Outcomes:
Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired, wireless and mobile networks, and how the specifications affect performance
Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data in binary
Acquire data from a range of sources and evaluate authenticity, accuracy and timeliness
Analyse and visualise data using a range of software to create information, and use structured data to model objects or events
Define and decompose real world problems taking into account functional requirements and economic, environmental, social, technical and usability constraints
Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs
Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
Implement and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions in a general purpose programming language
Evaluate how student solutions and existing information systems meet needs, are innovative, and take account of future risks and sustainability
Plan and manage projects that create and communicate ideas and information collaboratively online, taking safety and social contexts into account