Australian Digital Technologies Leaders Presentation by Dr Jason Zagami to the Australian Digital Technologies Leaders (EdTechSA) on 13 April 2014 in Adelaide, SA.

1. Australian
Digital Technologies
Leaders
Australian Curriculum: Technologies

2. jason.zagami.info
Dr Jason Zagami
Bruce Fuda

3. 9am
10 min Introductions and overview of the ADTL
project (Jason and Bruce)
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10 min Overview of Technologies Learning Area
(Jason)
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10 min Overview of the Digital Technologies subject
(Jason)
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9:30am
15 min Introduction to programming - Google
Blockly activities (Jason)
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15 min Unplugged activity 1 (Bruce)
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10am
15 min Repurposing programs in Scratch and
interfacing with MakeyMakeys (Jason)
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15 min Unplugged activity 2 (Bruce)
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10:30am
Morning Tea
11am
30min Unpacking and combining the Digital
Technologies elaborations (Bruce)
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30min Combining into a unit activity (Bruce)
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30min Unit Planning (Bruce and Jason)
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12:30pm
Lunch
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1:15pm
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15min Unplugged activity (Bruce) if needed
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15min Programming activity (Jason) if needed
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45min - 75min Unit Planning
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2:30pm
30min Sharing unit ideas (Participants)
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3pm
Close

4. Monday 28 April 2014
6pm to 8pm
Google+ Hangout
23 June 2014
Units

5. Melbourne
Declaration
2008
on Educational Goals for Young Australians

6. Melbourne
Declaration
Information and Communication
Technology and Design and
Technology

7. Technologies
Learning Area

10. Engineering a
Software Engineering
Mathematics a
Computer Science
Business a
Information Systems

11. Engineering a
Software Engineering
Mathematics a
Computer Science
Business /Graphics a
ICT

12. Engineering a
Software Engineering
Mathematics a
Computer Science
Business /Graphics a
ICT

13. Engineering a
Software Engineering
Mathematics a
Computer Science
Business /Graphics a
ICT

14. Software Engineering
Digital Technologies a
Computer Science
ICT General Capability a
ICT

15. 0:18

16. UK dis-application
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ICT as a subject name carries negative
connotations of a dated and unchallenging
curriculum that does not serve the needs and
ambitions of pupils. Changing the subject name
of ICT to computing will not only improve the
status of the subject but also more accurately
reflect the breadth of content included in the
proposed new programmes of study
Education secretary Michael Gove MP
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January 2012

17. Developmental
Curriculum
Foundation Year 10

18. Processes and
production skills
Collecting, managing and analysing data /
Creating digital solutions by:
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defining
designing
implementing
evaluating
collaborating and managing

19. Knowledge and
understanding
Digital systems
the components of digital systems:
hardware, software and networks and their use
Representation of data
how data are represented and structured
symbolically

20. Abstraction
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Data Collection, Data Representation and Data
Interpretation
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Specification, Algorithms and Implementation
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Digital Systems
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Interactions and Impacts

21. Abstraction
which underpins all content, particularly the
content descriptions relating to the concepts
of data representation and specification,
algorithms and implementation

22. Computational
Thinking
which underpins all content, particularly the
content descriptions relating to the concepts
of data representation and specification,
algorithms and implementation

23. Data: Collection,
Representation and
Interpretation
Data collection (properties, sources and
collection of data), data representation
(symbolism and separation) and data
interpretation (patterns and contexts)

24. Information
Systems
Data collection (properties, sources and
collection of data), data representation
(symbolism and separation) and data
interpretation (patterns and contexts)

25. Specification,
Algorithms and
Implementation
Specification (descriptions and techniques),
algorithms (following and describing) and
implementation (translating and
programming)

26. Software
Development
Specification (descriptions and techniques),
algorithms (following and describing) and
implementation (translating and
programming)

27. Digital
Systems
Digital systems (hardware, software, and
networks and the internet)

28. Computer
Systems
Digital systems (hardware, software, and
networks and the internet)

29. Interactions and
Impacts
Interactions (people and digital systems, data
and processes) and impacts (sustainability
and empowerment).

30. Human Computer
Interactions
Interactions (people and digital systems, data
and processes) and impacts (sustainability
and empowerment).

31. Multimedia?

32. Indicative Timings
F-2 10 Hours
3-4 20 Hours
5-6 30 Hours
7-10 40 Hours

33. 1:08

34. Resources?

35. 1:46

36. Blockly
Scratch
Scratch Junior
MIT App Inventor

37. 0:36

38. Daisy the Dinosaur
Hopscotch
BeeBots

39. Romotive
Mindstorms
Lollybot
Sphero

40. Arduino
Shrimp
Raspberry Pi
MaKey MaKey

41. 1:17

42. CS Unplugged

43. Computational Fairy Tales
The Ant and the Grasshopper: A Fable of Algorithms (Algorithms)
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Bullies, Bubble Sort, and Soccer Tickets (Bubble Sort)
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Hunting Dragons with Binary Search (Binary Search)
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Binary Searching for Cinderella (Binary Search)
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Goldilocks and the Two Boolean Bears (Boolean)
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http://computationaltales.blogspot.com.au

44. Computational Fairy Tales
The ant paused for a moment while he thought. "It is the algorithm
that we use," he finally replied.
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"Algorithm?" asked the grasshopper.
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"A set of steps or instructions for accomplishing a task," explained
the ant. "Like when a carpenter builds a chair, he uses an algorithm
that includes measuring, cutting, smoothing, and hammering."
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"What task does your algorithm solve?" asked the grasshopper.
"Does it solve the problem of having too much time during the
summer?" He chuckled out loud at his own joke.

45. Information Systems?

46. SQL Fiddle

50. Futures Thinking
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Systems Thinking
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Design Thinking
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Computational Thinking

51. Project Based Learning

52. Processes and
production skills
Collecting, managing and analysing data /
Creating digital solutions by:
!
defining
designing
implementing
evaluating
collaborating and managing

54. 0:40

55. Computational Thinking
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"Computational thinking is a
fundamental skill for everyone, not just
for computer scientists. To reading,
writing, and arithmetic, we should add
computational thinking to every child’s
analytical ability."
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Jannette Wing

56. Computational Thinking Skills

57. Analysis - the process of breaking
the complex into smaller parts to gain
a better understanding of it.

58. Decomposition

59. Pattern
recognition

60. Pattern
generalisation
and abstraction
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61. Algorithm Design

62. Who is going to teach it?

63. What about Senior?

64. Is computer education working?

65. Griffith University
Dr Jason Zagami
www.zagami.info

66. Blockly
blockly-demo.appspot.com

67. Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/