Schools across Victoria - Join us in celebrating Design & Technologies Week, and show your school communities what a vibrant, challenging and essential learning area we have! Explore our web page for a wide variety of events and activities - including special programs from Melbourne Design Week - or download our free resources and get your students engaged! |
Are you an out-of-field educator teaching Design & Technologies or Systems Engineering? Is your school struggling to recruit qualified teachers? DATTA Vic runs a masterclass program to support educators from other learning areas to teach D&T. These programs are for members only, and numbers are strictly limited. See links below for more information and to register: |
NEW RESOURCE FROM DATTA VIC AND FOREST LEARNING Thinking Outside the Box - The Sustainable Seating Project |
We're really excited to announce the publication of a new Design & Technologies resource that we created with Forest Learning - an organisation which aims to serve school teachers and educators, children, and the public with information on Australian forests and forest-based products, and provision and access to forestry teaching resources. Thinking Ouside the Box - The Sustainable Seating Project is a Year 7/8 Unit of Work which investigates the properties and sustainability of cardboard . Using ForestVR 360o videos, students go on virtual excursions to an Australian pine plantation and paper mill to experience the cycle of growing sustainable wood fibre and how it is processed into paperboard. Following the design thinking process, students then investigate, design, produce and evaluate a sustainable seat made from upcycled cardboard. |
The resource is free - you just have to create a login to download it. Click on the image above to access. This is just one of many Design & Resources available from Forest Learning - make sure you browse their site to discover them all. |
DATTA Vic is committed to supporting the teaching of sustainability in all schools across Victoria. We also strive to ensure that, in our daily operations, we do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint. We are therefore a proud supporter of Fifteen Trees. Established in 2009, the company works with host of independent native nurseries and community groups (such as Landcare, school groups and environmental networks) across Australia to plant trees. To date, they have helped community groups plant over 350,000 trees in all states and territories of Australia. |
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTS AS TECHNICIANS IN SCHOOLS |
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DATTA Vic Masterclasses for Out of Field Teachers Is your school struggling to recruit? Click HERE for our Teaching Design and Engineering Masterclasses helping out-of-field educators teach Design & Technologies | Want to Become a Design & Technologies Teacher? Are you a graduate, industry professional, overseas educator or teacher with another specialism? Read our guide to becoming a D&T teacher HERE. |
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Design and Technologies is an area of the curriculum that applies the Design Process, and uses tools and materials (with new technological knowledge) to create products, services and environments.
DATTA Vic represents Design and Technologies Teachers (including Systems Engineering, STEM, Textiles, Electronics, Auto & Primary teachers) in education throughout Victoria.
DATTA Vic is a non-profit organisation that was formed in October 1987. Since our humble beginnings as a group of like-minded teachers of Technology we have grown to a membership of over 1300 educators.
The DATTA Vic committee consists of volunteer members and two part-time paid office staff.
We hold annual conferences and facilitate various Professional Learning workshops throughout the year.