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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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Overview and Aims of the Project |
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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 –
its 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! Also I have veered off into
KS1 control and models. I am experimenting
with IQ controllers and super capacitors. |
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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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What I did next! |
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I met with my LEA advisor for
Design and Technology soon with view to putting
materials in Eriding the education website
for this authority. We decided to devise a
course for Primary teachers called ‘Move
it and Control it’ where we would give
away the CD-ROM and offer a making service
for kits for making fairground models. After
this the CDs will be distributed to 140 schools
in the East Riding. The advisor, David Bowes
was invited to give a presentation on Maths
and Science links in D&T at the recent
NAAIDT conference. He showed the CD-ROM and
invited comments from the audience. I received
some very positive comments and some useful
comments to perfect it further. I also sent
the CD-ROM when it was in its infancy to Andy
Mitchell at DATA. He was really helpful and
gave me some very interesting channels to
pursue including developing using the TEP
IQ controller to control the rides which is
an affordable alternative to the Data Harvest
software and hardware I had been concentrating
on before. He also suggested that there was
a potential DATA ‘Practice’ article
in the making. |
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I am developing, with Frank Muraca’s
help and manufacturing capabilities via his
laser cutter, demonstration models to include
the ‘charge and go’ super capacitors
from TEP which are an environmentally responsible
solution to batteries. Again through Frank
I have the new IQ2 controllers which I am
packaging as a low cost option that could
be offered to our feeder primaries. The project
changed direction slightly and included KS1
models and control |
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I have developed card models as demonstrators
for teachers that are easily assembled and
above all cheap and the plans for these are
included on the CD-ROM. |
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Evaluating the outcomes/impact on
pupils engagement |
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I have taken the materials to two schools
that are not in our cluster group as an evaluation
exercise and the children responded really
well to the stimulation materials especially
the video sequence. I have interviewed the
class teacher at Swinemoor School and will
pass an evaluation form on to her and talked
to the pupils in Y6. Early on in the project
I sought the views of Barbara Higginbotham
from Data Harvest. |
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On the 17 May I presented the work I am
doing to the Governor of the school and they
were really impressed both with the quality
of the resources and models and the response
from our feeder primaries. It has prompted
a discussion on the school considering becoming
a manufacturing and training centre for local
schools and providing a proper service to
them. |
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Personal Reflections |
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I have found the whole experience
of the Gatsby Fellowship inspiring. It has
been a real ‘shot in the arm’
and has prompted me to enroll for an MA at
Sheffield Hallam University itself a centre
of excellence for Design and Technology projects.
Many of the ideas that have been developed
for this project can be used for my assignments.
Frank and Maureen Muraca have been wonderful
and provided me with lots of toys to play
with and access to a laser cutter. I would
like to thank Gatsby very much for the support
I have received over the year. |
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