NCEA Level 2 Digital Technology

Computational Thinking for Digital Technologies enables students to express problems and formulate solutions in ways that mean a computer (an information processing agent) can be used to solve them. In this area, students develop:

• Algorithmic thinking skills and understanding of the computer science principles that underpin all digital technologies.
• Students learn core programming concepts and learn to take advantage of the capabilities of computers, so that they can become creators of digital technologies, not just users.
• Understanding of how computer data is stored.

Designing and developing digital outcomes: In this area, students understand that digital applications and systems are created for humans by humans. Students develop the following:

• An increasingly sophisticated understanding and skills for designing and producing quality, fit-for-purpose, digital outcomes.
• Understanding of the technologies people need in order to locate, analyse, evaluate and present digital information efficiently, effectively and ethically.
• Awareness of intellectual property issues that arise within digital systems. Develop knowledge and skills in using different digital technologies to create digital content for the web, and prints.