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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability
Students develop knowledge, skills and dispositions around ICT and its use, and the ability to transfer these across environments and applications. They learn to use ICT with confidence, care and consideration, understanding its possibilities, limitations and impact on individuals, groups and communities. As students develop the Information and Communication Technology capability, they learn to apply social and ethical protocols to stay safe online, manage online relationships and identify strategies to protect the rights, identity, privacy and emotional safety of themselves and others.
Typically by the end of Year 2, students:
Collaborate share and exchange
use purposefully selected ICT tools safely to share and exchange information with appropriate local audiences
Typically by the end of Foundation Year, students:
Apply digital information security practices
follow class rules about using digital information
Apply person security protocols
follow class rules when sharing personal information with known audiences and demonstrate an awareness of applying social protocols when using ICT to communicate
Collaborate, share and exchange
use purposefully selected ICT tools safely to view information shared by trusted adults
Typically by the end of Year 2, students:
Apply digital information security practices
follow class rules about applying selected standard guidelines and techniques to secure digital information
Apply person security protocols
follow class guidelines when sharing personal information and apply basic social protocols when using ICT to communicate with known audiences
Collaborate, share and exchange
use purposefully selected ICT tools safely to share and exchange information with appropriate local audiences
Typically by the end of Foundation Year, students:
Apply digital information security practices
follow class rules about using digital information
Apply person security protocols
follow class rules when sharing personal information with known audiences and demonstrate an awareness of applying social protocols when using ICT to communicate
Collaborate, share and exchange
use purposefully selected ICT tools safely to view information shared by trusted adults
Typically by the end of Year 2, students:
Apply digital information security practices
follow class rules about applying selected standard guidelines and techniques to secure digital information
Apply person security protocols
follow class guidelines when sharing personal information and apply basic social protocols when using ICT to communicate with known audiences
Collaborate, share and exchange
use purposefully selected ICT tools safely to share and exchange information with appropriate local audiences