*Now linked to the new V9 Curriculum. Online content included.

Digital Technologies: Years 1 – 2 is an excellent resource for teaching an in-depth understanding of the Lower Primary Years Digital Technology curriculum. It provides teaching information, ideas and resources for each curriculum area, along with activity pages to practise the concepts and skills.
Section One: Understanding Technology and Digital Systems explores how technology has evolved over time and helps students reflect on its impact on their everyday lives. It also explains simple digital systems and how they operate, including computer components such as hardware and software.

Section Two: Data Collection and Pattern Recognition explores data collection using digital systems and explains the importance of data, as well as how it is sorted and displayed using patterns on a computer.

Section Three: Problem Solving with Algorithms explores how digital systems are programmed with step-by-step instructions to solve problems and perform tasks, such as displaying pictures on a screen.

Section Four: Applications of the Internet explores the safe use of the internet and its functions, with a special focus on cyberbullying.

Through an array of digital learning ideas and hands-on activities/worksheets, as well as reflection tools, students gain a thorough understanding of Digital Technology covering the Year 1/2 Curriculum Outcomes. The tasks have cross-curricular links to subject areas such as Health and Physical Education, English, Science and HASS, as well as Cross-Curricular Priorities such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures and Sustainability.

Authors: Elli Hayward & Alana Meuleman