Queensland Education Minister Kate Jones has announced the arrival of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies in Queensland schools as the start of a new era of opportunity for students. Ms Jones told state parliament the introduction of the curriculum in 2016 was part of the Advancing education: An action plan for education in Queensland launched last year.
“Digital literacy is one of the key platforms by which we will prepare our children for the jobs of the future,” Ms Jones commented “The projections tell us that 50 per cent of future jobs will require a high level of digital skills and so we are preparing our students now.”
Ms Jones said the Digital Technologies curriculum provided students with practical opportunities to use coding and robotics to create solutions to real world problems.
“Queensland students will be equipped to move from being consumers of technologies towards being creators of digital solutions,” Ms Jones commented.
Ms Jones explained that a range of resources were available to support teachers implement the curriculum “The Queensland Coding Academy is up and running for teachers,” Ms Jones commented “The Coding Academy is an online hub for the teaching of computer coding and programming in Queensland state schools.
The launch of the coding academy follows a 10-week public consultation on the discussion paper #codingcounts: A discussion paper on coding and robotics in Queensland schools.