Useful Resources
A tour of DTiF resources (11 minutes)
This video guides viewers through how to navigate the Australian Curriculum website to find the Digital Technologies in Focus resources. An overview of some of the resources is provided. Please note that the resources are being updated regularly and viewers should check back each term to see new resources.
A tour of useful websites the DTiF team like (8 minutes)
This video guides viewers through some of our favourite resources. This is a useful guide showing some resources you may not have encountered.
Tools to support computational thinking with and without technology
(16 minutes)
This video guides viewers through some of the resources available on the CSIRO Digital Careers website. This is a useful guide showing some unplugged and connected resources you may not have encountered.
In Conversation with Martin Richards, Content Manager at Education Services Australia - How to enhance your Digital Technologies program using the Digital Technologies Hub
(39 minutes)
This video guides viewers through some of the resources available on the Digital Technologies Hub website. Martin Richards shares familiar Teacher favourites including the Scope and Sequence Planning tool along with what's new on the site including Artificial Intelligence and plans for the next update.
In conversation with Kimberley Tout, Support Unit teacher, Kempsey West Public School (NSW) and Patrick Kelly, Curriculum and Assessment Specialist - Student Diversity, ACARA - Focus on inclusive education
Kimberley Tout, a Multi-categorical class teacher at Kempsey West Public School, shares how she applies the three three types of thinking within her support unit to promote Digital Technologies in an inclusive way. Patrick Kelly, ACARA’s Curriculum and Assessment Specialist – Student Diversity goes on to explain some wonderful ways regular classroom teachers can support the needs of all students. The audio recording is accompanied by a downloadable PowerPoint containing further information.
In conversation with Kim Vernon from ACARA and Greg Gebhart, Senior Education Trainer from Office of the eSafety Commissioner - running a parent session on cyber safety in the home.
Greg Gebhart Senior Education Trainer from Office of the eSafety Commissioner and Kim Vernon, Digital Technologies specialist at ACARA share some of the ways teachers can spread the message of e-safety to parents including running online information sessions and sharing information via frequent newsletters. Greg also spoke about how grandparents are increasingly supervising children and how the Office of the eSafety Commissioner has developed materials for grandparents to help them navigate what it often unfamiliar territory. The audio recording is accompanied by a downloadable document containing further information and weblinks.