DTY001

Year 9 Digital Technology

Course Description

This is a one term course. Digital technologies impact on every aspect of our lives and are vitally important to New Zealand’s growth in the 21st century. In this course, students will develop skills enabling them to participate in this rapidly developing and exciting field.

The course will focus on learning skills, theory and concepts in Digital Media and Information Management, leading towards NCEA Year 11.  The skills and concepts we will focus on include desktop publishing, cyber security, HTML/CSS and programming with Python. There may be the opportunity to program robots.




Pathway

Pathway Tags

Animator/Digital Artist, Accounts Officer, Administration Officer, Copywriter, Air Force Airman/Airwoman, Air Force Officer, Product Assembler, Business Analyst, Software Developer, Patternmaker, Building Surveyor, Architect, Architectural Technician, Archivist, Army Officer, Army Soldier, Film and Video Editor, Medical Physicist, Sound Technician, Tailor/Dressmaker, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Technician, Naval Architect, Film/Television Camera Operator, Civil Engineer, Clinical Coder, Cutter, Fashion Designer, Sewing Machinist, Journalist, Graphic Designer, Communications Professional, Telecommunications Engineer, Information Technology Helpdesk/Support Technician, Information Technology Manager, Quantity Surveyor, Technical Writer, Dairy Farmer, Editor, Data Entry Operator/Transcriptionist, Systems Administrator, Graphic Pre-press Worker, Personal Assistant, Information Technology Architect, Media Producer, Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Game Developer, Landscape Architect, Librarian, Library Assistant, Locksmith, Security Officer/Guard, Refrigeration/Air-conditioning Technician, Navy Sailor, Navy Officer, Office Manager, Pulp and Paper Mill Operator, Parking Officer, Payroll Officer, Photographer, Printer, Real Estate Agent, Signmaker, User Experience Designer, Intelligence Officer, Test Analyst, Network Administrator, Geospatial Specialist, Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, Security Consultant, Data Analyst, Scrum Master, Garment Technician, Dairy Herd Manager, Dairy Farm Manager, Sharemilker, Epidemiologist,