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1 | # 🔍 Year 7 Digital Technologies — Hub |
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3 | The Hamilton and Alexandra College · 2026 · Term 2 |
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| 5 | This is your home for everything Year 7 Digi Tech online. Bookmark this page. |
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| 9 | ## This term |
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11 | - **[Term 2 overview](/dt7/2026%20Digital%20Technologies%20-%20Year%207%20-%20Term%202)** — what we're doing across all 4 workshops, week by week. |
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| 13 | ## Workshop 1 — Hardware & Networks |
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| 15 | The booklet companion has video explainers, interactive tools, hardware photos, deeper Q&A, and the binary practice answers. |
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17 | - **[Workshop 1 booklet companion](/dt7/Workshop%201%20Hardware%20and%20Networks)** ← start here |
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| 19 | ### Inspiration video companions |
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| 21 | Each video referenced in the printed booklet has its own page with "what to watch for" prompts and Have-a-Go questions: |
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23 | - **[Tom Scott - Fetch Execute Cycle](/dt7/Tom%20Scott%20-%20Fetch%20Execute%20Cycle)** *(way2.cc/ca7)* — Hear the CPU clack on a wardrobe-sized relay computer. |
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| 24 | - **[Crash Course - Binary](/dt7/Crash%20Course%20-%20Binary)** *(way2.cc/ca8)* — Carrie Anne Philbin: from "two states" to ASCII, RGB, and kilobyte trivia. |
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| 25 | - **[Vox - Undersea Cables](/dt7/Vox%20-%20Undersea%20Cables)** *(way2.cc/ca9)* — 99% of the world's internet runs through cables thinner than a garden hose. |
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| 26 | - **[Raspberry Pi Foundation - What Is A Raspberry Pi](/dt7/Raspberry%20Pi%20Foundation%20-%20What%20Is%20A%20Raspberry%20Pi)** *(way2.cc/caa)* — The official 4-minute Pi tour. |
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| 28 | ### Deeper-dive pages |
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| 30 | Optional. Open if you want to know more. |
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32 | - **[GPU vs CPU](/dt7/GPU%20vs%20CPU)** — Why AI runs on GPUs, with a paintball-gun demo. |
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| 33 | - **[FreeCAD Extension](/dt7/FreeCAD%20Extension)** — For students who've outgrown TinkerCAD (links into Workshop 2). |
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| 34 | - **[Robot Marathon](/dt7/Robot%20Marathon)** — Fun robotics videos, ties to Workshop 2. |
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| 36 | ## Workshops 2, 3, 4 |
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38 | Pages will appear here as we get to each workshop. For now, see the [term overview](/dt7/2026%20Digital%20Technologies%20-%20Year%207%20-%20Term%202) for what's coming. |
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| 42 | *Wiki maintained by Jeremy Chen and Cloudy. Suggestions welcome — ask your teacher.* |
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