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YouTube Channel host, presenter and professional speaker , Ruth Amos, In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with award-winning British inventor, YouTube Channel host, presenter and professional speaker Ruth Amos. Listen here! Ruth's future took a massive diversion when she was tasked with designing a mobility aid for a member of her design and technology teachers' family who had suffered a stroke. The task quickly escalated from a school GCSE project to a potential business as it became evident that there...
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Designing Everyone In Secondary, 11-14 years Designing Everyone In promotes learning opportunities for inclusive design to be incorporated into the teaching of design and technology in schools at Key Stage 3. It looks at how inclusive design and management of the built environment and transport services can help disabled people to fully participate in society. The resources were developed by the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee. Disabled people are often prevented from fully participating in society by
Head of Operations (Europe), VEX Robotics, Paul McKnight, Paul has been responsible for the VEX Robotics brand since its UK launch in 2012. The launch of the VEX IQ platform in 2015, aimed at Key Stages 2 and 3, has seen awareness and adoption of the platform grow further with VEX embedded in education from Year 3 right through to University. VEX Robotics, the worlds leading educational robotics company, is committed to developing free STEM curriculum to allow teachers to engage students through robotics. Overseeing
SEN Communication Symbols, This comprehensive resource of accessible symbols has been created in conjunction with Widgit, a symbol-based language used predominantly for people with learning disabilities. This is an excellent resource for teachers wanting to make accessible materials for their D&T rooms and teaching/learning resources. It uses pictorial symbols, either as an alternative to text or to accompany it. The resource adds visual support to the printed word, opening up the world of information to those who may otherwise be excluded from it. These can also be used in...
Strategic Design Consultant , Matthew Cockerill, In this episode, we are privileged to be in conversation with independent strategic design consultant Matthew Cockerill. Matthew concentrates on helping companies accurately position their future direction and focus by identifying what he terms their 'near future' opportunities. Not crystal ball gazing into the future and predicting what lies ahead, more pinning a destination down to what is possible within a given time frame (normally 6/8 years) and then working back from point. Using his expertise and insight, Matthew has...
IBCP Coordinator, Chadwick International School, South Korea, Jason Reagin, Podcast, in two parts, brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation. Listen to part one and Part Two I am delighted to be in conversation with International educator and leader, IB guru and podcast host Jason Reagin. Jason is currently the IBCP Coordinator at Chadwick International School, South Korea. Since completing his...
Wouldn't it be nice if..., With a new KS1-3 curriculum in place for September we know that the next challenge appearing over the horizon will be the review of GCSE qualifications. Ofqual have been tasked to do this and it is already underway for some subjects. But the review of D&T GCSEs is imminent and now is the time to do some creative thinking. What proposals and recommendations can we take to the Ofqual table when we get the invitation? What do we want...
Reports, We have actively contributed to the ongoing curriculum review with a series of detailed reports and collaborative efforts. These include a joint paper with the Design Council, NSEAD, and fifteen other organisations, alongside our own response informed by over 200 teacher submissions. There is widespread agreement that the existing curriculum requires substantial reform. The focus on STEM education and addressing the skills gap to support the industrial strategy offers hope for positioning D&T as a vital subject within schools. You can...
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