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Helping teachers implement the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies
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DT Challenges: Looking Back Moving Forward
DT Challenges: Looking Back Moving Forward
As we are nearing the end of the public funding of the National Digital Technologies Challenges project, I want to stop for a moment and…
Karsten Schulz
Oct 28, 2020
Teaching Coding and Digital Technologies Using Scratch
Teaching Coding and Digital Technologies Using Scratch
Scratch is widely used in schools as a tool for students to learn to code and to create projects: games, animations and quizzes are…
Nicola O'Brien
Aug 31, 2020
Simulating contact tracing with micro:bit
Simulating contact tracing with micro:bit
Write your own contact tracing app using the BBC micro:bit in your classroom!
Owen Brasier
Jul 1, 2020
Primary School Teachers FAQ from the Australian Computing Academy
Primary School Teachers FAQ from the Australian Computing Academy
Welcome to the ACA! We provide support and resources for teaching digital technologies.
Nicola O'Brien
Oct 29, 2019
Digital Technologies … so much choice … where to start … and how to progress?
Digital Technologies … so much choice … where to start … and how to progress?
If you are teacher new to Digital Technologies (DT) you might be wondering where to begin your journey. If you already have some…
Karsten Schulz
Sep 10, 2019
Cyber security, information privacy and ethics
Cyber security, information privacy and ethics
The ACA have just launched the first two of the Schools Cyber Security Challenges. Through this project we have worked with cyber security…
Amanda Hogan
Mar 4, 2019
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
The Coding Adventure
Karsten Schulz
Jul 1, 2018
Visual or Text Programming?
Visual or Text Programming?
The Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies specifies visual programming up until year 6 and general-purpose programming from year 7…
Karsten Schulz
Jun 11, 2018
Are HTML + CSS enough for AC:DT?
Web technologies are great for producing user interfaces and are a core part of the user experience of a digital system. Whilst you can…
Karsten Schulz
Jun 4, 2018
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