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<div>Greetings all,</div>
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<div>I'm a new-ish teacher and new at my current school this year. I'm currently teaching mostly Materials technology 7-10, with a strong focus on wood. </div>
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<div>Now, next year I'm about to begin teaching VCE Product Design and Technology - starting with a Year 11 group and taking them up to Year 12. I've not taught the study before, and there has not been a class at VCE level in the Technology subjects for a
while. There's little course material, and what there is is very out of date.</div>
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<div>B<b>asically, I'd like to ask if anyone would mind offering advice or suggestions about the product re-design and team project tasks</b> - what you have the students focus on, tasks or topics that are good/engaging and so on! I have too many ideas, and
would like some ideas about tasks/topics that <i>work</i>. The students and myself have a focus on wood technology, so advice down that route much appreciated!</div>
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<div>As an idea, the only course document that exists here about Unit 1 and 2 led the students through redesigning a board game....</div>
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<div>Thanks in advance!</div>
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<div>David Pitt</div>
<div>Camberwell High School</div>
<div>pi@camhigh.vic.edu.au</div>
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