Some of the project-based learning tasks I have designed.
IB DT TDA Form over Function
Students are tasked in this project to investigate a form, and study it independent of its function using aesthetic models. They do these exercises with no consideration of the purpose of the design. Students then gradually bring in the purpose and function and refine their concept model appropriately. This task is designed to introduce students to modelling materials, concept modelling and prototyping whilst avoiding the common problem of fixation on a preconceived idea of what a product should look like.
Students are tasked in this project to investigate a form, and study it independent of its function using aesthetic models. They do these exercises with no consideration of the purpose of the design. Students then gradually bring in the purpose and function and refine their concept model appropriately. This task is designed to introduce students to modelling materials, concept modelling and prototyping whilst avoiding the common problem of fixation on a preconceived idea of what a product should look like.
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IB DT TDA For Better or for Worse
Students are tasked to disassemble a small product and test it to destruction. Students are taught the concepts behind planned obsolescence and it's effects on the environment and are then asked to make an ethical decision on whether to redesign the product to extend or reduce it's product life, thereby embracing or rejecting planned obsolescence in their redesign. Students are encouraged to virtually test their virtual prototype to make judgements on it's performance.
Students are tasked to disassemble a small product and test it to destruction. Students are taught the concepts behind planned obsolescence and it's effects on the environment and are then asked to make an ethical decision on whether to redesign the product to extend or reduce it's product life, thereby embracing or rejecting planned obsolescence in their redesign. Students are encouraged to virtually test their virtual prototype to make judgements on it's performance.
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MYP Inclusive Design
Student groups are paired with an elderly person from China Coast Community elderly care home. The students interview the person to identify which tasks they find difficult then use arthritis gloves and impairment goggles to conduct a task step analysis using products to identify problems. The students follow the design thinking process to design with empathy, ideate, prototype and test their solutions before branding and marketing their design through Kickstarter.
Student groups are paired with an elderly person from China Coast Community elderly care home. The students interview the person to identify which tasks they find difficult then use arthritis gloves and impairment goggles to conduct a task step analysis using products to identify problems. The students follow the design thinking process to design with empathy, ideate, prototype and test their solutions before branding and marketing their design through Kickstarter.
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MYP Resourcing the Homeless
Students explore issues around homelessness in Hong Kong and practice observing to find a problem to solve. Students explore corrugated cardboard as a resource for modelling and prototyping solutions to help the homeless with an aspect of their lives.
Students explore issues around homelessness in Hong Kong and practice observing to find a problem to solve. Students explore corrugated cardboard as a resource for modelling and prototyping solutions to help the homeless with an aspect of their lives.
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Building the Future - Freelearning approach to STEM
Building the Future is a course designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge and capabilities they will need to prepare themselves for an uncertain future. The course builds on Ross Parker's Free Learning model where students can work individually or in groups to choose which strand in which they wish to work; robotics, AR, VR, 360 VR, drones or Internet of Things. Students build their skills in their area of choice and are presented by an authentic learning task by an outside professional to apply the skills they have learnt to solve a real world global or local problem.
Building the Future is a course designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge and capabilities they will need to prepare themselves for an uncertain future. The course builds on Ross Parker's Free Learning model where students can work individually or in groups to choose which strand in which they wish to work; robotics, AR, VR, 360 VR, drones or Internet of Things. Students build their skills in their area of choice and are presented by an authentic learning task by an outside professional to apply the skills they have learnt to solve a real world global or local problem.
- Design an empathetic experience using sensory 360VR to build bridges between an impoverished community in South East Asia and the school community. Create a sensory booth at the school fair to raise money for the community.
- Program a drone to deliver medical supplies and water to typhoon hit Tacloban in the Philipines
- Design an educational experience to increase the engagement of autistic learners using augmented reality
- Design a scalable demining device and program it to clear unexploded ordinances in Quang Tri in Vietnam
- Design an Internet of Things device to help the HK caged home community
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