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Matt McLain, Matt is teacher educator at Liverpool John Moores University, where he leads secondary initial teacher education, having led the design and technology postgraduate route beforehand. Before becoming a teacher educator, he taught design and technology in the Greater Merseyside area for eleven years, as a subject leader, lead practitioner and advanced skills teacher; working with teachers at a local and national level. Matt has been an active member of the Design and Technology Association since joining in the 1990s. Recently he helped to develop of the subject content for the design and technology at GCSE...
How can we improve the sustainability of products?, First watch these two videos Sustainability Masterclass 1 Sustainability masterclass 2 Now you can work through the activities below. Activity 1 (1:04) What is sustainability? Have a look online at images that explain sustainability. Make a copy of a few diagrams or images that help you to remember the three areas of sustainability. Activity 2 (1:49) What influences my choices of what I buy? Think about the last product you bought? What was it? Make a list of...
Unpicking whole curriculum packages, In recent years many primary schools have bought into curriculum packages. There is a very wide range on offer – International Primary Curriculum, Cornerstones Curriculum, Essentials Curriculum, PlanBee, Twinkl PlanIt and Inspire Cornwall – to name just a few. Some provide planning and support for all subjects within a single resource, whilst others allow schools to buy specific subject plans or units of work according to their needs. Whether your school has purchased such a resource or is thinking of doing so, as a subject leader it is important to evaluate the...
Scott Kibblewhite at Echo Brand Design, Teachers in Residence: Echo Brand Design Scott Kibblewhite from Canary Wharf College undertook a Teachers in Residence placement in October over two days. This placement was hosted with Blueprint 1000* member Echo Brand Design. Echo Brand Design Formed in 2004, Echo is an independent Brand Design, Innovation and Sustainability agency based in London. Echo consists of an integrated team of visual planners, identity, packaging, structural, and product designers. They bring insight, creativity, and realisation together using the latest technology with craft to create seamless brand experiences. ...
Food Late KS3 Y9 Design and Make Event Food, D&T Key ResourcesFood Late KS3 – Design and MakeEvent Food – 6 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 Investigating the breadth and variety of food served at festivals and events. Students determine what needs to be considered when considering food provision, including preparing suitable dishes and considering environmental issues. Key learning: Determining what the consumer wants and needs from food at a festival/ event Working out costs and profitability Environmental considerations of serving food and minimising waste at a festival Skills: Adapting existing recipes...
Steven Wilkinson at Husqvarna, I am the Head of Design Technology at Red House School, Teeside and during the half term break I attended a three day teacher placement at Husqvarna. I spent time in each of the departments that Husqvarna operates which ranged from the initial moulding of each of the 2600 different plastic components used on the various assembly lines, product development and support, through to the manufacturing assembly lines and quality control. The teachers in residence programme has given me a great insight into what engineering employers are looking for in school leaver...
Sustainability – Where will we be by 2030?, Watch these two videos Sustainability Masterclass 1 Sustainability masterclass 2 Activity 1 (3:54) What’s the design criteria? Choose two of the same products, where one is marketed as more sustainable than the other. For example, bamboo toothbrush vs plastic, plastic drinks bottle vs reusable, socks made with organic cotton vs no organic. Put yourself in the position of the designer and company who developed the two products. Then decide, what was the likely design criteria they used for the two products? Make a...
Stuart Dashwood at Prodrive, I have been a Design Technology teacher for a little over 12 years, unlike many design technology teachers, am not an engineer, I am an arts graduate, specifically I trained as a Jewellery designer, I have sometimes felt this leaves me at a disadvantage when I am trying to guide my students, to help them make the best choices for careers and next steps after school. I am constantly fascinated by the huge number of things I discover I don’t know, particularly about entry into engineering and how to answer the question “Sir, what...
Member only Tasks and Activities, Focused Tasks FTs are where students are taught specific technical knowledge, designing skills and making skills. This may be a quick whole-class making activity, learning a new CAD programme, exploring polymers, or much more. Rock, Paper, Scissors Micro:bit - this FT will cover how students can make their own ‘rock, paper, scissors’ game that may form the start of a game design opportunity. 5-minute Modelling - This unit introduces the Soma cube puzzle using Tinkercad, teaching basic functions like move, duplicate, and group to create 3D shapes, with...
What is D&T? Options pack, This package of leaflets and posters is intended to support school D&T departments to help inform students, parents and others in the school and help make clear the value of studying D&T. In many schools, performance measures are squeezing the amount of choice pupils have with KS4 subjects. It’s also the case that D&T is often misunderstood, seen as ‘craft’ and not the sophisticated and comprehensive subject it is. To address this and support teachers and departments when promoting GCSE D&T as an option, we have made available the following resources....
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