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Technology and Technologies Terminology – Word Wall
96 vocabulary word wall cards and a poster about technology, to display in your classroom.
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The vocabulary words include: algorithm, app (application), ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), augmented reality (AR), basic functions, binary, binary codes, binary data, binary digits (bits), biomimicry, bit (binary digit), bitmap, bug, byte, central processing unit (CPU), cloud computing (‘the cloud’), code, coding, common digital systems, communication networks, components, computational thinking, criteria for success, data, data and information storage components, data duplication, data mismatch, data omission, default settings, digital systems, email, encryption of data, equipment, ethernet cards, external components, external devices, external hard drive, external output components, features, fibre, function, functionality, game interface, hard disk, hard drive, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), input, icons, IF statement, information systems, internal components, internal processing components, internet, intranet, iPad, keyboard, main components, malware (malicious software), materials, microphone, networks, output, parameter, pixel, product, program, programming, programming language, projector, protecting files, prototype, robotics, social sustainability, Scratch, screen, sharing information digitally, social network, software, speakers, stylus, sustainable, sustainability criteria, systems, tablet, technology, technologies, tools, touch systems, transmit data, unicode, USB (Universal Serial Bus), variable, visualisation software tools, web-based information, wireless devices.
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Technology and Technologies Terminology - Vocabulary
| algorithm | app (application) | ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) |
| augmented reality (AR) | basic functions | binary |
| binary codes | binary data | binary digits (bits) |
| biomimicry | bit (binary digit) | bitmap |
| bug | byte | central processing unit (CPU) |
| cloud computing ('the cloud') | code | coding |
| common digital systems | communication networks | components |
| computational thinking | criteria for success | data |
| data and information storage components | data duplication | data mismatch |
| data omission | default settings | digital systems |
| encryption of data | equipment | |
| ethernet cards | external components | external devices |
| external hard drive | external output components | features |
| fibre | function | functionality |
| game interface | hard disk | hard drive |
| HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) | HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) | input |
| icons | IF statement | information systems |
| internal components | internal processing components | internet |
| intranet | iPad | keyboard |
| main components | malware (malicious software) | materials |
| microphone | networks | output |
| parameter | pixel | product |
| program | programming | programming language |
| projector | protecting files | prototype |
| robotics | social sustainability | Scratch |
| screen | sharing information digitally | social network |
| software | speakers | stylus |
| sustainable | sustainability criteria | systems |
| tablet | technology | technologies |
| tools | touch systems | transmit data |
| unicode | USB (Universal Serial Bus) | variable |
| visualisation software tools | web-based information | wireless devices |
NSW Curriculum alignment
- ST3-1WS-S
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
- ST3-3DP-T
Defines problems, and designs, modifies and follows algorithms to develop solutions
- ST3-11DI-T
Explains how digital systems represent data, connect together to form networks and transmit data
- ST3-1WS-S
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
- ST3-3DP-T
Defines problems, and designs, modifies and follows algorithms to develop solutions
- ST3-11DI-T
Explains how digital systems represent data, connect together to form networks and transmit data
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCDTDS026
Examine the main components of common digital systems, and how such digital systems may connect together to form networks to transmit data
- VCDTDI027
Examine how whole numbers are used as the basis for representing all types of data in digital systems
- VCDTCD030
Define problems in terms of data and functional requirements, drawing on previously solved problems to identify similarities
- VCDTDI028
Acquire, store and validate different types of data and use a range of software to interpret and visualise data to create information
- VCDTCD031
Design a user interface for a digital system, generating and considering alternative design ideas
- VCDTCD032
Design, modify and follow simple algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration
- VCDTCD033
Develop digital solutions as simple visual programs
- VCDTCD034
Explain how student-developed solutions and existing information systems meet current and future community and sustainability needs
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACTDIK014
Examine the main components of common digital systems and how they may connect together to form networks to transmit dataElaborationsdescribing digital systems as having internal and external componen...
- ACTDIP016
Acquire, store and validate different types of data, and use a range of software to interpret and visualise data to create informationElaborationsusing digital systems to validate data, for example se...
- ACTDIK015
Examine how whole numbers are used to represent all data in digital systemsElaborationsrecognising that digital systems represent all types of data using number codes that ultimately are patterns of 1...
- ACTDIP017
Define problems in terms of data and functional requirements drawing on previously solved problemsElaborationschecking existing solutions to identify features that are transferable to new but similar ...
- ACTDIP018
Design a user interface for a digital systemElaborationsexploring different features of user interfaces that allow people from different cultures to access information irrespective of language backgro...
- ACTDIP019
Design, modify and follow simple algorithms involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration (repetition)Elaborationsfollowing a diagram of a simple method of sorting numbers or words (Skills: L...
- ACTDIP020
Implement digital solutions as simple visual programs involving branching, iteration (repetition), and user inputElaborationsexperimenting with different options that involve repeat instructions, for ...
- ACTDIP021
Explain how student solutions and existing information systems are sustainable and meet current and future local community needsElaborationsusing sustainability criteria to explain how well students' ...
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