★ NPGHS • NCEA Level 1 Digital Technologies

Build. Code. Create.

Stop using technology and start creating it — code with Python, build real websites, publish online, and learn how great interfaces are designed.

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What You'll Build

Four core standards. Real projects. Skills that work in the real world.

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Internal — 5 credits

Code with Python

Build a functional program from scratch using Grok Learning — the industry-standard Python platform. You'll learn variables, loops, conditionals, functions, and how to make your code actually do stuff.

  • Quizzes, escape rooms, and coding challenges
  • Trace through code like a real developer
  • NCEA Standard 92004 — assessed in class
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Internal — 5 credits

Build & Publish a Website

Design and develop a website from scratch using HTML and CSS. Then bring it to life by publishing online with GitHub Pages. Learn the same workflow professional developers use.

  • HTML & CSS — the building blocks of the web
  • Version control with GitHub
  • Publish your site live on the internet
  • Agile project management — plan, sprint, test, refine
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External — 5 credits

Design a Digital Outcome

Plan and design a website or app for a real purpose and audience. You'll produce your design in class, then the exam paper asks you to talk through your design decisions.

  • Define the purpose, audience, and key requirements
  • Create wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation
  • Explain and justify your design choices
  • NCEA Standard 92007 — design done in class, exam at end of year
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External — 5 credits

Usability & HCI

Human-Computer Interaction — learn how to evaluate interfaces using Nielsen's heuristics and Mātāpono Māori principles. This is the theory that backs up your design work.

  • Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics
  • Mātāpono Māori design principles
  • Evaluate interfaces with evidence-based judgments
  • NCEA Standard 92006 — external exam
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From idea to outcome. Plan it, design it, build it, test it, publish it. You won't just understand digital tech — you'll create it. Projects evolve with new tools and trends, so what you learn is always current.

Try It: Python

Write real Python code in your browser. No install needed — just type and run.

💻 Python: Input & Output

Three steps. You'll write real Python code — right here, right now.

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Step 1: Print Your Name
Use Python's built-in print() function to display text on the screen. Whatever you put between the parentheses — and inside quotes — gets printed out.

Try it: Type print("Your Name") with your own name, then click Run.
main.py
▶ Click Run to see your output here.

Usability Heuristics

'Rules of thumb' for measuring interface effectiveness — each heuristic has live examples to play with. These are a few common ones we use in User Interface design.

Ready to Build Something Real?

Python, web development, HCI design, GitHub, project management — this is the subject where you actually make things. For real. On the internet.

NPGHS • NCEA Level 1 • 1 Digital Technologies

1 Digital Technologies • New Plymouth Girls' High School