Y10+Trust+-+Technology

29-11-2012

= Here is the rubrics and instruction of Technology __ Summative Assessment __, please take a look. =



For revision, please study the names and functions of the tools below.


 * Tools || Functions ||
 * Sewing Machine || Sewing the fabric ||
 * Over-locking machine || Used to over lock the edges of the fabric ||
 * Cutting shears || is sharper than scissors and is used to cut the fabric ||
 * Seam Ripper || is used to remover wrong sewing ||
 * tailor pen or tailor pencil || are used to draw a temporary mark and the mark can be easily removed without stain ||
 * Zipper foot || has to be attached to the sewing machine when sewing on zippers ||
 * buttonhole foot || has to be attached to the sewing machine when sewing a buttonhole with sewing machine ||
 * Thread guide || used for guiding the thread passing through the eye of the needle ||
 * Needle || used for hand stitching or hand sewing ||
 * Pin cushion || used for holding the needle and pins ||
 * Pins || used for pinning and joining two or more fabrics temporarily ||
 * Heat Transfer machine || used to transfer the picture from heat transfer paper to the surface of fabric with high heat. ||
 * Paint Brushes || used for applying fabric paint on the fabric ||
 * frame and screen || used in silk screening for fixing the pattern on the fabric and ensuring the ink printed on the fabric evenly. ||
 * Squeegee || used in silk screening for spreading the ink. ||

Evaluation Stage

Please do the product test according to the product test plan you developed in investigation stage. Produce a product evaluation with data generated from product test and reflection on your performance on every stage (investigate, design, plan, create and evaluate) suggest some ways for improvement. Finally, write the impact that the product may bring to society, environment and self.

In your evaluation, you need to include

1) Product test results (Data must be generated) 2) Product evaluation (evaluate the success of product, especially evaluate the success of the product against design specification) 3) Performance Reflection in all the stages in design cycle (pros, cons, improving ways) 4) Impact of the product

Deadline of Evaluation Stage and the whole project: 20/12

Create Stage

In create stage, you are required to

1) make the stress relieve item according to the plan.

Create your product according to your plan but you can make changes if necessary.

You should include at least 3 techniques, as for example

** sewing, **

** inserting zippers, buttons, fabrics, and other decorative components **

** cutting, **

** dyeing, **

** printing (heat tansfer and silk screening) **

** painting and drawing **

You are given 5 double-lessons (1/11, 8/11, 15/11, 22/11 and 29/11) for the stress relieve item creation.

2) Do a process journal

You have to record all your work in create stage in process journal with pictures or video.

State the steps in detail, explain them with pictures, provide the date as well.

All these **__changes__** must be __**stated and explained clearly**__ in the process journal.

Lastly, you should provide pictures showing the front and back view of your final product.

Deadline of stress relieve item creation: 13/12 Deadline of process journal: 13/12 Deadline of evaluation and the whole project: 20/12

Plan Stage In your plan, you are required to

1) make a production plan, telling me the steps with time and resources, eg. tools and equipment, materials, in detail. It will be better if you can include any check points and safety concern.

2) make a timeline, telling me the proposed finish date of every step.

3) evaluate your plan, analyze the pros and cons of you plan, figure out any possible difficulties and some solutions to solve this foreseeable problems.

In your plan stage, you should include the following things

1) a brief introduction

2) a production plan (you can also include the cutting list and contingency plan)

3) a timeline/ flow chart

4) a plan evaluation

Deadline: 2/11/2012 Submit your work in PDF via edmodo.

Design Stage

For the design stage, you are required to

1.. Design at least 4 designs of Stress Relieve product.

2. Write a description of the 4 designs and compare them among each other in a table.

3. Choose 1 design as a final design or justify the design, color it and show it in full dimension.

4. Write a description titled “final design and justification” to tell me the reason why it can be your final choice and describe the final design.

In your design stage, you should include the following things

1) at least 4 pieces of design descriptions ( 1 piece for 1 design)

2) comparison of the 4 designs against design specifications

3) a colored final design in full dimension

4) final design and jusification (describe the final design and explain the reason why you choose or modify it as your final design)

Deadline: 2/11/2012 together with your plan stage

Submit your work in PDF via [|edmodo]

Investigate Stage

the design brief (1 Page), design specification(1 Page) and product test plan (3 Pages),. This area is an important part in the investigation and in the whole project. You must include this part in the investigation stage.

For the design brief, please tell me how you are going to solve the problem---arouse people's environmental awareness. **Use 100-300 words** to describe what you will do and how it meets your theme. (refer to the design brief and design specification)

For the design specification, please tell me your requirements on the T-shirt design and production. State the design specification under to subtitle, **Essential criteria** and ** Desirable criteria **.

For the essential criteria, please include the elements that it is a must to be on the T-shirt or in the T-shirt design.

