[Design and Technology] Professional Development for D and T teachers at Melbourne Museum

[Tran, Lorraine I]

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority


  

MEMORANDUM TO SCHOOLS:   35/2008

 

TO:

 

The Principal

ATTENTION:

 

VASS Administrator

VCE Coordinator

VCE Technology curriculum managers

VCE Design and Technology teachers

 

FROM:

 

 

Merren Ricketson, Project Manager, Season of Excellence

Lorraine Tran, Design and Technology Curriculum Manager

 

CC:

 

 

OGSE, OEPI, CEO, AISV, IARTV, AEU, VIEU, VRQA

DATE:

 

23 April 2008

SUBJECT:

VCE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AT MELBOURNE
MUSEUM


Melbourne Museum in conjunction with the Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority presents Teacher Professional Learning to support
the Top Designs Exhibition 2008.


 

The State Reviewer for the School-assessed Task will discuss
requirements and assessment criteria for the School-assessed Task, and
available resources. Teachers are able to view the Top Designs
exhibition prior to hearing from the State Reviewer. A teacher and their
student whose work appears in the exhibition will discuss their
experiences and how teachers can best assist students in the
School-assessed Task.

Marc Pascal, a local Industrial designer will also discuss his approach
to product design.

 

Date:                           Thursday 1 May, 4:00pm - 7:00pm

 

Program:

 

4:00 - 4:45pm                Registration and Exhibition viewing (Top
Designs Exhibition space at the Melbourne Museum)

 

4:15 - 4:45pm                Refreshments (The Age Theatre Plaza)

(Move into The Age Theatre)

 

4:45 - 5:30pm                Welcome and Introduction to the Museum and
the Top Designs Exhibition

(Melbourne Museum staff) 

 

2008 School-assessed Task criteria for VCE Design and Technology and
available teacher resources

Lorraine Tran (Curriculum Manager, P-12 Design and Technology, VCAA) 

                                                

Achieving Excellence in the School-assessed Task (with reference to
student work in the 2008 Top Designs Exhibition)

                                    Karen Anderson, State Reviewer for
VCE Design and Technology

                                    

Question time/discussion 

 

5:30 - 6:15pm                2007 Units 3 and 4 Design and Technology
students represented in the exhibition and their teachers (from
different materials areas) discuss their experiences of completing the
School-assessed Task 

 

6:15 - 7:00pm                Designer talk followed by questions

Marc Pascal studied fine art (painting and printmaking) at the Victorian
College of the Arts, and later studied Industrial Design at RMIT.

Marc has received grants and awards and exhibits his work regularly.
He currently works as an independent designer and producer working from
Melbourne.



Marc describes himself as 'an emotive and tactile person, who loves to
play with materials colour, and light'. He develops his work in 'an
intuitive way'.

 

Cost:                           $15 (including GST) 

 

Venue:                        Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens,
Rathdowne St., Carlton

 

Bookings:                   Telephone 1300 130 152 between 8.45 am and
5:00 pm

 

Note: The Top Designs exhibition catalogue will be available for
purchase on the evening from the Melbourne Museum shop which closes at
5:00pm. The Top Designs exhibition catalogue is also available from VCAA
by mail order. The order form is available in the 2008 February VCAA
Bulletin or online at:
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/seasonofexcellence.html . 

 

The cost of the catalogue is $20 which includes GST, postage and
handling. The catalogue includes a CD-ROM that contains additional
resource material such as student folio pages. 

 

The Top Designs Exhibition is open from 10 April - 29 June 2008.

 

Copies of all Memoranda to Schools are located on the VCAA website:
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/index.html

 

End of Message

 

 

 

 

 

Lorraine Tran

Curriculum Manager, P - 12 Design and Technology

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)

41 St Andrews Place

East Melbourne 3002

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

 

Email: tran.lorraine.i at edumail.vic.gov.au

Telephone: (03) 9651 4407

Mobile:       041 933 1630

 

The VCAA provides curriculum and assessment for prep to Year 12. The
VCAA is a statutory body directly responsible to the Minister for
Education and Training and serves government and non-government schools.


 


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