Whangarei Girls’ High School

Year 10 Creative Digital Technologies

Course Description

In Year 10 CDT, students will explore a variety of digital technologies and then design and create several outcomes. Projects include designing a game or interactive story with unique characters, building a website using basic code, and an introduction to programming. Students will develop confidence and skills using a range of digital tools and techniques. This course aims to help transform learners into creators of digital technologies, not just users, empowering them with essential skills for the digital age.

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.	Concept design for a game and characters.
Creative thinking: use imagination to produce original ideas and outcomes.	Manipulating images, making a ‘fake news’ article using Photoshop.
Design process: explore options, develop ideas, test and evaluate ideas and outcomes.	Make a pick-a-path interactive fiction story with Twine.
Computational thinking: apply problem solving to code, test and debug programmes.	Intro to Website design with html.
	Try some simple programming with Python.

Year Levels/Departments:

Year 10, Technology

Detailed Course Outline

Resources Required

Clearfile or sketchbook