13DIG

Level 3 Digital Technologies

Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs K. Gray, Mr D. Hullen.

Level 3 Digital Technologies

Digital Technologies are transforming how we live; shaping our homes and workplaces, changing the way that we interact with each other and live our everyday lives.  Incorporating digital technologies into teaching and learning programmes will support young people to develop the confidence and skill not only to use digital technologies (DT) but to design and build digital systems.

Prerequisite:

Level 2 Digital Technologies


Topics Covered

Students spend the first weeks completing an inquiry to find and propose an authentic project that they can undertake on behalf of a client, such as a staff member at school.  The scope and feasibility of this project is decided in consultation with the teacher.  

Students then have most of the rest of the school year to incrementally design and develop the outcome to their client's specifications.  All students learn skills common across all projects and take them to a minimum standard, but some learning is on an as-needed basis.  The teacher closely guides and monitors progress and learning requirements through regular check-ins with each student.

The external assessment is a report written in class time in Term 4.  Students reflect on developing their outcome from inception in the inquiry, through design and development iterations, and eventual delivery to the client.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 18 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 3 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 15 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91900 v1
NZQA Info
Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko 3.1 - Conduct a critical inquiry to propose a digital technologies outcome
6
6
6
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91901 v1
NZQA Info
Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko 3.2 - Apply user experience methodologies to develop a design for a digital technologies outcome
3
3
3
3
3
3
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91907 v1
NZQA Info
Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko 3.8 - Use complex processes to develop a digital technologies outcome
6
6
6
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91909 v1
NZQA Info
Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko 3.10 - Present a reflective analysis of developing a digital outcome
3
3
3
3
3
3
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 18
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0