Welcome to QEHS
Gainsborough
For our Integrated EiSS CAD/CAM
Project Launch.
The King’s School
Grantham
Queen Elizabeth’s
High School
Gainsborough
Thames Valley
Academy
Gainsborough
Brumby
Engineering
College
Scunthorpe
Baysgarth School
Barton-Upon-Humber
St Bedes Catholic School
Scunthorpe
This introduction session is an
overview about change in D&T
using a new curriculum
initiative.
It’s about developing sustainable
D&T Curriculum Development
projects
Have you seen this logo?
You are at the forefront
New National initiative
It’s about our subject
in the 21st Century
The marriage of three projects
to form one new initiative…..
……about giving ownership of learning to our students
Background
Invitation to DATA to tender - Jan 2008
Aim
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To provide Secondary D&T Support
Building on success of
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CAD/CAM in Schools programme
Electronics in Schools Strategy
Context
• Building on strengths of
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CAD/CAM in Schools
programme
Electronics in Schools
Strategy
Digital D&T
Consortium partners
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D&T Association
SSAT – Specialist
Schools & Academies
Trust
IET – Institution of
Engineering
Technology
Delcam, PTC, Speed
Step
Digital D&T
• Meet needs of changing
curriculum
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New Secondary Curriculum
Engineering diploma
STEM
• Continue modernisation of
D&T curriculum by developing
engaging, motivating activities
and resources relevant to 21st
century
and by
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combining CAD/CAM and
systems and control
technologies
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Consortium partners
• The D&T Association
• SSAT – Specialist Schools &
Academies Trust
• IET – Institution of Engineering
Technology
• Delcam, PTC, Speed Step
Programme structure
Curriculum Advisors
•David Barlex
•John Myerson
•Rose Sinclair
•Torben Steeg
•Support Centres
•9 Government Regions
2 Bid for CAD/CAM
2 Bid for ECT
•Integrated Training
Y1: 75/25 split of ‘dedicated / integrated’
training/support
Y3: 25/75 split of ‘dedicated / integrated’
training/support
Pilot of integrated training (some
regions bid for this - we were
successful)
Funding
•DCSF
– Support centre infrastructure
– Support centre training
– Maintain accredited trainer network
– Curriculum frameworks
– Pilot new software
– Annual conference
– Websites
– Steering group
– Evaluation
Funding
•IET
– Change of name from IEE to IET
– Change of focus from electronics
to Engineering Technology
– 2 day pilot courses
– 4 day CPD accreditation courses
– STEM agenda
– Integrated courses
– Outcomes rolled out across the
region
Documentation drivers
Engineering 14 - 19 Diploma
Level 1
‘pre-PIC’ electronics but use of CAD circuit modelling software
included
CADCAM production
Level 2
microcontrollers included with use of CAD circuit modelling
software
CADCAM production
The important
Region BUT
Geographically
it is huge
OUR EAST MIDLANDS
BID WAS SUCCESSFUL
We have 3 Centres in the region
Nottingham Trent University
•EiSS CAD/CAM and Speedstep – Andy Cooper & Sarah Davies
Vale of Ancholme - Brigg
•CAD/CAM – Mike Finney
Ideas In2 Action - Metheringam
•EiSS – Les Porter
Pro|ENGINEER - Schools Edition – PTC sponsored
300 Seat license - No cost to school
• For student, school & home use
Comparable to ProDESKTOP
plus;
– Part modelling
– Assemblies
But
I’ll
leave
our
Colleague
Mike
Finney
to
– Mechanisms*
engage
in “The Which Software” Debate
– Mechanism dynamics*
– Design animation*later in the afternoon.
– Sheet metal*
– Surfacing *
– Production drawing
– Advanced rendering *
– Design optimisation – behavioural modelling*
Pro|ENGINEER - Schools Advanced Edition – PTC sponsored
35 seat classroom license – £425 **
• Perpetual license
Complete CAD/CAM/CAE solution
• Includes technical support and web-based training
Foundation Advantage (Schools Edition) +
CAD
– Advanced assembly
– Cabling/piping design
– Finite Element Analysis
– Interactive Surface Design
CAM
– Production machining, Tool Design
– NC sheet metal
CAE
ProENGINEER Mechanica and Advanced Mechanica
Dimension 3D printer
No it doesn’t
make coffee
but it will
make coffee
cups…..
