Foundation Digital Technologies Achievement Standard
2 statements aligned to content descriptors and elaborations
Achievement standard (as ACARA publishes it)
Achievement standard
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By the end of Foundation students show familiarity with digital systems and use them for a purpose. They represent data using objects, pictures and symbols and identify examples of data that is owned by them.
The 2 achievement standard statements
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By the end of Foundation students show familiarity with digital systems and use them for a purpose.
Content descriptorAC9TDIFK01 Knowledge and understanding
recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software) for a purpose
Elaborations (5)
- Elaboration recognising digital systems that they interact with at home and school, for example smartphone, laptop or programmable toy
- Elaboration playing with (with guidance) and using different digital systems to explore what they do for a purpose, for example the class speaking to an expert via videoconference
- Elaboration recording, with permission, audio or video of local community members' stories to share in class, for example sharing cultural stories of First Nations Australians
- Elaboration taking photos, with permission, to share with others, for example close-up photos of First Nations Australians' material culture, such as woven mats or baskets revealing intricate detail
- Elaboration making a model of a digital system, using it in a role-play scenario and describing its features, for example a cardboard box with a keyboard and screen with app icons
They represent data using objects, pictures and symbols and identify examples of data that is owned by them.
Content descriptorAC9TDIFK02 Knowledge and understanding
represent data as objects, pictures and symbols
Elaborations (3)
- Elaboration drawing a picture representing each of their family members and their interests, for example drawing one family member with a surfboard and another with a skateboard
- Elaboration using coloured blocks to represent an attribute of people, for example representing students and their sports houses with different coloured blocks
- Elaboration using a symbol to represent an idea, but knowing that the symbol is not the data itself, for example the symbols and colour on both the Australian Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag
Content descriptorAC9TDIFP01 Processes and production skills
identify some data that is personal and owned by them
Elaborations (2)
- Elaboration listing things that contain personal and public data, for example photos of themselves with their family (private) and photos of local community sites (public)
- Elaboration identifying apps and websites they use where their personal data could be made visible, for example photos of themselves on parents' or carers’ social media, or their username being shown to others in online games
This achievement standard describes the expected learning for Foundation Digital Technologies. Use it to plan teaching and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
At a Glance
| Strand | Substrand | CDs | Elaborations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge and understanding | Digital systems | 1 | 5 |
| Knowledge and understanding | Data representation | 1 | 3 |
| Processes and production skills | Privacy and security | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 10 | |