Massey High School

Year 10 Digital Technologies

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: T. Chisholm.

Recommended Prior Learning

Open entry.

•Excel (US 18743, 2 credits, 6 weeks)
•Web Design (US 18734, 2 credits, 6 weeks)
•InDesign / Photoshop poster project (10 weeks)
•Programming and Computer Science (12 weeks)

This course involves a broad mix of Digital literacy, Digital Media and Programming / Computer Science. We will learn how to create websites using HTML and CSS, write programs in Python and create sophisticated posters using InDesign and Photoshop. We also teach students how data can be represented and compressed.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT:
Internal assessments.
There will be an opportunity to gain 4 Level 1
NCEA credits across two Unit Standards.

Faculties:

Digital Technologies, Year 10

Pathway

Level 1 Computer Science, Level 1 Digital Information Technology

This course leads on to TCCOM1 and TCDTI1 and from there to the level 2 (and 3) COM / DTI. Students with a background in Information Technology are then able to continue on to University or to find work in the well-paying IT industry (which currently has a worldwide shortage of trained professionals).

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Students need headphones that must be brought to every lesson so that they can access the sound associated with the video tutorials. Our system can accommodate both blue tooth headphones and heaphones that fit into a standard headphone jack.