# ๐Ÿ” Year 7 Digital Technologies โ€” Hub

The Hamilton and Alexandra College ยท 2026 ยท Term 2

This is your home for everything Year 7 Digi Tech online. Bookmark this page.

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## This term

- **[Term 2 overview](/dt7/2026%20Digital%20Technologies%20-%20Year%207%20-%20Term%202)** โ€” what we're doing across all 4 workshops, week by week.

## Workshop 1 โ€” Hardware & Networks

The booklet companion has video explainers, interactive tools, hardware photos, deeper Q&A, and the binary practice answers.

- **[Workshop 1 booklet companion](/dt7/Workshop%201%20Hardware%20and%20Networks)** โ† start here

### Inspiration video companions

Each video referenced in the printed booklet has its own page with "what to watch for" prompts and Have-a-Go questions:

- **[Tom Scott - Fetch Execute Cycle](/dt7/Tom%20Scott%20-%20Fetch%20Execute%20Cycle)** *(way2.cc/ca7)* โ€” Hear the CPU clack on a wardrobe-sized relay computer.
- **[Crash Course - Binary](/dt7/Crash%20Course%20-%20Binary)** *(way2.cc/ca8)* โ€” Carrie Anne Philbin: from "two states" to ASCII, RGB, and kilobyte trivia.
- **[Vox - Undersea Cables](/dt7/Vox%20-%20Undersea%20Cables)** *(way2.cc/ca9)* โ€” 99% of the world's internet runs through cables thinner than a garden hose.
- **[Raspberry Pi Foundation - What Is A Raspberry Pi](/dt7/Raspberry%20Pi%20Foundation%20-%20What%20Is%20A%20Raspberry%20Pi)** *(way2.cc/caa)* โ€” The official 4-minute Pi tour.

### Deeper-dive pages

Optional. Open if you want to know more.

- **[GPU vs CPU](/dt7/GPU%20vs%20CPU)** โ€” Why AI runs on GPUs, with a paintball-gun demo.
- **[FreeCAD Extension](/dt7/FreeCAD%20Extension)** โ€” For students who've outgrown TinkerCAD (links into Workshop 2).
- **[Robot Marathon](/dt7/Robot%20Marathon)** โ€” Fun robotics videos, ties to Workshop 2.

## Workshops 2, 3, 4

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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