[Design and Technology] A new resource...

[Tran, Lorraine I]

Hello subscribers to the list....

Hope you all had a refreshing break. Thought I would tell teacher
subscribers about a new resource...which arrived in your school just
before the end of Term 1.

Schools have recently been sent a DVD called Student Learning February
2006. This DVD has been developed by the Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Department of Education & Training's
Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT). It is designed to facilitate
teacher access to student learning materials by providing a single
resource with a common menu and search function. 

The DVD also includes the Design Awareness in Schools resource. To
access Design Awareness in Schools, click on this title in the opening
menu. Design Awareness in Schools contains:

Design - about design, design in the Standards, effective design,
creativity, aesthetics, critical thinking

Design elements - line, tone, colour, texture, shape, form, sound, taste
and smell

Design principles - focus space, unity, rhythm, balance

Design process - design briefs, investigating, designing, producing,
analysing and evaluating, design process wall charts

Design in ICT - information products: websites, letters, charts and
graphs, business cards, resumes, reports, questionnaires, emails,
slideshows, newsletters, brochures, invitations, posters, tables; design
elements; conventions checklist

Activities - Level 6 activities including teacher resources and
worksheets

Resources - books and online resources

Careers - information about design related careers

Of particular interest to technology teachers will be the section on the
design process, which includes a number of useful pro formas including
one for writing a design brief. It also contains graphic organisers for
developing design ideas and plans. In the activities section, Gowns and
Wraps shows one approach to using the Victorian Essential Learning
Standards (VELS). The Design and ICT section demonstrates conventions
for improving information products.

I would invite teachers to let me know what you think of the Design
Awareness in Schools resource by sending an email to me personally
tran.lorraine.i at edumail.vic.gov.au

 

Regards,

Lorraine Tran

Technology Curriculum Manager

VCAA. 

Telephone: (03)9651 4407

Fax:           (03) 9651 4324

Mobile:      041 933 1630

Email: tran.lorraine.i at edumail.vic.gov.au

 

The VCAA provides curriculum and assessment for prep to Year 12. The
VCAA is a statutory body directly responsible to the Minister for
Education and Training and serves government and non-government schools.

 



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