Keyboarding and typing and the Victorian (Vic) Curriculum

Keyboarding and typing and the Victorian (Vic) Curriculum

The Victorian Curriculum F–10 sets out what every student should learn during their first eleven years of schooling. The curriculum is the common set of knowledge and skills required by students for life-long learning, social development and active and informed citizenship.

The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the Victorian (Vic) Curriculum focus mostly on keyboard awareness. Underlying them is the assumption that students can type effectively.  The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch typing.

See also Keyboarding and Typing: Australian Curriculum.

VIC shutterstock scaled

References to keyboarding and touch typing in the Victorian (Vic) Curriculum

VCELY163

Construct texts using software including word processing programs

Content description

VCELY163 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Writing | Literacy

VCELA037

Recognise and attend to images in texts and on the screen

Elaborations

VCELA037 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing | Language

VCDTDS007

Initiate some basic functions on common digital systems (hardware and software components) to meet a purpose

Elaborations

VCDTDS007 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level C | Digital Systems

VCELA142

Understand concepts about print and screen, including how books, film and simple digital texts work, and know some features of print, including directionality

Elaborations

VCELA142 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Reading and Viewing | Language

VCDTDS019

Explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data

Elaborations

VCDTDS019 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Digital Systems

VCDTDS013

Identify and explore digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose

Elaborations

VCDTDS013 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Digital Systems