2022 School Magazine

TECHNOLOGIES

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Digital Solutions is a unique subject as it is both fun, rewarding, and practical. The subject teaches students a variety of transferrable skills through four main units: interactive solutions; virtual reality; mobile app design; and creating with code. Throughout the Year 10 Digital Solutions course, we explored virtual reality immersion, mobile app and website design and explored various coding syntax. The most valuable skills obtained this year have been how to effectively document and present schematics as well as exploring usability principles through self-designed prototypes. We found these aspects incredibly enjoyable as it ignited our creativity whilst aiding us in our own personal creations of websites and mobile apps. We learned how to use the coding languages of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to not only complete our assignments but use in fun projects of our own. We are looking forward to the last term of Digital Solutions where we get to combine all our skills and achievements to create an e-Portfolio after exploring the world of code. Ava Myers (10W) and Isobel Payman (10M)

DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES Year 10 Design provides an engaging introduction to the broad range of design disciplines, immersing students with hands-on experiences to navigate the creative careers such as Architectural, Fashion, Graphic, Industrial, Interior, and Communication Design. The course teaches students design thinking skills, using various frameworks linked to Human-Centred Design (HCD), Commercial Design, and an emphasised focus on Sustainability Design—all applied to authentic design situations. Throughout the year, students focused on two units: Fashion Design and Human-Centred design. Semester 1 was dedicated to designing an aesthetic or functional focused fashion item. Examples included runway clothing items or wearable technology, such as compact headphones for commuters. Term 3 centred around creating a solution for the family household, coming in the form of a product, environment, or system that fulfills household needs and wants. Along the way, students sketched ideas that transformed into physical prototypes—solving real world issues and problems. In the last term of Year 10 students focused

on preparation for a design exam—closing the course. Eloise Langguth (10B) and Luxe Godfrey (10M)

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TECHNOLOGY RETROSPECTIVE Stepping foot into the Technologies classroom in Year 7, your problem solving is challenged in a creative way. Junior Technology encompasses foundational skills and knowledge, working both individually and as a team to create a range of enterprising projects through means of product design, laser cutting, coding, sketching, 3D printing, perspective drawing, and digital graphics. Following Junior studies, Technologies branches into two subjects: Digital Solutions and Design. Digital Solutions is a challenging, but nevertheless, a rewarding subject. Contrary to popular belief, digital solutions involves more than ‘just coding’—it includes ideation, research, problem solving, and an evaluation of the end-product. Specifically, learning how to develop innovative digital solution prototypes which consider data efficiencies, useability principles, and integrate data safety. In contrast, most of Senior Design is spent with a pencil in hand, rendering and sketching building layouts, products, diagrams, and systems. From designing a main building refurbishment, to solving sustainability issues at festivals, Design sparks creativity to find innovative solutions to solve real-life commercial, sustainable, and Human-Centred Design problems. Ultimately, studying Technologies provides students with invaluable skills, and offers inspiring insights into communications, data, and design apparent in our day to day lives. It equips students with the ability to think both critically and innovatively about real-world problems and inspires them to see how design and digital solutions can leave a life-changing impact on our world today. Sienna Crosisca (12M), Carissa Kua (12L), Tiarn O’Donnell (12H) and Sarah Small (12E)