New CAPS Subject: Digital Technology

Here is what you will learn in the seven (7) topics of Digital Technology:

System Technologies

Students will learn the following in this topic:

• Basic components of a computer system 
• Input/Output devices, storage devices, processing (Central Processing Unit (CPU) and Random Access Memory (RAM), digital communication devices 
• Information processing cycle – Input, output, processing, storage, communication 
• File Management – Folder, file extensions, naming conventions, drive and path, search utility
• System software 
• Application software 
• Utility software 
• Cloud computing 
• Search engine 
• ICTs in everyday life 
• Online banking and shopping

Keyboarding – Typing Tutor

Students will learn the following in this topic:

• Typing posture 
• Finger positions 
• Different sections of a keyboard – Home row, top row,  bottom row
• Introduction to other keys –  Shift, Caps Lock, Insert, Delete, Backspace, Page up, Page down, Home, End, Tab, undo, Redo, Print screen 
• Speed and accuracy practise
• Number keys 
• Numeric keypad 
• Calculator utility 
• Speed and accuracy practise

Word Processing

Students will learn the following in this topic:

• Purpose of word processing
• Basic use of a word processor 
• Opening, saving and basic printing options 
• Word wrapping, hard return, soft return 
• Font 
• Selection of text 
• Cut, copy and paste 
• Delete 
• Built-in styles 
• Spelling and grammar checking 
• Basic Find and Replace 
• Basic Illustrations
• Customise margins 
• Page orientation 
• Page breaks 
• Paper size 
• Page borders 
• Line and paragraph spacing 
• Paragraph alignment Indents 
• Symbols 
• Bullets and numbers
• Tab settings 
• Tables – insert and delete rows, columns, table, merge, unmerge, text direction, table styles
• WordArt 
• Text boxes 
• Headers and Footers 
• Page numbering
• Smart art 
• Table of contents

Spreadsheets

Students will learn the following in this topic:

• Purpose of spreadsheets 
• Cell, row, column, sheet 
• Cell reference 
• Resizing rows and columns 
• Transferring common features from word processing skills, for example, copy, paste, save
• Basic formatting and editing (wrap, merge, alignment, borders) 
• Autofill 
• Common data types (Text, Number, Currency, General) 
• Use formulae (calculations) with basic operators and order of precedence
• Simple functions (SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, COUNT) 
• Sorting of data 
• Basic error indicators (#VALUE, #NAME, #NUM, #REF, #DIV/0, #N/A, ####) 
• Creating, editing graphs/charts 
• Draw conclusions by analysing graphs/charts
• Working with sheets 
• Functions (ROUND, COUNTA, COUNTBLANK, COUNTIF) 
• Troubleshooting basic errors
• Paper size 
• Page margins 
• Page orientation 
• Headers and footers 
• Print area and print titles 

Digital Citizenship

Students will learn the following in this topic:

• Browsers
• Safe internet and device usage
• Information privacy and piracy 
• Cybercrime threats and issues (phishing, identity theft, hacking)
• Ethical, social and safety awareness when online
• Copyright and plagiarism
• Public domain
• Referencing sources
• Understand cybercrime, protection and legal consequences

Computational Thinking

Students will learn the following in this topic:

• Overview of computational thinking:

• Pattern recognition
• Decomposition
• Abstraction
• Algorithms

Coding

Students will learn the following in this topic:

• Introduction to coding environment and concepts 
• Simple problems to illustrate spatial orientation / logical sequence, for example, draw shapes 
• Introduction to events
• Variables operators 
• Simple control structures
• Read code and explain what it does, test code, and code completion  
• Simple, basic programs using one or two of the following:  
  • sequence  
  • single conditional  
  • single iteration construct