Design Technology (80 total posts)

A Whole New Mind – How to Communicate and Persuade Parents and Your School that Design Technology is a VERY Important Subject!

August 14, 2015

Do you work in an academic school and often find yourself as a minority subject fighting for students? Do you find that even though you have very talented design students coming into the Diploma years they often in the end do not choose Design Technology as it will...

Design Inspiration over the Summer Months…

Those summer holiday months are dwindling away – and it is a great time to collect and archive some great insiprational links and design news ready for teaching in the new academic year. It is always great to keep these as lesson starters, discussion points that...

Sustainability – Get Your Students Excited about Unit 2 and AHL Unit 8

June 26, 2015

The new Design and Technology syllabus has a renewed and more comprehensive focus on sustainability and sustainable design, The core Unit 2 – Resource Management and Sustainable Production and the High Level Unit 8 Sustainability mean that teachers need to...

School Design and Technology Competitions – A Great Way to Get Students Motivated

May 28, 2015

Don’t forget teachers one of the best ways to get students motivated and on board is to utilise design and technology competitions from around the world – either as the start of a project brief (you do not need to enter), actually enter as part of a brief...

Remember Major Changes to New Major Project – So Here is the Start of A Checklist to Help Out?

May 26, 2015

Hi all, Yes I know the Major Project has gone through a major overhaul – and although the Standard Level has many comparisons the Higher Level having Commercial Production and Marketing as two separate criteria has really changed some of the emphasis. Below is...

Classic Design – Another Slightly Taller Perspective…

May 25, 2015

The classic design section – Topic 6 often can initially make teachers think regarding certain types of classic design whether the ipod, the BIC ballpoint pen or an Eames chair? However it is important to look at the definition again – A classic design is...

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