EDSE12024 -TASK 2 by Greg Azzopardi

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Padlet provides an interactive space for students to share ideas, designs, and reflections in real time. In the classroom, it supports critical and creative thinking by allowing students to post images, comment on each other’s work, and organise content visually. It encourages peer collaboration and helps build digital communication skills, making it ideal for design projects and brainstorming sessions.

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General Capabilities

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Design and Technologies Overview

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Design and technologies / Year 7 and 8 / Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

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Reverse Engineering

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Reverse engineering develops critical and creative thinking by allowing students to analyse and improve existing products. By redesigning components digitally or enhancing functionality, students may reach the Modification level of the SAMR model. If they then create entirely new solutions using tools like CAD or smart features, their work can move into Redefinition transforming the original task into something previously inconceivable.

Building a Robot in six weeks

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The building process supports collaboration and problem-solving as students work in teams to analyse needs, prototype ideas, and design components using CAD software. Through ongoing testing and iteration, they refine their designs for functionality and performance, developing essential skills in critical thinking, communication, and innovation.

Lesson Plan - Creative & Critical Thinking

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This Design and Technologies lesson plan focuses on developing students’ literacy by encouraging the use of technical vocabulary, written reflections, labelled sketches, and clear communication of design ideas. Students engage with text types such as design briefs and evaluation statements to strengthen their understanding and expression of design concepts. In adapting this lesson plan, I aim to shift the emphasis towards developing students' Critical and Creative Thinking by embedding activities that require them to generate, evaluate, and refine innovative design ideas. Through inquiry, peer feedback, and iterative prototyping, students will learn to analyse design challenges, justify decisions, and transfer their thinking to new design contexts.

SAMR and TPACK Models

gregoryazzopardi — 2025-05-27 07:07:55 UTC

The SAMR and TPACK models are embedded within my 5 lesson timber lamp unit. It highlights how technology is intentionally used to enhance and transform learning, from collaborative idea generation and digital prototyping to student-led reflection and presentation.

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A sample of my students project, USB powered timber lamp.

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As a group, we all appreciated the adjustability feature of this lamp, but a little too boring aesthetically.

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In this activity, students collaboratively design and construct a model town using recycled materials and digital planning tools. The task encourages problem solving, spatial awareness, and creativity as students consider layout, structure, and purpose of each building. Through teamwork, communication, and visual representation, students demonstrate literacy and design skills while bringing their shared vision to life.

gregoryazzopardi — 2025-05-29 11:15:10 UTC

Petaluma High School successfully implemented a four-year engineering pathway that integrates Autodesk Inventor as a core tool. Through hands on CAD projects, students develop essential design and problem solving skills while gaining real world experience in engineering processes. The program not only enhances technical proficiency but also fosters creativity, critical thinking, and career readiness, making it a standout example of effective digital technology use in secondary education.

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Google Docs enhances classroom collaboration by allowing students and teachers to co-create, edit, and provide real-time feedback on written work. It supports peer review, group projects, and teacher-student interactions without the need for printed materials. Its accessibility across devices also empowers students to work flexibly and independently, developing digital literacy and communication skills essential for 21st-century learning.

gregoryazzopardi — 2025-06-02 11:40:43 UTC

This community manufacturing inquiry complements my mini unit by engaging students in real world problem solving, using critical thinking, reflection, and ICT to explore design, impact, and innovation. Both units promote 21st-century capabilities and authentic learning, where students actively investigate problems, generate ideas, and communicate findings using digital tools and building transferable skills for both local understanding and global design thinking.

gregoryazzopardi — 2025-06-02 11:42:54 UTC

This amazing artefact was kindly borrowed from Mr Mark Debono. This article explores how virtual and augmented reality can transform classrooms by creating immersive, hands on learning experiences. I selected it because it aligns with my design and technologies unit, particularly the goal of fostering critical and creative thinking through real-world applications. It supports the SAMR model at the redefinition level and links to Helen Soule’s 3 C’s—communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. This resource inspires future use of VR in extending my mini unit, encouraging deeper engagement and innovation in student projects.

gregoryazzopardi — 2025-06-02 19:49:29 UTC

I absolutely love this article because it powerfully highlights how design thinking empowers students to become innovative, solution oriented learners exactly what we’re striving for in our Timber USB Lamp project. It aligns perfectly with 21st-century learning and supports the development of critical and creative thinking. I’m posting it on my Padlet because it reinforces the importance of real world problem solving in the classroom.

gregoryazzopardi — 2025-06-02 19:52:54 UTC

I’m sharing this article because it offers an inspiring example of integrating technology into a hands on design project. Although I’m not using micro:bit in my unit, I love how this lesson connects electronics, creativity, and real world application, something I’ve aimed to reflect in my USB lamp project using Inventor Pro and digital collaboration tools.

Out of the Box

gregoryazzopardi — 2025-06-03 00:23:57 UTC

I really like this Modern LED Desk Lamp project because it showcases how a lamp can be any shape and design. The step-by-step guide makes it easy to understand how to power a lamp with a 5V USB connection, aligning perfectly with my mini-unit’s focus on sustainable lighting solutions. It also highlights real world problem solving and innovation key themes in my lesson plans.