Technology for my Community: Overview

Classroom Practice Case Study	December 2010
Food / Electronic / Soft and Hard Materials	Year 8

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Technology for my Community
This unit, in which Year 8 students developed gifts to donate to a kindergarten, had been delivered in previous years but was extended to include all Technology teachers.
Teacher guidance – Level 3/4
Outcome Development and Evaluation Establish an environment that encourages and supports student innovation when generating design ideas Indicator: students can evaluate design ideas in terms of key attributes to develop a conceptual design for the outcome Provide opportunity to develop knowledge and skills related to the performance properties of the materials/components students could use Indicator: students can select materials/components, based on their performance properties, for use in the production of the outcome
Values / Key competencies	Additional Material:
Students were encouraged to value: community and participation for the common good diversity, as found in our different cultures, languages and heritages Key competencies emphasised in this unit included: relating to others, through listening, recognising different points of view, negotiating and sharing ideas.	Te Whariki (PDF file, 495kb)