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  • Facilities
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  • Why is it important?
  • What about your school?
  • Three learning strands
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  • What the experts say
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Wearable art collaboration

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Food and Bio-related

Unlocking some secrets of Food Technology using basic pikelet batter

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Enterprising technology

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Batters in a bottle

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Food Hawke's Bay

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Digital Technology

Media technology

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ICT programming

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Electronics

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Teaching Practice

Developing an alternative multi-materials programme

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Year 9 technology programme

A plan for seamless technology learning

A new combined senior technology programme

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Peer mentoring

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Graphics

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Archive

Virtual lathe - Christchurch Boys' High School

Virtual lathe - Sacred Heart College

Big bikkie

Crest of the wave

Hair's your gift

Hat storage

Hot bread snacks

Meal in a minute

Nicer loos

The school bags

Rugby world cup

Vinfizz

Technological Practice

Hard Materials

Living on the edge

Shapeshifting - the art of handmaking surfboards

Mesh protection

Pulling all the right strings

Adept - design that matters

Issues with green motorcycle design

Red, orange, green... go!

Licence to chill

O'Keeffe joinery

Kitchen contours

Edges art framers

Living in a material world

Manufacturing ascent

Bypassing Wellington

Pou kapua

Hillside

Tooling around

Plateau hut

Winged victory

Bearing up

Britomart

Ngauranga gorge

Oriental Bay beach

Out on a limb

PJK expressway

Shell beams

St Clair seawall

Abel Tasman sewage

Gore mulitsports

Hardwood

Ready for take-off

Soft Materials

Secure couture

Basically bush

Zambesi style

Smart fibres

Kia Kaha clothing

Andrea Moore design

Food and Bio-related

The herb farm – revisited

Smart choice

Gluten-free cookies

Cow power

New product development

Fit to drink

Meal innovations

Heinz Wattie's

The age of aquariums

Intensive care

Sweet as

Sealord Group Ltd

Living Nature's flagship

The herb farm

Propolis

A bit on the side

Tendertips

The good oil

Spoon biscookies

Electronics

Tracking success

Drive by wire

Hands-off healing

RML Automation

SurveyLab

Detecting tiny tremors

Autoanchor

Ring for every finger

Energy mad

Cows

Syft Supernose

Tracking eels

IP on tv

Cellsense

Access automation

Animal tracking

Water cutter

Carrot crowning machine

ICT

Sidhe Interactive

Engineering Te Ara

This is not a love story

Enterprise Links

WGC/Kitchen Contours

GC/Sealord

HNHS/Heinz Wattie's Foods

HNHS/Edges

SPC/SurveyLab

TC/Meal Innovations

WCC/O'Keeffe Joinery

GGHS/Basically Bush

SJC/RML Automation

Brokering links

Summary – lessons learnt

Intellectual Property Issues

Brief definitions

Confidentiality

Trade secrets

Trade marks

Patents

Registered designs

Copyright

Indigenous rights

Intellectual property and student work

Confidentiality agreements

IP Case Studies

Kiwi made (Gisborne Girls' High School)

Product technology course (Tauranga Boys College)

