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Learn about Sustainability through animations
Free award winning design for sustainability teaching resources and animations on eco-design and life cycle thinkingJenni Atkinson's insight:A series of animations developed to teach students to think...
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Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play | Video on TED.com
At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you...
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21st-Century Projects Inspire Global Citizenship Plus Creativity
This is the second in a special Edutopia blog series about developing 21st century skills through project-based learning. In the first post, "Yes, You Can Teach and Assess Creativity!Jenni Atkinson's...
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Harvard Wants to Know: How Does the Act of Making Shape Kids’ Brains? |...
A group of Harvard researchers is teaming up with schools in Oakland, Calif. to explore how kids learn through making. Through an initiative called Project ZeJenni Atkinson's insight:Encouraging...
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What Does ‘Design Thinking’ Look Like in School? | MindShift
Getty Images Design thinking can seem a bit abstract to teachers. It’s not part of traditional teacher training programs and has only recently enteredJenni Atkinson's insight:Nueva School in...
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What's the Difference Between "Doing Projects" and "Project Based Learning"?
Thanks to Amy Mayer of FriEdTechnology for this fantastic comparison describing the key differences between "doing projects" and project-based learning! This, my friends, is exactly what I have...
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DESIGN SQUAD . Convenient Carrier | PBS KIDS GO!
Watch the DESIGN SQUAD PBS TV series, play puzzle games, design and build creative projects, draw and share your ideas, see cool engineering at work!Jenni Atkinson's insight:A great idea for a lesson...
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DESIGN SQUAD . Heavy Lifting | PBS KIDS GO!
Watch the DESIGN SQUAD PBS TV series, play puzzle games, design and build creative projects, draw and share your ideas, see cool engineering at work!Jenni Atkinson's insight:A great lesson to...
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18 Free Mind Mapping Tools for Teachers and Students ~ Educational Technology...
Jenni Atkinson's insight:Links to Mind Mapping Tools that can be used to help students collate and generate ideas when designing.Teaching students to effectively use planning tools will aide their...
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Creative Educator - Build 21st Century Skills with Design Thinking: Dr....
Jenni Atkinson's insight:Dr Maureen Carroll specialises in teaching educators how to implement design teaching into their classrooms.This article discusses the student benefits of 'risk taking' and...
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CommunityBlogs | The Maker Education Initiative
Jenni Atkinson's insight:Imagine if every school had a place like this where kids could design and create whilst integrating their knowledge from other key learning areas.Encouraging creativity to...
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Australian designers at work
Jenni Atkinson's insight:A good reference for older primary students to how see real life designers consider elements such as cost,environment,people,culture,heritage into their creations.See it on...
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Technology K-8:Design in practice
Jenni Atkinson's insight:Powerpoint presentations from primary schools in NSW detailing a design project undertaken in the classroom.The Penshurst West Public School project is a wonderful expample of...
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Curriculum matters - Worksheets
Jenni Atkinson's insight:A variety of lesson plans based on food technology and design.I particularly like the "designing with bread" lesson as it allows the students to investigate the different...
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design cafe
Jenni Atkinson's insight:This website designed by the NSW Department of Education and Training is based on food technology and contains useful information about the whole design process(click on the...
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Teachers' Domain: Browse: National K -12 Subject: Engineering Design
Jenni Atkinson's insight:This site provides a huge range of videos and some lesson plans that explore design and explain the principles of design in an appealling and interesting manner.Although the...
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Teachers' Domain: Design and Build a Tangle-Free Headphone Holder
In this lesson, students follow the engineering design process to build a tool that stores headphones for a portable music listening device, such as an MP3 player, without the wires getting...
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LEGO.com Education LEGO Education downloads
Jenni Atkinson's insight:I hope that I work in a school that has Lego resources-these are fantastic.One of the many great lesson ideas is "An Ice Cream Van"-this could easily be used for years 3/4 and...
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Browse Activities - www.TeachEngineering.org
Jenni Atkinson's insight:With such a busy curriculum teachers need to find ways to integrate lessons to cover more than one Key Learning Area.This site offers hundreds of Technology lesson plans with...
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CarbonKids Educational Resources | CSIRO
CarbonKids is a program for schools committed to tackling climate change.Jenni Atkinson's insight:A great resource found by a peer that can be used when researching sustainable energy sources within...
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Lesson plan teaching resource: Designer Dens, for primary schools
Jenni Atkinson's insight:Fantastic lesson idea sourced by a peer.What student wouldn't love doing this and spending time outside the classroom? It reminds me of when I was a kid as this is the kind of...
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Recycling for Kids - Fun Experiments, Free Games, Cool Projects, Science Online
Jenni Atkinson's insight:Recycling - a great way to get kids to create and design using materials that they already have access to whilst saving the planet.Teaching students about recyling is vital as...
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Design Brief For Teachers And Students - 2013 Fashion Competition - Wool4skool
Wool4skool Offers The Design Brief For Teacher And Students Online. To Know More About 2013 Fashion Competition And Steps To Register, Visit Us Online!Jenni Atkinson's insight:This is one great...
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Evergreen - Design Ideas for the Outdoor Classroom
Design Ideas for the Outdoor ClassroomJenni Atkinson's insight:Get the students outside so that they can have real authentic experiences in their technology learning.These ideas would link to the...
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Fair food design booklet | Practical Action
A downloadable booklet with a design brief and activities on Fair foods.Jenni Atkinson's insight:This lesson activity and design brief teaches students about FairTrade products.This lesson could link...
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BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Market pull, technology push
This Revision Bite looks at the social, moral, environmental and legal issues that influence product designJenni Atkinson's insight:This BBC site includes infromation about the...
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The egg box that updates a humble yet classic design
The shape of the egg carton has endured for more than 100 years, but now a young designer plans to update it for the modern age.Jenni Atkinson's insight:Show your students an example of technology...
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Little Green Thumbs - Welcome
Little Green Thumbs provides nutrition and environmental programs for children through hands on experience.Jenni Atkinson's insight:What a fantastic experince Andrew has created for students.Having...
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Why You Should Let a 5-Year Old Design Your Next Product - Nilofer Merchant
The challenges of our era don't require more followers; they require leadership that encourages the community to build what's needed through initiative.Jenni Atkinson's insight:All it takes to design...
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Quirky Makes Invention Accessible
quirky is a social product development company. Your product ideas come in, our community works on them, we sell your product worldwide, and 30¢ of every dollar brought in gets distributed amongst you...
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