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ICT to DT not as challenging as you may think!
Moving your classroom practice from ICT to the new requirements of the Australian DT Curriculum may seem daunting to some but it is not very difficult if you are shown how.
When you analyse the various curriculum documents there is a simple distinction between what we have previously been required to cover in ICT - that is students learning how to use information and communication systems to the new Digital Technologies Curriculum where students are required to understand how those systems operate and create their own systems.
The Aims statement from ACARA below can quite easily be addressed through the use of simple robots like the BeeBot and Edison from Kindergarten to Year 8.
In addition to the overarching aims for the Australian Curriculum: Technologies, Design and Technologies more specifically aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students:
develop confidence as critical users of technologies and designers and producers of designed solutions
investigate, generate and critique innovative and ethical designed solutions for sustainable futures
use design and systems thinking to generate design ideas and communicate these to a range of audiences
produce designed solutions suitable for a range of technologies contexts by selecting and manipulating a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment creatively, competently and safely; and managing processes
evaluate processes and designed solutions and transfer knowledge and skills to new situations
understand the roles and responsibilities of people in design and technologies occupations and how they contribute to society.
