What next?
Steve Ronowicz: "One of the keys to choosing the case studies is to pick interesting subjects – John Britton's story won't be targeted so much at the product but at planning, overcoming adversity and all those other things that are just as much a part of Technology at this level."
Steve plans to extend the use of case studies of technological practice and next time will include a case study on colleague Colin's innovative product and possibly also John Britton's story about the development of his motor bike, which Steve thinks will be good motivators for the boys. (Colin designed a toilet which uses considerably less water and is much quieter when flushed; he started developing this in 2002 and it is being launched on the world market in mid 2007.)
Discussions with a few of Steve's Year 13 students, about simplifying the planning process through using email, resulted in a decision to use the email programme Entourage as a project management tool in 2007.He thinks a tool such as this, which connects the digital technologies his boys are now using and allows easy communication with client and stakeholders, will be very effective and intends to experiment with other relevant software to allow students to use a project management system that best suits their needs.
