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Internal assessment resource Technology 2.1A for Achievement Standard 91354
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Internal Assessment Resource
Technology Level 2
This resource supports assessment against:
Achievement Standard 91354
Undertake brief development to address an issue
Resource title: Raising Your Profile
4 credits
This resource:
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Clarifies the requirements of the standard
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Supports good assessment practice
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Should be subjected to the school’s usual assessment quality assurance
process
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Should be modified to make the context relevant to students in their school
environment and ensure that submitted evidence is authentic
Date version published by
Ministry of Education
November 2011
Quality assurance status
These materials have been quality assured by NZQA.
To support internal assessment from 2012
NZQA Approved number: A-A-11-2011-91354-01-5292
Authenticity of evidence
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Using this assessment resource without modification
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teacher may need to change figures, measurements or
data sources or set a different context or topic to be
investigated or a different text to read or perform.
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Internal Assessment Resource
Achievement Standard Technology 91354: Undertake brief
development to address an issue
Resource reference: Technology 2.1A
Resource title: Raising Your Profile
Credits: 4
Achievement
Undertake brief development
to address an issue.
Achievement with Merit
Undertake in-depth brief
development to address an
issue.
Achievement with
Excellence
Undertake comprehensive
brief development to address
an issue.
Student instructions
Introduction
Each year the College holds an Open Night for the following year’s potential Year 9
students. The Night is held at the College and up to 150 students and parents are
expected to attend.
This assessment activity requires you to develop a brief for a promotional brochure to
be handed out to students and parents at the Open Night. The brochure should
promote and raise the profile of the Faculty you choose.
For this assessment you will be expected to interview the HOF or Teacher in Charge
(stakeholder) to find out what they would like included in the brochure and to get
feedback about your design and product.
You will explore the context, identify an issue related to this context, and establish a
need or opportunity. You will be assessed on how comprehensively your brief
describes your outcome and addresses the need or opportunity.
You will not be required to create your outcome as part of this assessment activity.
This is an individual task. You have 8 weeks of in and out-of-class time to complete
it.
Upon completing this activity, you will submit:
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your final brief
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evidence of the decisions you made in the brief development process. You may
provide this through a portfolio or other means, as agreed with your teacher.
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Task
Identify an issue
Explore the Open Night context and brainstorm possible issues and stakeholders.
Evaluate the issues and choose one that allows you to determine a need or
opportunity.
Research
Conduct research into the social, physical and functional environment in which the
issue exists. Research complete or part solutions from a range of sources (historical
and/or contemporary) in order to develop your own ideas. Keep the issue in mind and
the considerations you have already established. See Resource A for more
information.
Summarise your information in a chart, which can be added to throughout this activity
(see Resource B for a model).
Analyse and annotate your research in relation to your issue and information you
have already identified as key. Discuss your findings with your stakeholders.
Begin to construct a conceptual statement (see Resource C). Include any information
you have at this stage about the need or opportunity you intend to address and the
nature of the possible outcome. Identify any physical and functional attributes of the
intended outcome.
Idea generation
Use the information gathered from stakeholder discussions and research to draw and
communicate your first design ideas to your stakeholders. Keep in mind the nature of
the intended outcome, the opinions of your stakeholders, the environment and your
constraints. See Resource A for more information.
Further development
Further develop your brief to reflect your decisions to this point and start to identify
specifications that have been determined by you and your stakeholder/s. Remember
that the developing brief should not only describe the outcome itself but also reflect
the social and physical environment in which the issue resides. See Resource A for
more information.
Based on your technological practice to this point, confirm and finalise your brief.
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Resource A: Developing a brief
Research
Conducting research into a social and physical environment in which the issue exists
may involve:
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exploring the venue in which the issue exists (for example, the runway, the
theatre and/or your identified occasion/location) and how the environment may
impact on the physical and functional attributes of your brochure
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identifying and interviewing all those involved
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identifying any initial constraints that you may have to consider such as budget,
available equipment, and so on.
Idea generation
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Generate some design ideas (whole or part) and annotate.
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Discuss these ideas with your stakeholders and gain feedback.
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Evaluate these ideas in terms of addressing the issue.
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Undertake functional modelling to trial and test the feasibility of your ideas.
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Reflect on your progress to date, including stakeholder feedback on the potential
of your design ideas to solve your identified issue.
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Conduct further research if necessary.
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Update your chart as decisions may have been made that now confirm or
discount your considerations.
