Resources For Educators
Cyber Security Micro-credential for Teachers
This micro-credential will equip teachers with strong foundational knowledge to effectively educate their students and support the Digital Technologies curriculum. Please register to receive an invite for the course in 2025. The course will be delivered by the Australian Computer Society.
The Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT) funds the 'Cyber Security Micro-credential for Teachers'.
Young Tech Ambassador School Awareness Program
The ACS Young Tech Ambassadors School Awareness Program is available to Queensland secondary schools. Due to availability of ambassadors, not all schools that register will be able to host a YTA on campus. A virtual presentation could be a possibiity in this case. We request an audience size of 15 or more to ensure the YTAs maximise their time away from the workplace. Please ensure there are at least four weeks between your application and the requested date(s).
This program is funded by the Queensland State Government as part of the Digital Professional Workforce Action Plan. Find out more at https://www.qld.gov.au/jobs/career/digital-careers
Zenva Schools
Zenva Schools is a one-stop solution that can save teachers up to 20 hours per term in teaching digital technologies.
They provide project-based lessons that are curriculum-mapped, industry-aligned, and ready-to-use, streamlining the education process to be more efficient and effective.
All unit plans and curriculum mapping documents are included, freeing up your time to focus on what truly matters – quality interaction with your students.
Zenva Schools offers a 1 month trial.
The Micromelon Simulator
The ICT Gateway to Industry Schools Program (GISP) and Micromelon Robotics partner to provide ICT GISP Teachers and Students a world-class, Brisbane-made, online robotics simulator with added services and resources unavailable to schools outside the program.
The Micromelon Robot Simulator is a virtual environment filled with activities you can complete without needing a physical Rover. There are a large range of simulated activities with varying complexity. Completing them all will require the use of all available sensors and advanced coding techniques.
PECAN+
PECAN+ is a Cyber Security Capture the Flag (CTF) competition developed and managed by the School of Science Outreach and Engagement team at Queensland TAFE, Southbank Campus. The event is aimed at Australian high school students in years 10 and above.
Click HERE to explore the archive of practice challenges. These challenges are free to use and are intended to give competitors a taste of the style and complexity of the CTF.
Australian STEM Video Game Challenge
A free national video game development competition for students in years 3 to 12.
- Teams of 1-4 students design and develop a video game based on a given theme - 2025's theme is "Journey".
- Team mentors supprt students with curriculum-aligned resources
- Entries are judged by teachers and industry experts
- Winning entries are showcased at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) held in Melbourne
My Digital Career
Visit the Queensland Government Digital Careers guide, your free online digital career discovery tool.
Interested in working in digital and technology but not sure where to start? Take the quiz and in less than five minutes you will have a personalised Digital Career Guide matching you to possible careers in many industries.
Your detailed report explains each role and offers a comprehensive look at careers needed to drive our economy. Each occupation is linked to education institutions that show the training and qualifications you'll need to find employment.
STEM Career Wheel
The STEM Career Wheel and Map is a tool that helps students explore and navigate the various career paths within the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. provides a visual representation the different career options available and the skills and education required for each.
Explore various STEM disciplines that match your personal interests. Click on a job title and listen to recent graduates describe their jobs. Find an educational pathway to grow knowledge and skills in your chosen field
ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse
ACS Digital Pulse is the leading voice of Australia’s digital economy, offering unparalleled insights into the trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the nation’s tech sector.
ACS Digital Pulse 2024 identifies four areas and twelve actions to accelerate the growth of a highly skilled and diverse tech workforce. One equipped to capitalise on the opportunities of AI and provide the cybersecurity Australia needs.
Without a revitalised tech talent pipeline, the growth of Australia’s tech sector will fade. And every Australian business will falter.
Tech Skills for the Next Generation
This report provides a roadmap for the Australian Government, state and territory governments, and the education sector over the next five years to best support teachers to deliver high-quality and engaging programs in Digital Technologies for Australian primary and secondary school students.
The goal is to better engage young Australians in Digital Technologies through their school years. This will equip them with the essential digital technology capabilities for their future participation in society and encourage more young people to pursue technology-related careers
The recommendations in this report are informed by the most recent ACS survey of Australian primary and secondary schools conducted in 2023. This survey provides insights into what is and is not working well in teaching the Digital Technologies Curriculum, and where further support could be provided to teachers to increase student engagement and participation.
ACS partnered with Australian Survey Research to conduct the 2023 survey, and with the ANU’s Tech Policy Design Centre (TPDC) to explore the policy implications of the survey results. This report builds on the previous ACS survey from 2020, which is discussed in the report Computer education in Australian schools 2022: Enabling the next generation of IT professionals.
Teacher and Student Resources: Levels 7 - 8
Contains student and teaching resources for topics such as HTML and website development, user experience, binary code, data transmission and algorithms amongst a range of other areas.
ACS Lessons and Units of Work : Levels 9 -10
Lessons and units of work focused on Creating Entrepreneurs; templates to assist with the structure and development of a pitch and resources that target curriculum areas in design and technology, economics and critical and creative thinking.
Resources for Coding Clubs
These resources contain a range of activities to help educators start lunch time or after school ACS Tech Explorers Code Clubs.
ICT Educators Community
ACS understands the vital role that digital technologies plays in education. Sharing our knowledge and helping one and other is at the core of the FREE ACS ICT Educators Community of Practice.
It is a community aimed to provide teachers with support and quality resources to make this happen. Connecting Australian educators enables ideas from the top of Australia, to remote schools to schools around the corner from each other. Technology can give us the power to collaborate and share ideas with educators we would otherwise not know.
To be part of the conversation and share ideas with your peers in the ICT Educators community, register to join the ACS’ ICT Educators Community of Practice.
For more information or troubleshooting, contact ACS ICT Educator
Specialist Catherine Newington.