What's new on Techlink

Fabric storage containers
Year 6 students designed a fabric storage container for a client during the Soft Materials focus in their programme. More »

Fort Takapuna | Parkway playground | T-shirt design

New Techlink student showcases

Temperature controlled window
Hussam fabricated a device that automatically opened and closed windows to maintain a desired temperature. More »

Doll's Rocking Chair | Designing for the real world

New Techlink teaching snapshots

Māori myths and legends videos
Students illustrate the concept of 'transformation' by creating their own video adaptations of Māori legends. More »

Perfect Pasta | Applications series Resource Review

New Scholarship Exemplars

Estelle Peacock – A performance costume

This Technology unit focused on the development of a performance costume for a ballet dancer.

Estelle worked with the dancer as her client. She researched the technological practice undertaken by professional technologists to inform the practice used to develop a tutu that was 'fit for purpose'.

The evidence provided in the documentation demonstrates:

synthesis and integration of knowledge and skills, ideas and methods into the student practice
justification of the practice undertaken
reflection on the information
understandings and practices that affected the development of the technological outcome.

Estelle was awarded Technology Scholarship in 2008.

Other news

Technology education slideshow is now available online

The Technology education slideshow has been adapted to the web environment and is available in your browser, allowing you to access it wherever you have an internet connection. It is available in two formats: a version using smaller (1200px) images, and a version using higher resolution 1500px images.

Technology education slideshow (High resolution version).

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Technology in the news

National Standards – not one test, not one day, not one classroom

The new school year for 2010 brought with it the introduction of national standards for reading, writing and mathematics. All schools with students in Years 1-8 are now required to report on students’ progress and achievement against these standards. This article focuses on the use of evidence from student work in Technology to inform overall teacher judgments for National Standards. An article by Brenda Weal and Selena Hinchco was accepted for publication in an abridged form in the NZ Education Gazette.
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21 August

New Pedmow a cut above

John Wilson has upped the ante in the Waikato "Pedmow" scene, unveiling an impressive new model. Mr Wilson, part-time panelbeater of Tokoroa, created a stir earlier this year when his original Pedmow was auctioned on Trade Me. The first model featured an old push mower attached to the front of a woman's 10-speed bicycle, but coverage of the creation brought to light numerous other Pedmows around the region, some of them pre-dating Mr Wilson's model.

19 August

Stanford's X-ray laser a world first

Stanford University researchers said they've built the world's most powerful X-ray laser, which they hope will lead to new discoveries in drug development, energy production and computer science.
The Linac Coherent Light Source has been up and running for several months at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. But it got its official dedication Monday with a visit from U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

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