Professional learning

Literature reviews

The following PowerPoint tutorial and literature reviews are self-paced learning for educators. We recommend viewing the PowerPoint to understand how to write a literature review and then reading the literature reviews on Digital Technologies to gain a deeper understanding of aspects of the curriculum.

PowerPoint tutorial

Literature reviews

Asunda review: STEM integration

Booth Sweeney review: Systems literacy

Curzon & Bell et al. review: Computational thinking

Easterbrook review: Systems thinking and Computational thinking

Kelley & Knowles review: STEM integration

Kim review: Systems thinking

 

Lockwood & Mooney review: Computational thinking

Miller & Boix-Mansilla review: Thinking across perspectives and disciplines

Rosicka review: STEM practices in primary schools

Volmert et al. review: STEM learning

Voskoglou & Buckley review: Problem solving and computational thinking

 

V9.0 Digital Technologies key changes

Description: In the first video, our Curriculum specialist, Technologies and the curriculum writers take you through the key changes to the Digital Technologies curriculum. Primary teachers will notice a new Foundation level with essential content for the first year of schooling and what is needed to move through to the next band of Year 1 and 2. Our presenters also explain how the revised content descriptions have reduced duplications and made it much clearer for teachers about what needs to be taught.

Keywords: V9.0 Digital Technologies, curriculum, planning

Audience: suitable for primary and secondary teachers Years F-10

 

V9.0 Digital Technologies Privacy and security

Description: This video explores some of the main points for the planning and teaching of the new Privacy and security sub-strand.

Keywords: V9.0 Digital Technologies, curriculum, planning, cyber security, privacy

Audience: suitable for primary and secondary teachers Years F-10

V9.0 Digital Technologies Collaborating and managing

Description: This video looks at where key changes have occurred in this sub-strand and what teachers should be looking for when planning for this content.

Keywords: V9.0 Digital Technologies, curriculum, planning, online safety, creating, collaborating, managing

Audience: suitable for primary and secondary teachers Years F-10

V9.0 Digital Technologies User stories 

Description: In this video, the presenters look at the new term of user stories now being used to highlight user centric design.  

Keywords: V9.0 Digital Technologies, curriculum, planning, design, user centric 

Audience: suitable for primary and secondary teachers Years 3-10 

V9.0 Digital Technologies and algorithms 

Description: In this video, the presenters explain the refinement to the algorithms content. They discuss where duplication has been removed and what teachers still need to remember when planning for this content.   

Keywords: V9.0 Digital Technologies, curriculum, planning, algorithms 

Audience: suitable for primary and secondary teachers Years 1-10 

V9.0 Digital Technologies, Mathematics and algorithms 

Description: In this video, the presenters discuss the shared content between Digital Technologies and Mathematics in relation to algorithms. This discussion will help teachers see where integration of the content in these two subjects supports students' understanding of the concept.   

Keywords: V9.0 Digital Technologies, curriculum, planning, algorithms, mathematics 

Audience: suitable for primary and secondary teachers Years 1-10 

 

V9.0 Digital Technologies, Mathematics and data 

Description: In this video, the presenters discuss the shared content between Digital Technologies and Mathematics in relation to data. This discussion will help teachers see where integration of the content in these two subjects supports students' understanding of the concept.   

Keywords: V9.0 Digital Technologies, curriculum, planning, data, mathematics 

Audience: suitable for primary and secondary teachers Years F-10