Sidhe Interactive

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RML automation

CellSense™

Out on a limb

Sealord Group ltd

Nancy's embroidery shop

IP in the Curriculum

Student activities

Useful links

About the IP project

Teaching Snapshots

Junior - Years 1-6

Making chairs from recycled materials

Power to the people

The seal deal

Watching without being seen

Traffic tamers

Using the 'company' approach in teaching

Middle - Years 7-10

Microsoft technology art

Trans-Tasman interclass virtual conferencing

Canvas me

'Technology takes over' expo

Propeller-driven racing cars

Resident artist/mentor

Kea enrichment

Succcess rubrics for students

Robotics extension group

Finger food for 300

Te kotahitanga

Ugly creatures

Easily programmable remote-control cars

Showcase exhibition

Jigsaw puzzles

Catchphrase - bebo

Young designer awards

Promotional flier: Technology Education, Looking to the Future

Sensory testing for juniors

Lunchtime CREST project

Using the 'company' approach in teaching

Sandboard unit

Technology expo

Sharing student movies on YouTube

NASA Food in Space DVD

Casting in pewter

Senior - Year 11

Succcess rubrics for students

Te kotahitanga

Using the 'company' approach in teaching

Futureintech ambassadors in the classroom

Computer-aided modelling in the workshop

Senior - Years 12-13

Technology activity days

Screen-printing fundraiser

Trip to Europe

Succcess rubrics for students

Te kotahitanga

Class trip to AUT

IPENZ code of ethics

Using the 'company' approach in teaching

Computer-aided modelling in the workshop

Facilities

Wellington High School: From pottery to fashion room

Resource Reviews

Using Pectin kit

e.nz magazine

Food Forum website

PAC-IT resource kit

Three Famous New Zealanders booklet

NASA Food in Space DVD

Student Showcase

Materials (Hard)

Jewellery storage cabinet

Corner shelf unit

Jewellery collection

Folding skateboard

Kitchen unit with butcher's block

Wind chimes

Portable freestanding tennis net

Outdoor shower

Graphic design desk

Strip-built racing kayak

Anniversary bookmark

Water polo goals

Pack, pedal and park

Jigsaw puzzles

Safe play - junior engineering group

Mini engineers group

Shoe rack

Baby cot

Elevated clothing rack

Photo album

Water-powered generator

Chopper motorcycle

Personalised pen

Cell-phone holder

Water sports rack

Street luge

70s Chopper-style Bike

Candle holder

Jubilee clock

Concrete samples

Spanner holder

Kiwiana timepiece

Disability 'grabber'

Non-ice curling stone

Mosaic table and seat

Differential guage

Mini-golf putting green

Wind generator

Possum plucker

4WD bike bracket

School seating

Magneto-air hockey

Motorcycle stand

Drinks trolley

Materials (Soft)

Fashion collection

Riding high

Roller derby uniform

Saddlebag for the lambing beat

Tennis dress

Ballet tutu

Special occasion dress

Paris-inspired dress

Victorian-inspired shirt

Technology department apron

Rubbish duty vest

Hoodie sweatshirt

Tennis outfit

Polar fleece hat

Toilet bag

Victorian-style outfit

Toilet bag

Branded T-shirt

Kiwiana bag

Japanese dress

Student booklet

Wearable art

Postal gift

Student bag

Te Papa display

Biking uniform

Wheelchair raincoat

Ballet costume

Food and Bio-related

Factory-quality biscuits

Berry burst ice-cream topping

Aromatherapeutic cream

Healthy pie-alternatives

Food bank recipe variations

Anti-didymo spray

Waffles makeover

Iron-enriched vegetable lasagne

Jubilee cakes

Spud in a tub

Frech chocolate soy milk

Food and nutrition programme

Healthy tuck shop food

Multilayered jam

Delight in a Bite

Green bread

Citrus body care products

Soy yoghurt project

Special baking

In-flight meals

Meatballs and sauces

Digital Technology

Point-of-sale website

Video game

'Bullying – It's Not OK Ever' DVD

Kaimai Retreat website

Animated film

College basketball team website

Sports movie

DVD: Introduction to Year 10 at Katikati College

Middle school activities movie

Council building models

Resene database

Athletics and swimming results spreadsheet

Clean, green and safe

Storage unit model

Maths racer

Tropical cyclones

Online exam for Year 10

Kaimai ranges CD-Rom

Worms presentation

Chemistry CD-Rom

Cactus cars

Electronics

Remote-controlled lawn mower

Spinning LED display

Automatic gate opener

Portable wind turbine

Electronic matchbox bug

PICAXE-controlled GPS autopilot

Door alarm

Remote stoat trap monitor

Motorised projector mount

Basketball hoop with electronic scoring system

Rugby target practice board

Fridge door alarm

Amplified speaker unit for an MP3 player

Heated slippers

Electronic drinking fountain

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What is Technology?

Why is it important?

Three learning strands

Technology levels 1-8

Choosing technology

What parents say

What students say

What the experts say

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Mt Roskill

St Kentigern College and Carmel College

Waikato

Nelson

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