In Term 3, students continue developing their skills through digital projects that involve planning, designing, building, testing, and improving a digital outcome.
Students who wish to work towards NCEA credits may attempt one of the following:
Develop a digital technologies outcome
(NCEA Level 1 Digital Technologies, AS 92005 - Internal, 5 credits)
or
Create a computer program
(NCEA Level 1 Digital Technologies, AS 92004 - Internal, 5 credits)
For AS 92005, students develop a digital outcome for a specific purpose and audience. This could include a website, interactive system, prototype, app-style project, purposeful game, or another approved digital outcome.
Students will:
- identify a specific purpose and intended users
- plan the outcome using clear requirements and specifications
- choose appropriate tools, techniques, and digital technologies
- develop and refine the outcome over time
- test the outcome to check that it meets the intended purpose
- make improvements based on testing, feedback, and their own design decisions
- explain how their outcome meets the needs of its users
For AS 92004, students create a working computer program that solves a problem or performs a useful task. This may include a simple game, simulation, interactive tool, calculator, quiz, or data-based application.
Students who are not completing an NCEA assessment will work on guided mini-projects. These projects will help students continue developing their digital technology skills through clearer structure, shorter deadlines, and more regular checkpoints.
These projects will still involve planning, building, testing, and improving digital outcomes, but students will not need to complete the full evidence requirements for an NCEA assessment.
All projects must be discussed and approved. Projects must have a clear purpose, involve meaningful digital technology development, and be achievable within the term.