Explore content
Typically by the end of Year 6, students:
Recognise intellectual property
identify the legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products and apply some referencing conventions
Apply digital information security practices
independently apply strategies for determining and protecting the security of digital information and assess the risks associated with online environments
Apply personal security protocols
identify the risks to identity, privacy and emotional safety for themselves when using ICT and apply generally accepted social protocols when sharing information in online environments, taking into account different social and cultural contexts
Identify the impacts of ICT in society
explain the main uses of ICT at school, home and in the local community, and recognise its potential positive and negative impacts on their lives
Define and plan information searches
use a range of ICT to identify and represent patterns in sets of information and to pose questions to guide searching for, or generating, further information
Select and evaluate data and information
assess the suitability of data or information using a range of appropriate given criteria
Locate, generate and access data and information
locate, retrieve or generate information using search engines and simple search functions and classify information in meaningful way
Generate ideas, plans and processes
use ICT effectively to record ideas, represent thinking and plan solutions
Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks
independently or collaboratively create and modify digital solutions, creative outputs or data representation/transformation for particular audiences and purposes
Collaborate, share and exchange
select and use appropriate ICT tools safely to share and exchange information and to safely collaborate with others
Understand computer mediated communications
understand that particular forms of computer mediated communications and tools are suited to synchronous or asynchronous and one-to-one or group communications
Select and use hardware and software
select from, and safely operate, a range of devices to undertake specific tasks and use basic troubleshooting procedures to solve routine malfunctions
Understand ICT systems
identify, compare and classify basic ICT system components
Manage digital data
manage and maintain data on different storage mediums – locally and on networks