Design Technology
semester 1 & 2
In Design Technology you will push the limits of “what is” and stretch your imagination to rethink and remake the products around you. Over the course of this elective students will work with a large variety of 21’st century technologies to make their ideas reality.
Students will work on several projects using woods, metals, and plastics for personal and community projects that teach the skills of designing and manufacturing sustainable products to meet user needs. Projects introduce students to basic design, measuring, hand, fabrication and finishing techniques.
Throughout the course, students will complete one-on-one training with an array of equipment and investigate processes such as parametric modeling, 3D printing, laser cutting/printing, prototyping, woodwork and metal fabrication. Students must also complete a folio made up of the stages of the design process, including everything from early research to marketing a finished product.
No previous experience of the subject is necessary.
Summarised objectives for the course:
Prepare young people to think and intervene creatively in a rapidly changing technological world
Develop student learning to become autonomous problem-solvers with creative ideas around sustainable design.
Equip students with a degree of knowledge, skills and understanding about materials, design and production processes
Project-based learning that offers the ability to apply knowledge, skills and understanding in a hands-on and collaborative approach to the design process.
