DTG3: Digital Technology

Studying Digital Technologies offers hands-on experience and a blend of creative and technical skills. You'll undertake a major project in animation, film, or programming/games, gaining practical experience valued by universities and employers. This class prepares you for further education in digital technologies, computer science, and multimedia arts, fostering innovation and problem-solving skills. Equip yourself for a future-proof career in diverse fields like filmmaking, game development, and more. Join us to enhance your creativity and technical expertise for a dynamic future!  

Animation, video editing, design principles, programming, project management, as well as general digital literacy and key computing skills.   

You will follow the design process from inquiry into a field/topic of your choosing, through to implementation of a digital outcome that you have designed.  

There are six Achievement Standards at NCEA L3 for Digital Technologies:

• Standard 91900 - Conduct a critical inquiry to propose a digital technologies outcome (internal)

• Standard 91901 - Apply user experience methodologies to develop a design for a digital technologies outcome (internal)

• Standard 91903 - Use complex techniques to develop a digital media outcome (internal)

• Standard 91906 - Use complex programming techniques to develop a computer program (internal)

• Standard 91908 - Analyse an area of computer science (external)

• Standard 91909 - Present a reflective analysis of developing a digital outcome (external)

Endorsement is available if students achieve a mix of internal and external standards. 

PLUS options are available for those that want to learn key industry-related computing skills in the form of Computing Unit Standards:

• Standard 29785 - Use a word processing application to integrate images, spreadsheet and database data into documents (internal)

• Standard 29786 - Produce a spreadsheet for organisational use (internal)

• Standard 29787 - Produce and use a database to provide a solution for organisational use (internal)

• Standard 29791 - Capture and prepare digital media for integration into other applications (internal)

• Standard 29792 - Use a desktop publishing application to produce documents (internal)

While not essential, it is recommended to have a PC at home that you can practice skills or research on.