Craighead Diocesan School
Year 11 Diploma - Digital Technology
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs K. Gray, Mr D. Hullen.
Year 11 Diploma - Digital Technology
Māku e whatu, māu e tāniko/I will weave, you will fashion
In this course, students get to turn big ideas into real digital outcomes. It's about being creative and thinking outside the box. They learn to understand not just what they see on their screens, but also everything that goes on behind it, like coding. They become the builders of their own digital world, learning how to make and change things online.
Student Learning Outcomes:
* Understand fundamental design principles and building familiarity with basic colour theory and typography principles for web design.
* Insight into user-centred design; including the importance of usability and accessibility, with a specific focus on manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga.
* Understanding the basic structure of a web site, and building familiarity with the syntax of HTML for structure, and CSS for colour, font, and layout
* Understanding of basic programming syntax, and accessing and modifying data.
* Ability to plan, shoot, and edit short films, demonstrating skills in storyboarding, filming techniques and video editing.
Topics Covered
* Design Sensibility - Develop a basic sense of web design, focusing on usability, accessibility and aesthetic principles that lead to the creation of user-friendly websites.
* Foundational Literacy - Establish a strong foundation in HTML and CSS, enabling students to understand and create basic web pages.
* Conceptual Understanding - Introduce fundamental programming concepts using JavaScript. Students will begin to think algorithmically and solve simple problems.
* Film Creation and Editing - Gain practical skills in creating and editing short films, focusing on storyboarding, filming techniques and basic video editing.
Assessment Information
1. Design - Identify a need or opportunity and its requirements, generating and refining web design ideas based on feedback2. Build - Transform high-fidelity prototypes into a functional website by employing web development tools and techniques
3. Accessibility - Understand and apply accessibility considerations, including manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga principles to web design
4. Programme: Develop, test,and debug a programme using appropriate programming languages and practices
Pathway Possibilities
Animator/Digital Artist, Accounts Officer, Office Administrator, Copywriter, Air Force Aviator, Product Assembler, Business Analyst, Software Developer, Patternmaker, Building Surveyor, Architect, Architectural Technician, Archivist, Film and Video Editor, Medical Physicist, Sound Technician, Tailor/Dressmaker, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Technician, Naval Architect,
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