Further development
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Research possible materials that could be used and their performance properties
in relation to the emerging physical and functional nature of your outcome.
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Analyse and justify your findings including the opinions of your stakeholders.
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Further develop your designs through functional modelling to test and trial.
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Consider the physical and social environment, the stakeholders, and the physical
and functional nature of your outcome and explain your decisions.
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Resource B
Considerations
of the social and
physical
environment
Considerations
of key
stakeholders
Considerations
of wider
stakeholders
Possible design
considerations
of the outcome
Physical:
Functional:
Resource C: A brief
A brief is made up of:
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a conceptual statement, which describes the nature of the outcome to be
developed and justifies why that particular outcome should be developed with
reference to the issue it is addressing
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specifications that define the requirements of the outcome in terms of its physical
and functional nature. They are an explicit set of requirements that can be used
as an evaluative tool to justify the fitness for purpose of the final outcome.
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Assessment schedule: Technology 91354 Raising Your Profile
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement
The student has undertaken brief development to
address an issue. The student has:
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identified an issue as a result of exploring the
context of “Raising Your Profile”, for example:
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement with
Merit
The student has undertaken in-depth brief
development to address an issue. The student
has:
The student has undertaken comprehensive brief
development to address an issue. The student
has:
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High quality combined with “Wow factor”.
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determined a need or opportunity and
associated stakeholders, for example:
I need a brochure that has an impact that will
enable it to be noticed. I will need to consult with
students and teacher as wider stakeholders.
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reflected on ongoing consideration of the social
and physical environment where the outcome
will be developed and situated, for example:
I spoke to the HOF about the proposed information
for the show.
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described the outcome to be developed and
explained why such an outcome should be
developed, for example:
Style, paper choice, and colour are important for
impact.
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explained the physical and functional attributes
required for an outcome, for example:
produced a final brief comprised of a conceptual
statement and specifications, for example:
The conceptual statement includes wider
stakeholder expectation. A specification will be
that the brochure will be shades of blue.
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identified an issue as a result of exploring the
context of “Raising Your Profile”, for example:
identified an issue as a result of exploring the
context of “Raising Your Profile, for example:
High quality combined with “Wow factor”.
High quality combined with “Wow factor”.
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determined a need or opportunity and
associated stakeholders, for example:
determined a need or opportunity and
associated stakeholders, for example:
I need a brochure that has an impact that will
enable it to be noticed. I will need to consult with
my students and teacher as wider stakeholders.
I need a brochure that has an impact that will
enable it to be noticed. I will need to consult with
students and teacher as wider stakeholders.
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prioritised social and physical environmental
considerations related to where the outcome will
be developed and situated, for example:
The paper was chosen for its strength, thickness,
and comfort. Thickness had to be compromised.
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showed ongoing reflection of key stakeholders’
opinions
prioritised social and physical environmental
considerations related to where the outcome will
be developed and situated, for example:
The paper was chosen for its strength, thickness,
and comfort. Thickness had to be compromised.
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showed ongoing reflection of key stakeholders’
opinions, for example:
I questioned stakeholders about the suitability of
possible design ideas for them and the Open
Night.
I questioned stakeholders about suitability of
possible design ideas for them and the Open
Night.
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The student explained how certain colours work
better when printed.
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Evidence/Judgements for Achievement with
Excellence
described the outcome to be developed and
explained why such an outcome should be
developed, for example:
The style, paper choice, and colour are important
for impact.
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explained the physical and functional attributes
required for an outcome, for example:
The student explained how certain colours work
described the outcome to be developed and
justified why that particular outcome should be
developed, for example:
The particular style, paper choice, and colour all
contribute to the overall impact of the brochure in
terms of grabbing the student’s attention and
looking great under classroom lighting.
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explained the physical and functional attributes
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better under classroom lights.
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produced a final brief comprised of a conceptual
statement and specifications, for example:
The conceptual statement includes wider
stakeholder expectation. A specification will be
that the brochure will be shades of blue.
required for an outcome and justifying the
specifications in relation to these, for example:
The student explained how certain colours work
better under classroom lights. Blue colours were
selected as being the best of these colours and it
also appealed to children.
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produced a final brief comprised of a conceptual
statement and specifications, for example:
The conceptual statement includes wider
stakeholder expectation. A specification will be
that the brochure will be shades of blue.
Final grades will be decided using professional judgement based on a holistic examination of the evidence provided against the criteria in the
Achievement Standard.
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