Teaching the Teachers

Making Inventor Make Sense in Schools

Customised ResourcesHigh Quality is No Accident – Pedagogically SoundCAD/CAM – Let’s Finish the Job Properly

Teaching the TeachersResource Created for the Student Engineering & Design CommunityVersion 1 – Flash video, aimed at teachersVersion 2 – Interactive Ppt., aimed at pupils

All with the same vision……Imagination as a source of inspiration

Version 3 – Interactive eBook, aimed at pupils

Teaching the TeachersSo much more than ‘How to Drive the Software’Good Starting Point though – Build Some ConfidenceQuickly Moving On To ‘Encouraging Creativity’An End to Design Driven by Limited Resources ?

supporting creative design

INTRODUCTORY TASKS

Customised ResourcesWhat are we using currently and how could it be more effective ?

Typically, printed tutorials . . .Or perhaps some PowerPoints . . .

Too much pain for too little gainThey take a lot of effort to createIt could be much more inspiring

Customised ResourcesWhat is the alternative then ?

Screencasting . . .

Effective mode of delivery ?eBook, FlipAlbum etc.

High Quality Is No Accident

5 TIPS*• Give careful thought to the timing of the visual and oral cues• Eliminate extraneous visual material in the shot• Use colour, dimming, blurring etc. to highlight points of focus• Keep the narration conversational rather than formal• Build in interaction to reinforce learning

Recording the desktop is the easy bit. Making the end result pedagogically sound is what makes it work.

*O’Day, Danton H. 2006 – How to Make Pedagogically Meaningful Animations for Teaching and Research Using PowerPoint™ & Camtasia™

CAD/CAM – Let’s Finish the Job ProperlyIn Scottish schools, Further Ed. and Higher Ed., the following prevails -

• Pockets of excellence where individuals have sourced funding for CAM activity• No curricular requirement for schools to provide any CAM experience• No structured programme of implementation

• CAM seen as integral not optional• Minimum spec. set to allow for maximum creativity

Our hope for the future -

• Instruction in pedagogy to go hand in hand with machine operation

• Autodesk solutions to offer the complete package to make the changes we require

CAD/CAM – Let’s Finish the Job ProperlyWe will know we have reached our target when we can say to pupils in schools -

Design anything you want. Everything is possible.

Thank You.