For the desirable criteria, please include the elements that it is optional to be on the T-shirt or in the T-shirt design.

**List your criteria in point form.**

For the product test plan, please include at least 2 test plans here. For example, product test plan is a self check list and the other is a questionnaire. Please be reminded that

a) you should test your product against all the design specification.

b) you should also state the aim of the product test is to see whether the product meets the design specifications and judge the product is successful or not.

c) you should also state clearly how you determin if your product is success or not. eg **The product will be regarded as success if 70% 0f the criteria are checked as a yes.(**Please refer to the sample for Product Test Plan.)

Research - Secondary and Primary Research

Dear all 10T students,

This week, you have to start your research for the design and production of the stress relieve item. You may search some information from internet, books, newspaper, videos, journals and magazines for the secondary research. You should also acknowledge your sources.

In your research, you may use the following guided question to help you.

1) How to prevent muscle tension?

2) What is the health and safety for workplace?

3) Any item that help to reduce the degree of muscle tension?

4) What kind of pain and stress will be created from the workplace?

5) How to create the stress relief items?

I would like you all to hand in your research work to me as follow.



In the iBooks author, your should cite the in-text referencing as the picture shown above.

The way that you provided the information of the sources would be simply the surname of the author or the name of the organization, "comma", and the published year.

You can also provide the short-form of the organization which people commonly know, such as WHO for World Health Organization.

The published year must be in four digits and you should not put AD or BC for the record.

Provide a correct bibliography at the end. Refer to the school citation guide

** and record down the source you found. **

Apart from the secondary research listed above, you are required to do primary search, too.

Primary research is collecting data from the real world. You can

(1)do a survey,

(2)do an experiment,

(3)do interviews or

(4) do an observation and write a report.


 * Choose one of them only. ** Please present the data, the result, discuss the findings, analyise the result and apply them in your investigation **in 3-5 pages with font 12.**

If you are doing a survey, please include the following part in your survey.

1) Introduction (tell the others who you are, what you are doing, what your topic is, why you are doing the survey, thank the participant for doing the survey.

2) asking for the demographic information, eg. age, gender, job/occupation, household income, pocket money......

3) asking for the questions under your topic to get your findings

4) ask more than 5 people to get your data.

5) show your survey data, analyze it and apply it in your investigation. You can go to [] to take a reference of the others' survey.

If you are doing an experiment, please include the following part in your lab report.

1) your experiment plan, explain why you do the experiment, what you want to find out in the experiment, and how you do in the experiment.

2) your process record of your experiment, include the date, place, the materials, the tools, the process and the pictures of each steps.

3) your experiment result: show your experiment findings and apply it in your investigation You can go to [] to take a reference of the others' lab report.

If you are doing an interviews, please include following part in your interviews report.

1) design the questions before asking

2) ask 1 person for the interviews

3) provide a script of your conversation with your interviewees.

4) make use of the interviewees' answers and get the findings.

5) apply your findings in the investigation

If you are doing an observation, please include following part in your observation report.

1) please observe at least 3 targets for observation report

2) the please state the date, time, place, your targets and your aims of observation clearly

3) state your findings clearly, and you must include pictures in your report.

4) apply your findings in the investigation

Lastly, try to **use graph, pie chart or table** to illustrate your data and findings. Analyze the findings in paragraphs.

Reminder for class and the assignment

Research (both Secondary and Primary research) and bibliography

Due date: 27/9/2012

Cover Page, Mindmap and Introduction

Dear all Y10J students,

Welcome to Year 10 Textile Technology this year. Starting from this year, you need to do all your Technology work in iBook and submit it in iBook via email or air-drop.

This year, you're required to do a Textile Technology project under a unit "Stress Relieve Item". In Textile Technology, you are required to design and make a stress relieve item. For the details of the unit and task, please refer to the following file.

For the schedule of Y10 Textile Technology, please refer to

Classwork:

In the first lesson, you have to write an introduction (300-500 words) for the project as a class work. In the introduction, please

1) show your understanding of the unit,

2) address the problem and explain with your words

3) state that you are going to use the design cycle to solve the problems by designing and making stress relieve item for the Workers and briefly plan how you do it in the stages.

4) write the expected impact of your stress relieve item

Assignment:

Please prepare a cover page, a mind map and an introduction and bring this THREE things in iBook next lesson.

On your cover page, please show

1) The name of school

2) your name

3) your homeroom

4) the name of subject (Textile Technology)

5) the name of unit (Stress Relieve).

You are recommended to make some decoration on the cover page.

In the mindmap, please start with the unit title "Stress Relieve Item".

Reminder for class and the assignment

Classwork: Introduction(submit in iBook)

HW: a cover page and a mind-map (submit in iBook)

Due Date: 7/9/2012