Information and Communication Technology Capability learning continuum

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6

Sub-element Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of
Foundation Year, students: Year 2, students: Year 4, students: Year 6, students: Year 8, students: Year 10, students:
Applying social and ethical protocols and practices when using ICT element
Recognise recognise ownership over recognise ownership acknowledge when they identify the legal apply practices that identify and describe
intellectual their own digital work of digital products that use digital products obligations regarding comply with legal ethical dilemmas and
property others produce and created by someone else, the ownership and use obligations regarding the consciously apply
that what they create or and start to indicate the of digital products and ownership and use of practices that protect
provide can be used or source apply some referencing digital products resources intellectual property
misused by others conventions
Apply digital follow class rules about follow class rules about independently apply independently apply independently apply use a range of strategies
information using digital information applying selected standard guidelines and strategies for determining strategies for determining for securing and
security standard guidelines and techniques for particular and protecting the the appropriate type of protecting information,
practices techniques to secure digital systems to secure security of digital digital information suited assess the risks
digital information digital information information and assess to the location of storage associated with online
the risks associated with and adequate security for environments and
online environments online environments establish appropriate
security strategies and
codes of conduct
Apply personal follow class rules follow class guidelines apply standard guidelines identify the risks to identify and value the independently apply
security when sharing personal when sharing personal and take action to avoid identity, privacy and rights to identity, privacy appropriate strategies to
protocols information with information and apply the common dangers to emotional safety for and emotional safety for protect rights, identity,
known audiences basic social protocols personal security when themselves when using themselves and others privacy and emotional
and demonstrate an when using ICT to using ICT and apply ICT and apply generally when using ICT and apply safety of others
awareness of applying communicate with known appropriate basic social accepted social protocols generally accepted social when using ICT, and
social protocols audiences protocols when using when sharing information protocols when using ICT discriminate between
when using ICT to ICT to communicate with in online environments, to collaborate with local protocols suitable for
communicate unknown audiences taking into account and global communities different communication
different social and tools when collaborating
cultural contexts with local and global
communities
Identify the identify how they use identify how ICT is used identify the value and role explain the main uses of explain the benefits and assess the impact of ICT
impacts of ICT ICT in multiple ways on at home and at school of ICT use at home and ICT at school, home and risks of the use of ICT for in the workplace and in
in society multiple devices school in the local community, particular people in work society, and speculate on
and recognise its and home environments its role in the future and
potential positive and how they can influence
negative impacts on their its use
lives
Information and Communication Technology Capability learning continuum
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Sub-element Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of
Foundation Year, students: Year 2, students: Year 4, students: Year 6, students: Year 8, students: Year 10, students:
Investigating with ICT element
Define and plan use ICT to identify where use ICT to identify, record use ICT to plan an use a range of ICT to use a range of ICT to select and use a range
information information is located and classify textual and information search or identify and represent analyse information in of ICT independently
searches graphic information to generation of information, patterns in sets of terms of implicit patterns and collaboratively,
show what is known recognising some pattern information and to and structures as a basis analyse information to
and what needs to be within the information pose questions to to plan an information frame questions and plan
investigated guide searching for, search or generation search strategies or data
or generating, further generation
information
Locate, use icons to locate locate information from locate, retrieve or locate, retrieve or locate, retrieve or use advanced search
generate and or generate required a given set of digital generate information from generate information generate information tools and techniques or
access data and information sources a range of digital sources using search engines and using search facilities and simulations and digital
information simple search functions organise information in models to locate or
and classify information meaningful ways generate precise data and
in meaningful ways information that supports
the development of new
understandings
Select and explain how located data explain the usefulness explain why located assess the suitability of assess the suitability of develop and use criteria
evaluate data or information was used of located data or data or information was data or information using data or information using systematically to evaluate
and information information selected a range of appropriate appropriate own criteria the quality, suitability
