage 1 Digital Technologies A and/or Stage 1 Digital Technologies B
COURSE CONTENT:
Welcome to the exciting world of Digital Technologies, where innovation knows no bounds! Prepare yourself for an immersive journey that transcends traditional boundaries and connects you with groundbreaking advancements across various disciplines. In this course, you’ll become a trailblazer, envisioning novel ways of solving problems and crafting digital solutions that leave a lasting impact. Whether it’s designing a cutting-edge product, developing a prototype, or conceptualizing a proof of concept, your creativity will know no limits.
Embrace the spirit of experimentation and learn valuable lessons from both success and failure, as each step brings you closer to innovative breakthroughs. As you dive deeper into the realm of Digital Technologies, computational thinking will become your superpower. You’ll skilfully identify, deconstruct, and conquer challenges that captivate your interest. Analyzing data, testing hypotheses, making evidence-based decisions, and crafting ingenious solutions will become second nature to you. This course empowers you to take ownership of problems, giving you the freedom to design, code, validate, and evaluate your solutions.
Along the way, you’ll expand your understanding of design principles, programming essentials, and the intricate art of modularization. At Stage 2, you’ll take your skills to the next level, engaging in iterative project development. Through agile practices and iterative engineering design processes, you’ll witness your ideas take shape as you design, test, and implement your products or prototypes in stages. Your learning environment will be dynamic, encompassing physical, online, and simulated spaces that fuel your creativity and foster collaborative exploration. Join us on this exhilarating expedition into Digital Technologies, where innovation and imagination converge, and prepare to unleash your full potential as a visionary problem solver and tech pioneer!
ASSESSMENT:
Assessment types
1. Project skills
2. Collaborative project
3. External – individual digital solution
SUBJECT COSTS: Nil