Hello!
We are back from the long break of Christmas holidays and students of 3ªESO are happy to share with you all the things that have happened in Technology class from the beginning of the scholar year.
During the whole year we are going to be immersed in the Maker Movement and solve real life problems. We think that learning by doing things with our hands is fun, even more when we can use new technology tools. That is why we combine theory lessons with practice lessons at the Computer’s Lab and the Technology Workshop.
Our first task was "The marshmallow challenge". While we were trying to build a freestanding structure, with some specific materials and time constrains, we learnt about the importance of planning and teamwork.
We have practiced content curation and we have created a list of resources related to the Maker Movement that we are going to use during the year.
Also we have learnt about Project Planning, working on a project called "Dare to dream your class". The project has covered the generation of an idea, the design of an object, its construction and the public presentation of the object where students enjoyed creating a commercial.
These are some of the first ideas:
During the development of the design we have understood that is necessary to draw an object using common rules that everybody can understand so we have learnt orthographic projection. These are some drawings of the design process:
And here you can see some of the final results and some group commercials:
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At the end of the term we have introduced the second term project in which we are going to use the 3D printer which the school has bought.
Are you excited to know what we'll make with it? Don't miss our next post! We'll show it to you!!
THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
