Latest Techlink Content en-nz Copyright 2003-2010 IPENZ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:28:30 +1300 /GIF-tech-education/images/techlink-header.gif This course was structured around a focusing theme of video game design. Over the year, students design and create a video game prototype, a logo and accompanying marketing materials. /CP1203.htm /CP1203.htm From PLD of the Technological Literacy research project, syndicates taught a unit based on a shared theme. This case study focuses on a Year 2/3 Games unit and a Year 4 Moving Toys unit. /CP1202.htm /CP1202.htm Year 11 students at Westlake Girls' High School designed a dressing table inspired by a chosen designer, in a successful trial unit implementing the newly-aligned 2011 Technology standards. /CP1201.htm /CP1201.htm Year 11 students at Whangarei Girls' High School worked on a trial Retail Design unit in which they designed a logo, shop front and interior to fit their individual themes. The students modelled their designs through sketching and cardboard mock-ups and promoted their work in an A2 presentation. /CP1104.htm /CP1104.htm Oamaru Intermediate School Technology teachers (Art, Electronics, Hard Materials and Fabrics/Food) have made changes to their programme as the result of some intensive PLD with TIC Technology Deidre Senior and National Technology Professional Development Facilitator Cheryl Pym. A key factor in their progress has been the commitment to work as a team rather than in isolated subject areas, and all agree this has led to better teaching and improved student uptake of the curriculum. /CP1103.htm /CP1103.htm