Our Design and Technology Mission
Statement
"To enable students to design, make
and/or evaluate quality products to reflect today's society."
About this Webpage
As this area of the website grows we
will provide you with details of D&T courses, links to D&T
related websites, book reviews, resource material and news from our
Design and Technology Association and from NAAIDT.
This webpage is updated and maintained
by Daniel Pottage, so if you have any queries about this webpage
then please email dpottage@cfbt.com.
Support for Design and
Technology is provided by our Consultant Adviser Les Porter, who is
based at his consultancy office at Martin Moor near Metheringham.
Please visit the website at: http://www.ideasin2action.co.uk/
to get an overview of the D&T consultancy services that he is
able to offer.
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Les was teacher trained at Shoreditch
Teacher Training College and started his career as a CDT teacher at
Heathside School in Weybridge, Surrey in 1966. After a number of
appointments in Surrey, he was appointed as Head of D&T faculty
at Sandhurst School in Berkshire in 1974. During his time with
Berkshire he was seconded as part of the LEA advisory team and also
undertook an MA in D&T Education. In 1991 he was
appointed as Course Director for D&T Initial Teacher Education
at Brunel University and he worked there until starting his own
design consultancy in 2003. He has many D&T related
publications and is passionate about the development of the
subject. His specialist fields are electronics and pneumatics. He
has wide experience with running CPD courses and with supporting
student teachers on The Graduate Teacher Programme. |
Contact Details : Les Porter e-mail les@ideasin2action.co.uk tel.
01526 378111 or mobile 07967483813.
NEWSFLASH
Product Design Circus
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The Product
Design Circus was held at Lincoln University on 9th July
2010 to help raise the profile of Lincolnshire design. The standard
of presentation and design was outstanding with input from Kesteven
and Sleaford High with their creative designer clocks, Peel
Community College with their soft furnishings, as well as other
innovative designs from The Priory City of Lincoln Academy,
Branston Community College, St Georges Academy, Welton William Farr
and Robert Pattinson School. Thanks go to Les Porter for
co-ordinating the event, David Bramston for his keynote on product
design and international visits to New York and Japan, and also to
Tim Lomas for welcoming the support from Lincolnshire schools. |
Speed Step in Design &
Technology Survey - On behalf of The Lincolnshire School
Improvement Service I am conducting a short survey about the use of
Speed Step in your D&T Department and from the results that are
generated, hopefully provide some CPD across the county. I do hope
that you (or one of your colleagues) finds time to respond to the
survey and in advance I thank you for your time. (Les Porter)
Six of the
Best
Yenka Training
"To help you get started with Yenka, we're offering you 15
minutes of free one-to-one online training. At the moment,
this free training is only available to teachers in UK schools.
For your training, you'll need the latest version of Yenka
installed. You don't need to buy anything, though - you can
use our free "Leader in Technology" or "15-day trial"
licences.
Places are limited, though. To reserve a session, please
visit our blog:
http://www.yenka.com/blogs/leaderintechnology/entry/free_yenka_training_for_uk"
The Yenka Leader in Technology
Scheme
Response to
the Rose
Report
DATA News
I was alerted to a H&S issue
on class sizes in D&T in the latest ASCL newsletter -
Association for School and College Leaders (or what was the
Secondary Headteachers Association SHA). A very important group of
people.
Now Next Year and
2013
CLEAPPS
Web Site
All of Lincolnshire's School Improvement Service's courses are
planned at the beginning of the year and are listed in the
"Consultancy, Courses and Conferences for Secondary and
Special Schools" so please refer to your copy for more information
if needed.
D&T Stream
The D&T Stream is a monthly newsletter keeping you
up-to-date with what’s happening in D&T. If you have items you
wish to include in a future issue, please contact Deborah Watson
with the details, email: Deborah.Watson@data.org.uk
D&T Stream - July
'10
D&T
Stream 2010 January - June Archive
D&T Stream 2009
Archive
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