The National STEM Centre and Teach Design have have partnered to create a national day for all things D&T on 10th May 2014. This is a new annual event aimed at sustaining the quality of D&T education in the UK through industry led workshops and seminars.
Teach Design have pulled together the best workshops and speakers available to date. Prior to the event you will be able to sign up to any of the follow workshops:
- 3D Printing: A new tool for D&T
- VEX Robotics: helping students recognise their engineering potential
- Real Designing: Sketch, Draw & Render like a real designer
- Design the Future: change your curriculum overnight
- Cooking with Insects as Ingredients: forget scones, let’s make locust burgers
- Wow Electronics at KS3: No Steady Hand Game’s Allowed
- Health & Safety: Know Your Stuff, Keep Safe, Stay up to date
- eTextiles: Bringing textiles to life
- IsoSketch Drawing Tool: I CAN draw!
- Makey Makey: a tool for Inventors!
- iPads in Design & Technology: wow, that looks amazing!
- What is Food Technology: Forget what you think, teach what you know
- Raspberry Pi’s and Robotic Arms: You want Pi’s, we bring you Pi’s
- The Design Toolkit: Getting under the skin of design!
- The NEW James Dyson Foundation Engineering Box: Serious Engineering
The event will take place at the National STEM Centre, York from 10am to 4.30pm. Tickets will be available from January 2014 and limited to 200 delegates.
Nuno Constantine 