<div>To add to the product design debate. Here is a longish video that will make you want to re-design a lot of products. I have called it:</div><div><span class="kmsgtext-xl"><span style="color:rgb(0,187,0)">THE INCONVENIENCE OF CRUEL
DESIGN</span></span></div><div><font color="#000000">Cheers</font></div><div>johnD<br clear="all"><a href="http://www.digitalteacher.com.au/forum/6-super-tech/118--education-can-change-this-.html" target="_blank">Digital Teacher- Super Tech</a><br>
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1. Re: Unit 1 & 2 ideas. (Tran, Lorraine I)<br>
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Cc: <br>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:30:46 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [Design and Technology] Unit 1 & 2 ideas.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">The attached document may provide some ideas for approaches to Units 1 and 2. This was a handout provided at the VCE Product Design and Technology Implementation
Workshops run by VCAA in conjunction with DATTA Vic in May and June 2011.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Pitt, David<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 31 October 2012 12:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:destech@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">destech@edulists.com.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Design and Technology] Unit 1 & 2 ideas.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Now, next year I'm about to begin teaching VCE Product Design and Technology - starting with a Year 11 group and taking them up to Year 12. I've not taught the
study before, and there has not been a class at VCE level in the Technology subjects for a while. There's little course material, and what there is is very out of date.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">B<b>asically, I'd like to ask if anyone would mind offering advice or suggestions about the product re-design and team project tasks</b> - what you have the students
focus on, tasks or topics that are good/engaging and so on! I have too many ideas, and would like some ideas about tasks/topics that
<i>work</i>. The students and myself have a focus on wood technology, so advice down that route much appreciated!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">As an idea, the only course document that exists here about Unit 1 and 2 led the students through redesigning a board game....<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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