Whangarei Girls’ High School

Year 10 Creative Digital Technologies

Course Description

In this course, students will explore a variety of digital technologies while developing valuable creative and technical skills. In the first part of the course, they will learn how to design graphics and characters for use in games and animations. Students will also explore how visual novels are created and be introduced to programming as part of this process. They will also have the option to explore 3D modelling and printing. In the second part of the course, students will design a creative project of their choice and develop a conceptual plan. They will then build and refine their idea, further developing their skills and understanding.

Learning Opportunities

In this course you will need to:

Develop these skills:	Explore this content:
Digital technologies: Develop confidence and skills using a range of digital tools and processes.	Digital graphics and character design.
Creative thinking: Use imagination to produce original ideas and outcomes.	Making visual novels and the Python programming behind them.
Design process: Respond to a design brief, explore options, and produce concepts	3D design and printing.
Computational thinking: Apply problem solving to code, test and debug programmes.	Project of your choice – conceptual design and development eg. graphics, animation, game, programming, 3D modelling.

Year Levels/Departments:

Year 10, Technology

Detailed Course Outline

Resources Required

Clearfile and Chromebook or laptop