Observational Drawing
"You learn to see by drawing"
Prior to making a full evaluation, complete an Observational Drawing of the Instrument you have made.
March 6, 2007
Pro Desktop Project
Having completed the tutorial to create a camera, you will have used the main techniques for rapid protoyping with ProDesktop. Working with faces, sketches and extruding from the workplane will allow you to quickly build simple objects. To demonstrate you have grasped these key concepts you will be asked to design either a camera or a small mp3 player (like an iPod.) In real terms, it should be pocket sized and fit easily in the palm of a hand. Consider how the controls might be ergonomically designed.
December 12, 2006
Putting Your Documentation Together
Before your project documentation can be considered complete, it needs to have the following:
- Statement of problem
- Design brief
- Brainstorm (spider diagram)
- Specification (use, market, price, materials, colours etc)
- Production plan (step-by-step instructions on how to construct your toy. This must include an accurate list of materials and tools used in construction)
- List three ways you can test your toy for durability and usability
- Evaluation: did you meet your specification? Did anything go wrong or were there setbacks during the project? Did anything go very wel? What would you improve upon or do differently?
Make sure that your name is on each page, and the pages are accurately numbered. Please keep your font, font size and headings in a consistent style.
November 13, 2006
Project 1 Wrapup
Middle School students: We should be nearing the end of our projects soon (Pocket Puzzle, Steadyography, Flying Toy). You will need to make sure that your written documentation is complete and in your design folders by no later than Friday, November 24th. This will include:
- Statement of problem
- Design brief
- Brainstorm (spider-diagram)
- Specification list
- etc...
Please see your project lists (supplied by us and in the front of your technology folder) for a more comprehensive list. All of your documentation (with the exception of your sketches) will need to be typed up (without colours and Word Art!) in Microsoft Word and saved as "project_name"_documentation.doc (like pocket_puzzle_documentation.doc).
A detailed list of the documentation requirements is available here.
November 12, 2006
HTML & CSS: Putting it all Together
By now the majority of Middle School students will have an HTML document with code resembling the following:
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">
<h1>Toy Website</h1>
</div>
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li>Gallery</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="placeholder">
<img src="image.jpg" />
</div>
<div id="blockquote">
<blockquote>The toy you've all been waiting for has finally arrived!</blockquote>
</div>
<div id="block">
<h2>Why Our Toy Is The Best</h2>
<h3>We Know Toys</h3>
<p>Our space-age toy was lovingly handcrafted by Aleutean monks....</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Read on to find out more on how you should be finishing off the formatting of your HTML pages...
March 8, 2006
Grade 8Pl Thursday 9th March 2006
This Morning you will be brainstorming ideas for the computer interface devices you are to create
You should produce a minimum of three annotated drawings each to be inserted into the appropriate section of your folders at the end of the class (I will be checking these).
IT Interfaces Brief
Make a database of services available in London to the specific disability group each of you has selected for your DT interfaces project?
Assume that, like many of your own families, your users need contact details and brief descriptions of the services, and how they're tailored to meet their needs. You also need to place more than one entry for each category (after all disabled people should have as much choice in these as able-bodied).
January 24, 2006
Solar Powered Hearing Aid
This is a solar-powered hearing aid for use in sub-Saharan Africa.
"The SolarAid is a hearing aid designed and built by Godisa Technologies, a Botswana company founded to make low-cost hearing aids for the developing world. The SolarAid system combines a small hearing aid and a lightweight solar charger; Godisa developed the first No. 13 rechargeable button battery for the system. Godisa is Africa's only hearing aid manufacturer, and the only one in the world making hearing aids specifically for the sub-Saharan Africa environment. "
