Year 8 Digital Technologies
Year 8 Digital Technologies on VCE Vault: 12 lessons written for Year 8 (Victorian Curriculum), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$8.99.
Lessons
Digital Systems
- Networks — Transmission, Security and Protocols (free) — Explain how data is transmitted and secured in wired, wireless and mobile networks.
Data and Information
- Data Representation — Hexadecimal and Colour (free) — Convert between binary, decimal and hexadecimal, and explain how colour is represented digitally.
- Structured Data — Databases and Spreadsheets (free) — Describe relational databases and use spreadsheet data analysis tools to create information.
- Data Analysis and Visualisation — Analyse and visualise datasets to identify patterns and create useful information.
- Cybersecurity — Advanced Threats and Defences — Evaluate advanced cybersecurity threats and design secure system solutions.
- Artificial Intelligence — How Machines Learn — Describe how machine learning works and evaluate its applications and ethical implications.
- Digital Society — Social, Legal and Ethical Issues — Analyse social, legal and ethical issues in digital technologies including privacy, AI ethics and sustainability.
Creating Digital Solutions
- Advanced Algorithms — Searching and Sorting (free) — Describe and trace linear/binary search and bubble/selection sort algorithms.
- Python — Functions and Modular Programming — Define and call functions in Python, including parameters and return values.
- Python — Lists and Loops (Advanced) — Manipulate Python lists and use nested loops and list comprehensions.
- Web Development Fundamentals — HTML and CSS — Create a basic web page using HTML for structure and CSS for styling.
- System Design and Project Management — Design a digital system solution using structured design and manage its development.