STEP Showcase

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STEP Showcase

• Gamal Prather

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Where Were going

• My Teacher
• My Students
• My Lessons
• Student Comments
• In the Future

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My Teacher

• Mrs. Margaret Jenkins
• Miami University
• Taught Home Economics for 25ish yrs
• 3rd year _at_ WHDT teaching TECHNOLOGY

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My Students

• 110 students spread over 4 classes
• AA
• The good
• The aight
• The others
• Behavior issues have improved
• They show up

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Lessons

• GPA
• History of Design
• Cell Phone Modeling
• Puzzle Cube
• Elements of Design

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GPA

• Conducted in conjunction with M2SE class
• Breaking down the mathematics of it all
• Weighted classes, etc.
• Emphasis on the money that your GPA can earn for
  you
• Heads raised, eyes opened

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History of Design Research Project

• Pick a product
• Use the interweb to perform research
• What I noticed
• LOTS of copying and pasting (LOTS!)
• Not very confident in presentation
• Made effective .ppt presentations

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Cell Phone Modeling

• Emphasis on student ownership of project
• Allowed students to make their own design out of
  Play-Doh
• Students got into it
• Doing the isometric and orthographic drawings
  werent so painful

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Puzzle Cube Project

• Emphasis on the Design Process
• Problem Identification
• Conceptualization
• Refinement of Preliminary Ideas
• Design Analysis
• Development and Implementation
• Optimization
• Presentation

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Elements of Design

• Updated yet another poorly constructed PLtW .ppt
  file
• Another hands-on project
• Using cardboard boxes and craft paper to
  demonstrate the EoD
• This was also a big hit with the kids
• The kids worked quickly since they only had 2 days

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Student Comments

• You need to be here everyday
• I hear this almost everyday
• You know how to explain things
• I like DOING things instead of just taking notes
  
• WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN !?!?!?!?
• Shes crazy!

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Encouraging Student Interests

• Billy the future Car Designer
• Gave him a book websites about car design
• Robyn and Jake
• Future Interior Designer and Architect
• Gave them copies of Dwell and Architectural
  Record Magazine

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In the Future

• Trip to TMMK
• Trip to UC (DAAP Engg)
• Modeling Practice
• Order of operations
• Constraints assemblies
• Daily Vocab Quiz
• Engg Drawings
• Dimensions, dimensions, dimensions
• Daily Review of the Design Process

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Thank Ya !