TECHNOLOGY STUDY GUIDES

Posted on May 21, 2012 by deitz

 

YEAR 7 FOOD TECH Study guide y 7 Technology Mandatory 2012 HY

YEAR 7 GRAPHICS TECH (Mr Marnoch) YEAR 7 GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY STUDY GUIDE HALF YEARLY 2012

YEAR 10 FOOD TECH Study Guide Year 10 Food Technology 2012 HY

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Mouse Technology for people with disabilities

Posted on March 19, 2012 by nbro

Dear Year 11,

As designers we must remember that one of the basic functions of technology is to make peoples’ lives easier. For people with disabilities, assistive technology can mean the difference between being able to communicate or being isolated.

Task:

Using the internet, research 5 different mouse or input devices (includes touchpads, microphones, etc) that have been designed for people with disabilities.

For each design:

  • outline the needs of the users
  • how does the design meet these needs?

Extension: as a designer, what moral responsibility to do you have to the people who will use your design(s)s?

 

 

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Year 8 Photoshop Hybrids

Posted on March 15, 2012 by nbro

As part of learning to use Photoshop, year 8 students were asked to create hybrid ‘animals’ composed of three of more animals. Here are the results.

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Year 7 & 8 Media Technology Final Evaluation

Posted on March 13, 2012 by nbro

Dear Year 7 & 8,

At the end of your project you need to answer the following questions to evaluate your work and how you used your time in class and at home.

  • Evaluate if your design meets each criterion for success and the design constraints
  • How did you manage your time during the project?
  • What was the hardest part of the project?
  • What would you do differently if you had the chance?

for year 8 this is due at the end of class on Thursday, week 7.

Ms Brochard

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May the (Tactile) Force Be With You: New Technology used in ergonomic research

Posted on February 19, 2012 by nbro


Researchers from industrial design firm BresslerGroup have recently started using a force-sensing “glove” for ergonomic research and analysis.
” We use the FingerTPS (“tactile pressure sensing”) system from Pressure Profile Systems. Both the hardware and software are very easy to set-up and use; and we’ve been applying it to a range of projects including consumer, industrial and medical product design.

For example, we can measure the force applied over time for particular fingers when operating various controls on products (e.g. touchscreen versus five-way controller).  Besides benchmarking product controls, we can evaluate the relative strengths of different types of users (e.g. children, adults, disabled users) to advise on appropriate control design.”

See a video of the glove in action on their website

Another great example of how technology is used in the design process.

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Researching Existing Designs – Ergonomic Mice

Posted on February 19, 2012 by nbro

Dear Year 11,

As part of your research and to help you identify the problems encountered when designing an ergonomic mouse you need to research and analyse existing designs.

Your work is to be typed and presented in a table

Find 7 existing mouse designs and complete the PMI table evaluating their strengths and weaknesses, including images for each design.

Mouse Design Plus Minus Interesting
(image)

This will form part of your portfolio documentation.

 

 

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Protected: Year 11 Assessment 1- Case Study Professional Designers

Posted on February 16, 2012 by nbro

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Year 11 Case Study: Professional Designers

Posted on February 7, 2012 by nbro

Dear year 11,

Here are some designers to start you on your research. Pick 3 to start, you can also research a local designer after consultation with your teacher.

Graphic Designers

  • Storm Thorgerson – album cover designer for Pink Floyd
  • Paula Scher
  • Joshua Davis
  • Milton Glaser
  • Barbara Kruger
  • Ken Cato
  • http://www.logosdesigners.com/

Architects

  • Glenn Murcutt
  • Jorn Utzon (opera house)
  • Zaha Hadid
  • Santiago Calatrava
  • Frank Gehry (guggenheim Bilbao)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright (Guggenheim New York)

Industrial/object Designers

  • James Dyson
  • Charles & Ray Eames
  • Jonathon Ives (Head designer at Apple)
  • Dieter Rams (head designer at Braun)

Furniture designers

  • Marc Newson
  • Mies van Der Rohe
  • Patricia Urquiola
  • Charles Rennie Macintosh
  • Jimmy Pike
  • Ron arad

Interior Designers

some starting points:

  • www.framemag.com
  • Vogue Living
  • http://www.squidoo.com/women-interior-designers

Textile/Fashion

  • Florence Broadhurst (wallpaper/fabric patterns)
  • Akira Isogawa
  • Collette Dinnigan
  • Sass & Bide

 

 

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Year 7 Media Technology Questionnaire

Posted on January 31, 2012 by nbro

Dear Year 7,

Click on the link to complete the questionnaire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Year 11 Design & Technology Pre-test

Posted on January 29, 2012 by nbro

Dear Year 11,

Click on the link to complete the pre-test/survey.

I look forward to receiving your responses.

Ms Brochard

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