Ours is The
Vale of
Ancholme
School in Brigg
One in
each
region
funded by
DATA
Z-Corp 450
CAM facilities
RapMan 3D printer
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£700
1 per region
TDA funded
Modern, motivating activities
laptop light
top down design with Pro/ENGINEER
Core planning
for initial bid
East
Midlands
Digital
D&T
Rationale
Planning from
IET £6K
Lincolnshire
18 delegates
from 6
schools
EiSS + CAD
Product
½Day intro 2 sessions
and Task show & tell
Published website
material at:www.digitaldandt.co.uk
East
Midlands
Digital
D&T
Identify our
stakeholders: Maybe a
common meeting or
maybe by invitation
Nottingham
Trent
18 delegates
from 6
schools
Surface mount +
Textiles Product
1Day intro
and Task
Conference/ (virtual?) Feeding
into CAD/CAM & EiSS
Frameworks
follow up
Task
Engage with and
involvement from
IET’s SLO
So that’s where our 6
Lincolnshire schools fit’s into
the picture…..
Part of DATA’s bid to DCSF was about
making curriculum projects sustainable
if staff members leave the school.
Hence teams of 3 staff from different
D&T backgrounds from each school (in
which the technician is a key player).
The outcomes
Project called “Be Seen and Stay Safe !!!!!!!
Back to each school work as a team and
conceptually develop a potential project.
Back on 27th May to work with decide how we can
best support the CAD/CAM element.
Trial the outcome with (maybe) one student.
Take lots of photographs at every stage.
We’ll provide each school with details of a WIKI to
send work to us.
Get together on 30th June to share our
development
We’ll develop a website of your outcomes.
Lets get our students engaged in exciting D&T
that is relevant to the 21st C
Links and next steps
• DD&T SCs are centres of D&T
expertise within each region and
therefore able to support and/or
collaborate with:
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STEMPOINTS
ASSECs
Science Learning Centres
SSAT specialist schools
ASTs
OfSTED report
“Education for a technologically advanced nation D&T in schools 2004-07” OfSTED June 2008
“Design and technology has to be an essential part of
every pupil’s learning experience. The subject
encourages creativity and contributes to the personal
development of students of all ages. More needs to be
done to ensure that all schools are equally well
equipped with the facilities, equipment and specialist
teachers required to keep pace with the advancements
in our ever changing, hi-tech world.”
OfSTED report
Key findings
Design and technology was popular and contributed well to
learners’ personal development. Learners were motivated,
especially when they had opportunities to develop and realise their
ideas. They behaved well, understood the subject’s relevance and
learnt to use complex and expensive equipment effectively.
Advanced technologies such as computer-aided designing and
computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM), when used effectively,
motivated learners and raised their productivity. However, the gap
was growing between schools which used such technology well and
those which did not; the latter lacked equipment and the necessary
expertise.
Many teachers did not keep sufficiently up to date because of a
lack of in-service training. This restricted the development of
teaching and learners’ technological capability.
OfSTED report
Recommendations
DCSF
consider how, in the long term, science, technology, engineering and
mathematics research and development might be used to create modern
design and technology projects, with mathematical and scientific content,
to enable schools to keep pace with technological advances
QCA
ensure that GCSE course specifications are effective in promoting creativity
and technological rigour in coursework
provide guidance on applying rigorous technological, mathematical and
scientific knowledge in designing and making projects
TDA
provide training opportunities for primary and secondary teachers to
update and maintain their subject and teaching skills …
Secondary schools
provide adequate resources for CAD/CAM and ensure that at least one
teacher is trained to teach it throughout the age range
……….today
Well start by all making he same
project (electronics part) and program
the PIC in it using New Wave
Concepts “Genie”.
I’ll then suggest some ways forward
1. look at producing surface mount PCB’s
2. Look at producing flexible PCBs
Mike will join us and discuss CAD/CAM
Teacher Perceptions
It’s a dirty, messy subject
Its only for bright boys
Its too hard to teach – ‘I can teach
anything
The projects are really boring!
except Systems’
The direction I would like our
students to go ………
Creativity:
comes from the heart
Any questions…….
?