AC9TDE10K02 Years 9 to 10 Technologies

Content descriptor analyse the impact of innovation, enterprise and emerging technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating how the knowledges of First Nations Australians have led to the discovery of potential innovative solutions, for example biodegradable polymers using spinifex grass to reduce landfill and strengthen latex, plastics and concrete
• • Elaboration exploring the ways commercial enterprises respond to the challenges and opportunities of technological change, for example e-commerce, and considering their carbon footprint
• • Elaboration investigating scenarios of how the future may unfold and what opportunities and impacts there may be for society and particular groups in a preferred future, for example by using forecasting and backcasting techniques
• • Elaboration examining real-world problems and understanding basic needs when considering designed solutions, for example students collaborating to design solutions to challenges in the Asia region; or artists from a country in South-East Asia creating posters for the world to take action in a pandemic