given criteria and credibility of located
data or information and
sources
Creating with ICT element
Generate ideas, use ICT to follow or use ICT to prepare simple use ICT to generate ideas use ICT effectively to use appropriate ICT to select and use ICT to
plans and contribute to a simple plans to find solutions or and plan solutions record ideas, represent collaboratively generate articulate ideas and
processes plan for a solution answers to questions thinking and plan ideas and develop plans concepts, and plan the
solutions development of complex
solutions
Generate use ICT as a creative experiment with ICT as a create and modify independently or design and modify Design, modify and
solutions to tool to generate simple creative tool to generate simple digital solutions, collaboratively create and simple digital solutions, manage complex digital
challenges and solutions, modifications simple solutions, creative outputs or modify digital solutions, or multimodal creative solutions, or multimodal
learning area or data representations modifications or data data representation/ creative outputs or outputs or data creative outputs or data
tasks for personal or school representations for transformation for data representation/ transformations for transformations for a
purposes particular audiences or particular purposes transformation for particular audiences range of audiences and
purposes particular audiences and and purposes following purposes
purposes recognised conventions
Information and Communication Technology Capability learning continuum
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Sub-element Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of
Foundation Year, students: Year 2, students: Year 4, students: Year 6, students: Year 8, students: Year 10, students:
Communicating with ICT element
Collaborate, use purposefully selected use purposefully selected use appropriate ICT select and use select and use select and use a range
share and ICT tools safely to view ICT tools safely to share tools safely to share and appropriate ICT tools appropriate ICT tools of ICT tools efficiently
exchange information shared by and exchange information exchange information safely to share and safely to lead groups in and safely to share and
trusted adults with appropriate local with appropriate known exchange information and sharing and exchanging exchange information,
audiences audiences to safely collaborate with information, and taking and to collaboratively and
others part in online projects purposefully construct
or active collaborations knowledge
with appropriate global
audiences
Understand understand that understand that understand that understand that understand that there understand that
computer messages are recorded, computer mediated computer mediated particular forms of are various methods of computer mediated
mediated viewed or sent in communications may communications are computer mediated collaboration through communications
communications computer mediated be received later by the directed to an audience communications computer mediated have advantages
communications for receiver for a purpose and tools are suited communications that vary and disadvantages
others to receive to synchronous or in form and control in supporting active
asynchronous and participation in a
one-to-one or group community of practice
communications and the management of
collaboration on digital
materials
Information and Communication Technology Capability learning continuum
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Sub-element Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of Typically, by the end of
Foundation Year, students: Year 2, students: Year 4, students: Year 6, students: Year 8, students: Year 10, students:
Managing and operating ICT element
Select and use identify and safely identify and safely identify and select from, and safely independently select justify the selection
hardware and operate ICT systems to operate a selected range independently operate operate, a range of and operate a range of of, and optimise the
software complete relevant simple of appropriate devices, a range of devices, devices to undertake devices by adjusting operation of, a selected
specified tasks and seek software, functions software, functions and specific tasks and use relevant software range of devices and
help when encountering a and commands when commands, taking into basic troubleshooting functions to suit software functions to
problem operating an ICT system consideration ergonomics procedures to solve specific tasks, and complete specific tasks,
and attempt to solve a when operating routine malfunctions independently use for different purposes
problem before seeking appropriate ICT systems, common troubleshooting and in different social
help and seek solutions when procedures to solve contexts
encountering a problem routine malfunctions
Understand ICT identify common identify the main identify and compare identify, compare and identify and compare apply an understanding
systems consumer ICT systems components of common the use of the main classify basic ICT system networked ICT system of networked ICT system
with input and output consumer ICT systems, components of different components components including components to make
functions their fundamental ICT systems between hardware, changes to functions,
functions, and describe software and data processes, procedures
them using basic ICT and devices to fit the
terminology purpose of the solutions
Manage digital save and retrieve digital manage and maintain manage and maintain manage and maintain manage and maintain manage and maintain
data data with support digital data with guidance digital data using data on different storage data for groups of data securely in a variety
common methods mediums – locally and on users using a variety of of storage mediums and
networks methods and systems formats