Lecture 1 Technologies Education 2015

1. Technologies as a learning area
Technologies Education

2. Dr Jason Zagami
jason.zagami.info

3. Tutor
Vicki Knopki

4. Teaching

6. Research

7. Service

8. Curriculum Development

9. What is Technology?

21. What are Educational
Technologies?

26. What is Technology
Education?

33. Melbourne
Declaration
2008
on Educational Goals for Young Australians

34. Melbourne
Declaration
Information and Communication
Technology and Design and
Technology

36. Technologies
Learning Area

40. Developmental
Curriculum
Foundation Year 10

41. Indicative Timings
F-2 10 Hours
3-4 20 Hours
5-6 30 Hours
7-10 40 Hours

42. Systems Thinking
Computational Thinking
Design Thinking
Futures Thinking
Strategic Thinking

43. Engineering principles and
systems
Food and fibre production
Food specialisations
Materials and technologies
specialisations

44. Information systems
Information technology
Software engineering
Computer engineering

45. 1:08

46. Digital systems:
the components of digital
systems: hardware,
software and networks and
their use
Representation of data:
how data are represented
and structured symbolically
Knowledge and Understanding
Design and
Technologies
Digital
Technologies
Creating Solutions
Technologies and society:
the use, development and
impact of technologies in
people’s lives
Technologies contexts:
technologies and design
across a range of
technologies contexts

47. Engineering principles and
systems
Food and fibre production
Food specialisations
Materials and technologies
specialisations

48. Information systems
Information technology
Software engineering
Computer engineering

49. Investigating
Generating
Producing
Evaluating
Collaborating and
Managing
Defining
Designing
Implementing
Evaluating
Collaborating and
Managing
Processes and Production Skills
Design and
Technologies
Digital
Technologies
Creating Solutions

51. Week 1 Technologies as a learning area
Week 2 Technology as human endeavour & Systems Thinking
Week 3 Understanding Computational Thinking
Week 4 Applying Computational Thinking
Week 5 Understanding Design Thinking
Week 6 Applying Design Thinking
Week 7 Teaching the Technologies learning area
Week 8 Creativity and Failure
Week 9 Developing a Preferred Futures perspective
Weekly Topics

52. Week 1 Technologies as a learning area
Week 2 Technology as human endeavour & Systems Thinking
Week 3 Understanding Computational Thinking
Week 4 Applying Computational Thinking
Week 5 Understanding Design Thinking
Week 6 Applying Design Thinking
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Log of Learning Activities
Quiz Activities
Quiz 1
Quiz 2

53. Week 1
Week 2 Technology as human endeavour & Systems Thinking
Week 3
Week 4 Applying Computational Thinking
Week 5
Week 6 Applying Design Thinking
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Portfolio of Learning
Tutorial Activities
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3

54. Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9 Design & Technologies Unit Outline Digital Technologies Unit Outline
Portfolio of Learning

55. Readings (included in quizzes)
Australian Curriculum:
Technologies website
Introductory Videos
Course Website

56. Griffith University
Dr Jason Zagami
www.zagami.info