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In Conversation with Spencer Metzger

Premier Sous Chef, The Ritz, Spencer Metzger, Podcast brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation. Listen now. In this, the second episode of Designed for Life released around a food theme in five days, we talk with Spencer Metzger Premier Sous Chef at the Ritz, London. In this conversation we follow Spencers journey from school where he enjoyed food design and preparation in his Food technology lessons making jam roly poly, to a work experience placement at

In Conversation with Oyeman Okes

Undergraduate Engineer at Dyson, Oyeman Okes, We are delighted to bounce back with this episode in conversation with Dyson Institute graduate Oyemen Okes after a short break. Oyemen's journey to Dyson was serendipitous. She overheard a conversation between a fellow student and a teacher and set off to learn more about what Dyson had to offer. We talk with her about her journey to the institute, navigating the detailed application process and what the experience has offered her in her professional journey to date. For those unfamiliar with the Dyson Institute,

In Conversation with Debbie Inman

Talent partner at Bulletproof , Debbie Inman, This is the second of three in our short mini-series on Teachers in Residence, the initiative within the Design and Technology Association that places teachers in business and industry placements, within which they gain a detailed perspective of the company, learn more about the sector that the business works within, thus allowing them to return to school empowered with this experience and with a knowledge base that enables them to answer that question "Miss/Sir, what's it like to work in..." ...

Verity Davidge, Head of Education and Skills Policy at EEF

Head of Education and Skills Policy at EEF, Verity Davidge, Working alongside the Director of Employment and Skills Policy, Verity is responsible for developing EEF’s skills, education and employment policy. She responds to government consultations and inquiries on employment, skills and education issues. She also supports EEF’s National Employment and Skills Policy Committee as well as leading EEF’s regional skills groups. Verity regularly appears in print media where she writes about why it's important that manufacturers have access to the right quality and quantity of skills. She has...

Everyday Design Heroes

Everyday Design Heroes, Age 9-11 yearsFirst published 2011Updated 2021 This classroom display poster is designed to stimulate older children to think about the amazing world of designed and made products. Items featured on the poster include a coat hanger, a thermos flask, sticky notes, a ball point pen, an egg box, a pencil, bubble wrap and Velcro. Where do these great ideas come from? Can they match the product with the product description? You might want to use this as a stimulus for a designing project, getting children to consider where...

TinkerCAD Frame structures

TinkerCAD Frame structures, Tinkercad Frame StructuresPowerpoint Building upon the skills learnt in the Introduction to Tinkercad, this tutorial takes you step by step through the process of creating simple frame structures. This links to the new POAP document ‘Frame Structures using CAD’ and provides the skills to explore physics in the Tinkercad Simulation tutorial.

Smart Crumb Starter Pack

Smart Crumb Starter Pack, A Smart Crumb is a new way of connecting intelligent devices to the Crumble Controller, using only one output. You can even chain multiple different Smart Crumbs to the same output! There are dedicated blocks to control the Smart Crumbs, under the new ‘Smart’ category in the software. This pack contains all three Smart Crumbs: Digits, Pitch and Temperature. Output values between -999 and 9999, generate notes and measure temperature in °C. They can be used to make heat controlled alarms, carnival games, digital...

Sandwich Snacks

Sandwich Snacks, Sandwich SnacksAge 7-9 yearsFully updated 2020 With this resource children experience basic food preparation techniques and ways of combining ingredients to create simple food products for a particular purpose. It may be adapted by using an alternative context for the children’s designing and making assignment for example: snacks or pizza toppings. As well as helping children to make choices in designing and making a sandwich for a particular purpose, and an awareness of which foods are healthy, there is an emphasis on improving literacy skills amongst children with...

Using crumble for beginners

Using crumble for beginners, Content: 'Crumble' is just one method for delivering the 'control' aspect of the primary D&T curriculum. During this workshop, Joseph Birks (inventor of the crumble micro-controller) runs through the basics of using the crumble and some simple components. A follow-up session will run through slightly more advanced uses. Learning outcomes: Learn how to program the crumble and how this can be incorporated into the D&T curriculum. Start E-Learning Now ,...

PATT40: A Celebration of Innovation and Education

PATT40: A Celebration of Innovation and Education, Design and Technology Association's attendance at PATT40 The Design and Technology Association recently marked its commitment to fostering innovation and excellence in design and technology education by exhibiting at the 40th edition of the Pupils' Attitudes Towards Technology (PATT) conference, commonly referred to this year as PATT40. This conference encompasses discussions, research papers, insights, and progressive ideas around D&T and wider STEM education. Understanding PATT40 The PATT conference...

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