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The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability supports students to acquire the knowledge, dispositions and skills to use ICT effectively, appropriately and safely in a range of real-world consumer and financial contexts. The ICT Capability contributes to the development of the dimensions of consumer and financial literacy as shown in the diagram below.
Approximate proportion of the dimensions addressed by Information and Communication Technology Capability
Through the ICT Capability, students learn to question the validity and reliability of information sources and develop an understanding of the practices that mislead or threaten the integrity of information in the online environment such as advertising, scams and fraud. The ICT Capability supports students to develop safe, ethical and responsible behaviours in online and digital consumer and financial contexts. Students develop enterprising skills by using ICT to locate information; generate ideas, plans and processes; design solutions to real-world problems; and to share and collaborate. The ICT Capability supports students to work in consumer and financial contexts with confidence, care and consideration – understanding its possibilities, limitations and impacts on individuals, groups and communities.
The managing and operating ICT element of this capability has not been included in the mapping.
Moneysmart for teachers and Tax, Super and You provide a number of interdisciplinary units and interactive activities that include aspects of the ICT Capability.
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students:
Understand computer mediated communications
understand that computer mediated communications may be received later by the receiver
Identify the impacts of ICT in society
identify how ICT is used at home and at school
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students:
Select and evaluate data and information
explain the usefulness of located data or information
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students:
Recognise intellectual property
recognise ownership of digital products that others produce and that what they create or provide can be used or misused by others
Apply digital information security practices
follow class rules about applying selected standard guidelines and techniques to secure digital information
Apply personal security protocols
follow class guidelines when sharing personal information and apply basic social protocols when using ICT to communicate with known audiences
Define and plan information searches
use ICT to identify, record and classify textual and graphic information to show what is known and what needs to be investigated
Locate, generate and access data and information
locate information from a given set of digital sources
Generate ideas, plans and processes
use ICT to prepare simple plans to find solutions or answers to questions
Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks
experiment with ICT as a creative tool to generate simple solutions, modifications or data representations for particular audiences or purposes
Collaborate, share and exchange
use purposefully selected ICT tools safely to share and exchange information with appropriate local audiences