Aims of MYP Technology

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Aims of MYP Technology
the know-how and creative processes that may
assist people to utilize tools, resources and
systems to solve problems and to enhance control
over the natural and man-made environment in an
endeavor to improve the human condition.
UNESCO 1985

• JLOwens 8/2010

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Design Cycle
INVESTIGATE
Analyze at every stage
PLAN
EVALUATE
CREATE A SOLUTION
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The following skills will be required and honed

• Practical Skills Completing given tasks
• Analytical Skills Collecting, interpreting and
  using information
• Organizational skills Planning work and meeting
  deadlines
• Social Skills communicating ideas and working
  in collaboration with others

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Investigate

• Brain Storming
• Research Methods
• Social environmental impacts
• Sources Cultures
• Recognize the technology
• Historical cultural implications
• Specific situational needs
• Simple complex
• Attitudes about it
• AOI implications

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Design

• Sketch/write up multiple possible ways of
  creating the product
• Measure against design specifications
• Justification for final design choice

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Plan

• Managing Time Resources
• Review Plans
• Acknowledge Sources

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Create Product/Solution

• Choose methods tools
• Follow plan (journal)
• Adjust as necessary
• Work cooperatively
• Adapt to new ideas
• Follow a schedule

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Evaluate

• Compare solution to original need
• Access the aesthetic and practical qualities of
  the solution
• Suggest improvements
• Is it an efficient solution?
• Reflect on their own involvement
• Cultural impacts
• Self evaluation on project

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Assessing Technology
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Criterion A Investigate

• Maximum 8
• Investigation is an essential step in the design
  cycle. In order for this step to be assessed,
  students must produce documented evidence of
  topic research and analysis in their design
  workbook.

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Criterion B Plan

• Maximum 8
• Planning is of primary importance in the
  demonstration of the ability to organize both
  time and resources. In order for this stage to be
  assessed, students must document their work plan
  and justify their choice of alternatives in their
  design workbook.

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Criterion C Create

• Maximum 8
• Creating products/solutions is the aim of all
  technology programs. In order for this stage of
  the design cycle to be assessed, students must
  submit a process journal as part of their design
  workbook with all amendments to the planning
  stage as well as the product itself.
• Note Students will sometimes embark on very
  ambitious projects or ones which may encounter
  many unforeseen obstacles. The emphasis of MYP
  technology is on the exploration of its three
  branches and on the design process. Assessment
  involves the students engagement in the whole
  design cycle. In some circumstances a product or
  solution which is incomplete or does not function
  fully may still result in a good level of
  achievement for criterion C.

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Criterion D Evaluate

• Maximum 8
• Evaluation is necessary in all technology
  projects. In order for this stage in the design
  cycle to be assessed, the student must provide
  documentation of the assessment of both the
  product/solution and process, and a form of
  self-assessment.

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Criterion E Attitude

• Maximum 4
• This criterion focuses on an overall assessment
  of two aspects
• the students personal engagement (motivation,
  general attitude, confidence, etc)
• the degree of personal independence in his/her
  work.
• By their very nature these qualities are
  difficult to quantify and the assessment should
  take into account the context in which the unit
  of work was undertaken. 
• The assessment should bear in mind the amount of
  encouragement that the student needed, the
  interaction between student and teacher, the
  students attention to deadlines and procedures,
  etc.