Marlborough Boys’ College Marlborough Boys’ College

Year 10 Digital Technology

DTY010
Course Description

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.

This course will focus on learning skills, theory and concepts in Digital Media and Information Management. These skills will help prepare students for NCEA for Year 11.  The topics we will focus on include 

  • desktop publishing, 
  • web development skills using HTML/CSS, 
  • robotics
  • programming with Python




Learning Areas:

Year 10, Year 10 General Options, Year 10 Technology Electives


Pathway

NCEA L1 Digital Technology

Career Pathways

Animator/Digital Artist, Accounts Officer, Office Administrator, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Sales and Marketing Manager, Air Force Aviator, Air Force Officer, Product Assembler, Business Analyst, Software Developer, Patternmaker, Building Surveyor, Architect, Architectural Technician, Archivist, Army Officer, Army Soldier, Artist, Film and Video Editor, Medical Physicist, Sound Technician, Tailor/Dressmaker, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Technician, Naval Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Film/Television Camera Operator, Civil Engineer, Insurance Claims Officer, Clinical Coder, Cutter, Fashion Designer, Sewing Machinist, Trainer, Journalist, Graphic Designer, Communications Professional, Telecommunications Engineer, Information Technology Helpdesk/Support Technician, Information Technology Manager, Conservator, Quantity Surveyor, Technical Writer, Dairy Farmer, Editor, Data Entry Operator/Transcriptionist, Systems Administrator, Graphic Pre-press Worker, Radio Presenter, Personal Assistant, Records Adviser, Energy and Chemical Plant Operator, Information Technology Architect, Media Producer, Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Game Developer, Landscape Architect, Joiner, 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, Wood Processing Worker, Signmaker, Travel Agent/Adviser, 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