DT101 — Getting to Know Each Other | WJEC AS Digital Technology

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Getting to know you

Now the bit your teacher actually reads. Answer in your own words — a couple of sentences is plenty for most of these. You can use the internet for the research questions.

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1. Pick one real example from your own life and explain how Digital Technology shapes it. *

2. Why did you choose to study Digital Technology at AS/A level, and what do you want to be able to do by the end of it? *

3. What practical experience do you already have with technology? This could be coding, building or fixing hardware, setting up a network, design, video editing — anything.

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4. If you designed and built one digital product this year — an app, game, website or system — what would it be, and who is it for?

5. Digital Technology careers go well beyond "programmer." Pick one role below and describe what a typical day might look like for them.

Pick one: programmer, network engineer, cyber security analyst, systems analyst, UX/UI designer, data analyst. A programmer writes, tests and fixes the code that tells a computer what to do — but that's only one job in the sector.

6. Technology moves fast. Name five programming languages that were widely used in the 1960s.

7. Now name five programming languages that are widely used today. What's changed, and why do you think that is?

8. The digital sector is a major part of the economy. Research what a graduate programmer might earn, and roughly how much the UK's digital/tech sector is worth per year. Note where you found your figures.

Try searching "UK tech sector value" or "graduate programmer salary UK." Naming your source (e.g. Tech Nation, ONS, a job site) is good academic practice — you'll need to do this in coursework too.

⚡ Challenge mode (optional — for anyone who finishes early)

C1. Convert your age into binary.

Binary is base-2: only 0s and 1s. Each position is worth double the last (1, 2, 4, 8, 16...). We'll cover this properly in your first data representation lesson.

C2. Name one Welsh or UK games studio or tech company, and one thing they've made.

C3. What's the difference between a "programmer" and a "software engineer"? Give your best guess, then check it.

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