1. Strands
1.1. Knowledge and understanding
1.2. Processes and production skills
2. Curriculum aims and objectives
2.1. Use of contemporary and emerging technologies
2.1.1. Establish Project Objective
2.1.2. Establish Project Scope
2.1.3. Map Requirements
2.1.4. Map Solution
2.1.5. Map Training Requirement
2.1.6. Review Project Scope
2.2. Effectively engage and critique a variety of technologies
2.2.1. Determine Project Approach, Stages and Steps
2.2.2. Estimate Project Duration
2.2.3. Establish Resource Requirements
2.2.4. Prepare Project Schedule and Budget
2.2.5. Prepare Work breakdown structure
2.2.6. Document Success Criteria
2.2.7. Review Project Schedule
2.3. Make informed responsible and reasonable decisions regarding technology
2.3.1. Identify Project Resources
2.3.2. Recruit Project Steering Committee
2.3.3. Recruit Project Coordinators
2.3.4. Identify / Recruit Key Stakeholders
2.3.5. Determine Training Requirements
2.3.6. Map the Project Organization Chart
2.3.7. Review Project Organization
2.4. Use multimodal processes
2.4.1. Establish Project Administration Procedures
2.4.2. Establish Quality Control Procedures
2.4.3. Establish Progress Control Procedures
2.4.4. Establish Change Control Procedures
2.4.5. Establish Issue Resolution Procedure
2.4.6. Review Project Control Procedures
2.5. Use a variety of technologies to develop and create understandings of different concepts within every day life
2.5.1. Estimate Project Costs
2.5.2. Identify and Quantify Benefits
2.5.3. Determine Break-even Point
2.5.4. Analyze Risk
2.5.5. Review Business Case
2.6. Provide opportunities for easy understanding of environmental and lifestyle issues and concerns
2.6.1. Prepare Initiation Stage Assessment
2.6.2. Review Initiation Stage Assessment
2.6.3. Follow-Up Initiation Stage Assessment
2.6.4. Compile Project Initiation Report
3. Key Concepts
3.1. Design and Technology
3.1.1. Impact peoples lives with a variety of technologies
3.1.2. Design a variety of different concepts across a range of technology contexts
3.2. Digital Technologies
3.2.1. How data is represented symbolically
3.2.2. Components of digital systems
3.2.3. Impact of information systems on peoples lives
3.3. Design and technologies processes and production skills
3.3.1. Investigating opportunities and view points
3.3.2. Generating and developing design ideas
3.3.3. Planning, producing and designing concepts
3.4. Digital technologies processes and production skills
3.4.1. Collecting managing and interpreting ideas
3.4.2. Use a range of digital systems
3.4.3. Define problems and come up with effective solutions
3.4.4. Implement Change(s)
3.5. Key Ideas
3.5.1. Project management
3.5.2. Assess Impact of Issues
3.5.3. Assign Resources
3.5.4. Resolve Issue
3.6. General capabilities
3.6.1. Foundation to year 2: Students have a strong sense of identity and are able to use technology to develop knowledge.
3.6.2. 3 to 6: Students are able to draw upon their growing experiences to gain further understandings. Students use a variety of different technologies to display ideas.
3.6.3. Student diversity: All students are entitled to quality learning opportunities, therefore the curriculum provides opportunities for all students by catering for all levels and interests.
3.6.4. Disabilities: Necessary adjustments are to be made to the curriculum to allow for students with a disability to reach the same goals as their peers.
3.6.5. Students with English as a second language: Students are able to simultaneously develop their English skills whilst learning technology concepts.
3.6.6. Gifted and talented students: Students are allowed extension work to provide further opportunities.
3.6.7. Literacy
3.6.8. Numeracy
3.6.9. Information and communication Technology
3.6.10. Critical and Creative thinking
3.6.11. Personal and capabilities
3.6.12. Ethical Understandings
3.6.13. Intercultural understanding
4. Elaboration
4.1. Band Level descriptions
4.1.1. Foundation to year 2
4.1.2. Years 3 and 4
4.1.3. Years 5 and 6
4.2. Achievement standards
4.2.1. Indicate the quality of learning that should take place
4.2.2. Indicate the sequence of technology achievement standards
4.2.3. Reflect beliefs and characteristics of own understandings