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WK-4. URLs NSW Curriculum Support Website http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/. In Class Form into your groups. To complete today’s lesson divide the larger group into two smaller groups.
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WK-4 URLs NSW Curriculum Support Website http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/ In Class • Form into your groups. To complete today’s lesson divide the larger group into two smaller groups. • Group 1 will select one of the two Project Outline tasks worked on last week for the Trackstar activity. Use the Trackstar link in the Week04 tutorial folder to access the online resource. • Group 2 will undertake a different Virtual Tour. Download the vft zipped document to your computer and expand it. Locate the document titled index and work through the required stops. • Each group will report on their work prior to the conclusion of the class. Remember to share your work.
Stop 1 Wikipedia Wikipedia can be your first destination when researching however, it should never be your only destination nor should it be your last. Using the information found on this Wikipedia page answer the following questions. What is a Case Study? Provide a detailed definition for the term. Why would a Case Study be of use in your TAS Specialisation? Stop 2 MindTools MindTools is a website containing a variety of management, career and thinking skills workshops. At this stop consider how Case Studies may enhance learning through immediate application. • How does MindTools define a Case Study? Does this definition fit within the one you wrote at Stop 1? • What is the major advantage of using a Case Study? • When would you use Case Studies? Where in your TAS Specialization would you use a Case Study? Stop3 Wordpress Blog by psud43 A blog created by a student focusing debate on the advantages/disadvantages of Case Studies. • Based on the listed advantages, what do you consider to the greatest reason for using Case Studies? • Based on the listed disadvantages, what do you consider to the greatest impediment to using Case Studies?
Stop 4 The Australian Organic Industry This publication by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry contains useful information on organic agricultural industries. How might you use this document to prepare an Agricultural Enterprise Case Study for your students? Stop 5 Waiter, there is a gene in my food - ABC This page by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation contains useful information on genetically modified foods. How might you use this resource to prepare an Case Study for your students? Stop 6 Innova Innova is a cutting edge textile company. How would you incorporate this website into a Textiles Case Study? Stop 7 Valuing Adding in the Furniture Industry through CNC Equipment How would you incorporate the Gottstein Report into a Industrial Technology - Wood Case Study?
Stop 8 Australian Architecture How would you incorporate the this Australian Government website on Architecture into a Industrial Technology - Graphics Case Study? Stop 9 Management Information systems for Bus Safety How would you incorporate the Victorian Transport Safety Report into an Information Processes and Technology Case Study? Glenn Murcutt, Marika-Alderton house, Yirrkala Community, 1991-94. Photograph by Glenn Murcutt. Courtesy of the Pritzker Prize Jury Media Office 2002. Under the dome in the Great Hall, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. Photograph by James Lauritz. Courtesy of Museum Victoria Stop 10 Sustainability To conclude our Virtual Field Trip stop by the Practical Action site and review the Sustainability resources. How would you use this website in a Case Study of Sustainability in your TAS Specialisation? http://practicalaction.org/sustainable-design-technology