Points taken from this working group

Adobe Summit
This is a great opportunity for our members to learn about the latest trends in digital marketing and communications. The summit will feature keynote presentations from industry leaders, as well as breakout sessions on a variety of topics.

Business Mindset

Using resources from GROK Learning, students develop the skills they need to be successful in the workplace and understand the importance of risk management and data security.

Other points covered were:

• The applications of decision support systems and expert systems

• The hardware used in intelligent systems

• The disruptive effects of intelligent systems

• The social and ethical issues of intelligent systems

• The current and emerging technologies associated with intelligent systems

• The role of intelligent systems in surveillance

• The creation of intelligent systems

Units that were being developed
Year 11

Unit 1 - Interactive media and the user experience

This unit will focus on developing front-end web applications. Students will learn about data journalism and data science, and how to visualise data using graphs and charts. They will also learn about VR and low-code options for developing apps.

Unit 2 - Networking systems and social computing

This unit will cover communication systems, network theory, and network diagrams. Students will learn about Raspberry Pi and Microbit devices, and how to configure them to model a network.

Unit 3 - Principles of cybersecurity

This unit will focus on the principles of cybersecurity. Students will learn about privacy policies, data security, and how to protect their own data. They will also learn about the attributes of a data breach.

Year 12

Unit 1 - Data science

This unit will focus on data science, including data collection, storage, and analysis. Students will learn how to develop front-end web applications for data visualisation.

Unit 2 - Data visualisation

This unit will focus on data visualisation using Excel and other tools. Students will learn how to create infographics and other visual representations of data.

Unit 3 - Intelligent systems

This unit will focus on intelligent systems, including chatbots. Students will learn how to design and implement chatbots that can interact with users in a natural way.

Unit 4 - Enterprise project

This unit will focus on a capstone project that will allow students to apply the skills they have learned throughout the year.