Teacher information

IT knowledge and skills covered in this module

  • Introducing desktop publishing
  • Planning publications
  • Creating a flyer
  • Creating greeting cards
  • Creating hotel and restaurant menus
  • Creating newsletters

Suggested further uses across the curriculum

  • English (for presenting information). Use a range of software, including word processing programs, confidently, flexibly and imaginatively to create, edit and publish texts, considering the identified purpose and the characteristics of the user (ACELY1748, ACELY1776).
  • History (for presenting information). Select and use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies (ACHHS193).
  • Geography (for communicating information). Present findings, arguments and explanations in a range of appropriate communication forms, selected for their effectiveness and to suit audience and purpose; using relevant geographical terminology, and digital technologies as appropriate (ACHGS079).

Alignment with the Australian Curriculum

ICT Capability elements covered
  • Creating with ICT
  • Communicating with ICT
    • collaborate, share and exchange
    • understand computer mediated communications
  • Managing and operating ICT
Other general capabilities covered
  • Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability
Digital Technologies curriculum content in this module
Processes and production skills
  • Define and decompose real-world problems precisely, taking into account functional and non-functional requirements and including interviewing stakeholders to identify needs (ACTDIP038)
  • Evaluate critically how student solutions and existing information systems and policies, take account of future risks and sustainability and provide opportunities for innovation and enterprise (ACTDIP042)
  • Create interactive solutions for sharing ideas and information online, taking into account safety, social contexts and legal responsibilities (ACTDIP043)
  • Plan and manage projects using an iterative and collaborative approach, identifying risks and considering safety and sustainability (ACTDIP044)

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