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Artificial Intelligence Explainers: Video 3: AI systems | Digital Technologies Hub

We use examples of home automation and recommender systems to go into more detail about how the AI in these systems work. We also look at filter bubbles and discuss why its important to be aware of potential issues of using these systems. This is the third video in a series. The first two in the series are Introduction ...

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Artificial Intelligence Explainers: Video 2: AI in our everyday life | Digital Technologies Hub

In this video we look at the ways AI is making decisions that can affect your daily life. Discover some AI applications that are designed to make our lives easier. See how a machine can be considered smart as it performs human-like behaviours such as recognising speech, text, images and being able to reason. This is the ...

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Artificial Intelligence Explainers: Video 4: AI Explainers | Digital Technologies Hub

Use this video to discuss how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to be a transformative technology much like introduction of the car, 100 years ago. We also showcase some innovative Australian applications. This is the fourth video in a series. The first three in the series are Introduction to AI & machine ...

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Making history

This resource supports students, individuals and community groups to research, produce and share a short digital history about a person or event.

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Contemporary fire management

In this resource, students learn about ways that groups are combining traditional indigenous knowledge of fire management with satellite imagery, fuel load mapping, and aerial incendiary technology. Students will investigate the interaction between traditional knowledge of fire management and new technologies. Using case ...

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Physical fitness in communities

https://www.ngarrngga.org/curriculum/physical-fitness-in-communities Students will learn about the historical importance of physical activity to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, and design physical activities to introduce movement to their local communities and build connection to place.

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Representations in film and text

In this activity, students will read Kim Mahood's article Country needs people, analyse the opening quotation and a painting, and explore the diverse representations of traditional ecological knowledge, culminating in a written reflection on how these elements shape their understanding of Martu burning practices.

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Movie magic

This resource provides eight lessons about the process of movie making in Australia through the various production steps from writing, shooting and editing the film to promotion of the finished film. It considers the legal rights of the creators and the responsibilities of consumers. The lesson plans are accompanied by ...

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Language in law

This resource explores the deep connections Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People have with country, and how this can be reflected in both language and law. In these classroom activities, students will examine the Victorian Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017 and the historic Wurundjeri Elders ...

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Bathymetry of Australia

This video is a flythrough around the coast of Australia shows the major topographic features of the seafloor around the continent. Starting in the south west the viewer can see the continental shelf and slope of the southern coast followed by the seamount chains and the Great Barrier Reef to the east. Continuing around ...

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Introduction to tectonic plates (primary)

This short video is targeted at upper primary students but is suitable for a wider audience. It introduces the concept of tectonic plates making use of a tectonic plates puzzle. Students are asked to predict the direction and speed of plate movement and consider where and why earthquakes happen on the Australian Plate.

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DTiF Classroom Exploring AI in the Classroom: Activity discussion

Digital Technologies in Focus curriculum officers discuss a lesson about Artificial Intelligence with Simon Collier and a student.

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Expert webinar video: Dr Rebecca Vivian - The CSER Digital Technologies Education Program

Dr Rebecca Vivian provides an overview of the CSER Digital Technologies Education Project from The University of Adelaide. The project includes free professional learning, a digital equipment lending library and a range of resources designed to support teachers in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: Digital ...

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Supporting implementation of Digital Technologies and the ICT Capability: part 2

This video explains ways in which the Digital Technologies curriculum and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) General Capability can be implemented in schools. This video is the second in a series of three.

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Alyangula Area School – Progress report 2

This video is a summary of a progress report into the implementation of Digital Technologies in the Alyangula Area School.

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Green Hill Public School – Progress report 3

This video explains the progress that Bethany Christian School has made in the Digital Technologies in Focus project. It is the last in a series of three.

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St Mary’s Primary School – Progress report 1

This video explains the progress that St Mary's Primary School, Moruya, has made in the Digital Technologies in Focus project. It is the first in a series of four.

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Expert webinar video: In conversation with Paul Mead from She Maps: A wide-ranging discussion from women in Technology and unconscious bias to digital systems and the ethical and safety considerations of using drone technologies

Paul Mead, from STEM education provider She Maps, discusses unconscious bias in young students and how She Maps is spreading the word about women who work with technologies in the field. He discusses digital systems and explains how geospatial systems and geographical information systems are used to collect, analyse and ...

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Wodonga South Primary School – Progress report 4

This video explains the progress that Wodonga South Primary School has made in the Digital Technologies in Focus project. It is the last in a series of four.

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Introduction to SSP - Module 1: the research base of structured literacy

This 13-minute professional learning video, presented by literacy expert Jocelyn Seamer, introduces the Science of Reading and explains the implications this body of research has for teaching reading. You will learn about the evidence base that supports the Science of Reading, Sweller's cognitive load theory and Dehaene's ...