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Share what excites you about teaching Design or Tech!

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Hi everyone! I'm a 3rd year MYP Design Teacher, and 1st year as Subject Area Lead for Design at International School Suva in Fiji.

I love teaching Design because I believe that there is more to just creating things; it's about critical thinking, learning through hands-on projects, and problem-solving. I'm always curious to see how my students unpack a unit and come up with their ideas!

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Drop a question, and let’s brainstorm solutions together!

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Drop a question, and let’s brainstorm solutions together!

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What’s your best teaching hack? Share a tip, technique, or strategy!

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What’s your best teaching hack? Share a tip, technique, or strategy!

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What are the best digital tools for teaching Design & Tech? 

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What are the best digital tools for teaching Design & Tech? 

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Let’s build a must-have toolkit!

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Share and Explore creative unit plans from MYP, DP, IB, or other frameworks.

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Share and Explore creative unit plans from MYP, DP, IB, or other frameworks.

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MYP4 Year 9- Designing for Others (Sensory Book Unit)

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MYP4 Year 9- Designing for Others (Sensory Book Unit)

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A unit that explores the development of gross and fine motor skills in children. The students were to create a Sensory Book made out of Felt in order to help ECH children develop their fine motor skills.

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MYP4 2024 Design Unit 1 - Designing for Others.pptx

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3D Design Software | 3D Modeling & Drawing | SketchUp | SketchUp

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SketchUp is a premier 3D design software that makes 3D modeling & drawing accessible and empowers you with a robust toolset where you can create whatever you can imagine.

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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

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Open source platform for building electronic projects.

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Welcome to Arduino! Before you start controlling the world around you, you'll need to set up the software to program your board.

The Arduino Software (IDE) allows you to write programs and upload them to your board. In the Arduino Software page you will find two options:

1. If you have a reliable Internet connection, you should use the online IDE (Arduino Web Editor). It will allow you to save your sketches in the cloud, having them available from any device and backed up. You will always have the most up-to-date version of the IDE without the need to install updates or community generated libraries.

2. If you would rather work offline, you should use the latest version of the desktop IDE.

Code online on the Arduino Web Editor

To use the online IDE simply follow these instructions. Remember that boards work out-of-the-box on the Web Editor, you only need to install Arduino Create Agent to get started.

Install the Arduino Desktop IDE

To get step-by-step instructions select one of the following link accordingly to your operating system.

Choose your board in the list here on the right to learn how to get started with it and how to use it on the Desktop IDE.

Learn Arduino

Read an introduction on what is Arduino and why you'd want to use it.

What is the Arduino Software (IDE) and how do I change the default language?

Libraries: Using and installing Arduino Libraries.

Cores: Need to add a new board to your Arduino Software? Install the relate core and manage it.

Troubleshooting: Advice on what to do if things don't work.

For a complete list of Guides visit the Foundations section, where you will find in-depth knowledge about the principles and techniques behind the Arduino platform.

Making the Arduino StarterKit projects and reading the book 'Getting Started with Arduino' are great ways to start learning and tinkering with coding and electronics.

Arduino Education
Get started today!
The text of the Arduino getting started guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Code samples in the guide are released into the public domain.

General Care - Cleaning Your Board

Now you know how to get started with your Arduino board, so here are a few basic tips on caring for your Arduino in the future:

Despite the temptation to carry on with your project through dinner, try to avoid eating and drinking whilst using your Arduino board - it doesn't like getting wet, and there's nothing worse than food crumbs in your headers!

If your Arduino has been running a project for the past few months and gathered a fair amount of dust, try using any readily available Air Duster - these are ideal for removing dust and debris from the surface of the board and difficult to reach areas such as the ports and between the pins.

Please do your best to not spill liquid on your board. As accidents do happen though, if you inadvertently spill something sticky on your board and are lucky enough that it still works then we'd recommend using an IPA (isopropyl alcohol) wipe to safely remove grease, dirt and dust from the board. N.B. please ensure your board is disconnected from the computer or battery before applying the IPA wipe.

Open source and Arduino are all about sharing ideas, content, software and even hardware. Given these challenging times with Covid-19, if you are intending to share your Arduino board with other people to use (e.g. students in a classroom), we would recommend disinfecting the board by using a 222nm UV Sterilization Lamp - ONLY one that comes in a cabinet for safe use.

Finally, please wash your hands.

License

The text of the Arduino getting started guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Code samples in the guide are released into the public domain.

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Open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects.

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Video Editing Software

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Professional video editing software | Adobe Premiere Pro

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Use Adobe Premiere Pro, the industry-leading video editor. Edit visually stunning videos and create professional productions for social sharing, TV and film.

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TouchDesigner is a software application that allows users to build interactive 3D and 2D applications, performances, installations, and fixed media works.

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Design - STOCK FOOTAGE CHALLENGE - What_s the feeling_.pptx

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MYP4 2024 Design Unit 2 - Just Be (Film).pptx

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Procreate is a digital painting, illustration, and animation app for iPad and iPhone, designed to feel like traditional drawing and painting, featuring a wide range of brushes and tools- Super useful when designing ideas under Criteria B.

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Procreate® - the most powerful and intuitive digital illustration app. Available only on iPad, and packed with features artists and creative professionals love.

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Here's a Unit Overview Template that you can make a copy of and customise to your specific units.

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I teach Design grade 6-10 and then IB DP Computer Science.

I enjoy teaching design for the creative problem solving.

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Hi Everyone!

I teach HS AP Computer Science at Korea International School, Jeju campus.

I enjoy helping students discover a joy for computer science with a project-based approach.

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Develop your programming skills by quickly creating and modding retro arcade games with Blocks and JavaScript in the MakeCode editor

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Utahloy International School of Guangzhou

IB MYP & DP Design Teacher

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AIS Singapore, Head of Technology, Teacher of Year 11 & 12 IBDP & HSC Design Technology, HSC Industrial Technology. Also managing IBDP & IGCSE Computer Science, HSC Food Technology, and HSC Software Engineering.

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ISB Bangkok

1st year MS design tech

I love messy and love watching the kids become excited and confident designing and making

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Matt Halter from Seoul International School

I love working to create something meaningful that everyone can be excited about: the yearbook!

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Allow kids to use AI to generate datasets and testing sets for the programs they make!

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If you’re looking for a creative, engaging, and practical tool to enhance your students’ design and technology skills, Adobe Animate is a fantastic choice.

User friendly yet powerful

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Block based ⇔ Text based