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:

Year 10, Digital Technologies

Pathway

Level 1 Computer Science, Level 1 Digital Information Technology

This course leads on to COM101 and DTI101 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

Headphones which plug into a standard headphone jack (not Apple) for accessing sound in tutorial videos.