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Transition
projects in design and technology |
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School:
Beverley High School Technology College,
East Yorkshire |
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Fellow: Trish Colley |
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Email: trishcolley@lycos.co.uk, p.colley@beverleyhigh.net
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Original Project Outline |
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Some primary teachers do not
look forward to teaching Design and Technology
to their pupils. They find it complicated
and challenging and difficult to plan. I would
like to make their lives easier! Using the
QCA fame work I would like to develop further
work I have started on the fairground project
module 6c. I would like to enhance the work
I have done using motored models to include
computer control using Flowal and Flowgo.
I intend to create a whole package for the
primary teacher that includes: mimics using
photographs taken at a local fair, teacher
notes, scheme of work, visual stimulation
materials, example boards with plug in mechanisms
and a kit of parts with instructions to make
a skeleton model that works. All teaching
materials would be mapped across the curriculum
to establish links with other areas. I would
also like to make jigs or ready made models
for pupil to use in the lesson to facilitate
learning. |
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Outline of the plan |
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Schedule |
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Sept to Christmas |
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Make and
edit video clips from Hull fair
Develop models
Write up schemes of work and teacher
notes
Develop materials for teaching computer
control |
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| Christmas to Easter |
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Develop the Silk Painting
Project to include video demonstrations
and teacher notes
Trial the fairground materials with
a second primary.
Work on putting the projects on Eriding
the local education website.
Work on developing a food section to
the project and possibly a ‘rocket’
transition project working with science
and maths. |
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| Easter to July |
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Put materials together to form CD-Rom.
Evaluate and trial.
Contact Hull Primary Schools via email
or the advisor for D&T
Trial ‘Rocket’ materials
during D&T week. |
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What I have done |
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At the beginning of this term
I went to Hull Fair to make video clips of
rides that rotated. I have experimented with
the video editing suite at school and produced
a DVD that I have used at Tickton Primary
school as inspiration for their design work.
I have since experimented with Windows movie
player with a view to dropping clips into
an interactive CD-Rom. I have produced a scheme
of work teachers’ notes and updated
a student workbook. I have created a library
of photographs from the fair and a PowerPoint
to introduce the project to the pupils. |
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I have trialed these new resources
with Tickton primary Year 6 pupils and they
were well received. I interviewed the class
teacher and have taken on board her comments
and those of the pupils. I have videoed the
work of the pupils and will include this in
the CD-Rom. During the course of the project
I devised a simulation game based on a ‘human’
car wash to help teach the pupils about computer
control. I have written up the instruction
for the game which went down really well –
it’s great fun! |
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I have been experimenting with
developing a range of demonstration models
that would be used by the teacher to teach
computer control. I am now developing a cheap
card model that would be given away with the
pack. While I was working on these I emailed
Barbara Higginbotham from Data Harvest for
her views and she visited me and was very
interested in the project and the model ideas.
She also gave me interesting pointers for
moving the project forward. I have also been
developing models aimed at KS1 for use with
the Learn and Go system and tried these out
with Y6 at Tickton. I have also written a
Flowal tutorial and support materials and
wrote a case study type article for BECTA. |
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Achieved and found out so far |
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I have carried out research
into history of Hull Fair and intend to include
some of the materials I have found from a
website and have sought the permission of
Dr Toulim at Sheffield University. I have
encouraged the pupils at Tickton school to
carry out their own family history of the
fair and this has been really interesting.
I have also contacted Hull City and their
events organizer who has forwarded me some
interesting plans of the fair, more history
and promised next years artwork for the advertising
when it becomes available. |
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Changes in the original plan |
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I keep thinking of new and
better additions to the original project and
the project seems to be getting bigger and
more adventurous! |
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Notes of interest surprise or difficulty |
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The biggest learning curve has been mastering
a camcorder and software for editing. I still
need to talk to an expert on this for the
final look and format of the work I am to
produce. I have emailed Jonathon Boyle a previous
fellow who has kindly given me some advice.
Working with this media has been really interesting
and valuable and I can see plenty of further
applications but knowing what to purchase
and what software to use is mind boggling. |
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Next steps |
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I am meeting with the LEA advisor
for Design and Technology soon with view to
putting materials in Eriding the education
website for this authority.
I need to complete two more sections Silk
Painting and Snacks and a section on ‘Rockets’
as a D&T week activity joint with Science
and Maths.
I am interested in developing the demonstration
models to include the ‘charge and go’
super capacitors from TEP which are an environmentally
responsible solution to batteries.
I would like to develop card, die cut models
as demonstrators for teachers that are easily
assembled and above all cheap!
I am going to investigate some software from
Camtasia which allows filming of moves on
the computer. I could use this for making
a more visual tutorial for computer control.
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Evaluating the outcomes/impact on
pupils engagement |
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I have given materials to two
schools that are not in our cluster for them
to trial and await feedback. I have interviewed
the class teacher at Tickton School and will
pass an evaluation form on to her and talked
to the pupils in Y6. I have sought the views
of Barbara Higginbotham from Data Harvest.
Next term I am going to trial materials again
this term with Keldmarsh School in Beverley.
I will also… |
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Seek evaluation
from the CPM for D&T for the East
Riding of Yorkshire. |
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I will present the materials to the
Primary Cluster Group. The primaries
are grouped according to area and the
D&T co-ordinators meet with the
leading teacher for D&T and the
East Riding CPM for Design and Technology
to discuss new projects, materials and
approaches to teaching D&T. |
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Produce CD ROMs of the materials
for all the East Riding Primaries in
the first instance. |
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Post the materials for evaluation
on http://www.eriding.net |
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