Learning Area: Technologies

This resource explores concepts and skills that support students in understanding speculative fiction when applied to digital technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), social media, privacy and data. 

Suitable for Years 3-8, this co-created learning resource introduces students to digital music production as a contemporary mode of composition. The music making process for Red Dirt Riders is explored with reference to the elements of music, planning tools to meet a creative brief, and the importance of listening to our creative instincts to make the best beats.

The student-facing resource can be either set as an independent task or delivered as a sequence of class activities. The videos are designed for students to gain knowledge in music theory and process, with video tutorials, a guided digital drawing workshop and access to downloadable audio and video files, students are empowered to create their own digital music productions. 

This resource covers all four of the interrelated strands as outlined in the Music structure in the Australian Curriculum:

• Exploring and responding 
• Developing practices and skills 
• Creating and making 
• Presenting and performing

This resource was co-created with NEO-Learning and the Big hART Digital Lab.

Created by the ACTF in collaboration with the Australian National Maritime Museum, this learning resource supports students and teachers in Years 3 to 6 to explore the award-winning animated television series The Deep in the classroom and beyond. 

Join ACTF and ACMI in an engaging live virtual workshop, and extended online resource exploring digital futures and current issues as we move towards a world AI integration.

Students in years 6 - 9 are invited to learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI), in the futuristic genre of speculative fiction with Australian Script Producer Jessica Paine for a behind-the-scenes experience of The PM’s Daughter Series 2.

Students will be led through relevant clips, meet industry professionals, and have access to post-production script resources, exploring themes of ethics in technology, AI, and speculative fiction. 

Please print Case Study 1 Script to use for an activity during the workshop. 

Ethical and Responsible AI links: 

• Australia’s Ethical AI Principals – Australian Government 
• Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – UNESCO
• What is responsible Artificial Intelligence? – Gradient Institute 

In And Then Something Changed, eight-year old Louis wakes up to what he thinks is going to be just another normal school day, but something has changed. Gone are the motorised backpacks, electric stairs, self-dressing clothes and elevating floors that Louis relies on. In this film we discover what it’s like to be a child with Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and what it’s like to navigate a world that isn’t built for you. This resource will support Year 3 - 6 teachers and students to explore themes from the short film, with learning tasks related to disability, inclusion, accessibility and media representation.

The Unlisted Creator and Cast Webinar with Justine Flynn (Director, Executive Producer), Miah Madden (Kymara), Vrund Rao (Kal) and Ved Rao (Dru). Upper primary and secondary students from around Australia joined our live Q&A session with The Unlisted director and executive producer Justine Flynn and cast members Miah Madden Ved Rao and Vrund Rao. In this unique virtual learning event, participants asked Justine, Miah, Ved and Vrund about their ground-breaking series, and its themes of cultural diversity, individual rights, resilience and ethical understanding.

This resource provides opportunities for discussion and activities for primary age students related to the key learning areas of Science, Humanities, English, Health and The Arts.

Teachers may choose to screen the Dogstar series sequentially or they may select particular episodes and use those activities from this guide that meet the needs of their students or that relate to topics being investigated in their classroom. Discussion questions and activities are provided in this guide to support a number of the central themes explored throughout the series including families, relationships and feelings; humans, pets and other animals; heroes and villains; technology and inventions; responsibility for the natural environment and the future.

Information about the development, production and technology behind the series has been included to assist teachers of older students to develop learning experiences in relation to animation and to the creation of this series.