Students will learn Technology through these stages and their teachers are the facilitators.

• Engage: Purpose is to pique student interest and get them involved in the lesson, while pre-assessing prior knowledge.

• Explore: Purpose is to get students involved in the topic, providing them with a chance to build their own understanding.

• Explain: Purpose is to provide students with an opportunity to communicate what they have learned so far and figure out what it means.

• Extend/Elaborate: Purpose is to allow students to use their new knowledge and continue to explore its implications.

• Evaluate: Purpose is for both students and teachers to determine how much learning and understanding has taken place.

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The Design Process is an approach for breaking down a large project into manageable chunks. Architects, engineers, scientists, and other thinkers use the design process to solve a variety of problems.

Define the Problem

You can’t find a solution until you have a clear idea of what the problem is.

Collect Information

Collect sketches, take photographs and gather data to start giving you inspiration.

Brainstorm and Analyze Ideas

Begin to sketch, make, and study so you can start to understand how all the data and information you’ve collected may impact your design.

Develop Solutions

Take your preliminary ideas and form multiple small-scale design solutions.

Gather Feedback

Present your ideas to as many people as possible: friends, teachers, professionals, and any others you trust to give insightful comments.

Improve

Reflect on all of your feedback and decide if or to what extent it should be incorporated. It is often helpful to take solutions back through the Design Process to refine and clarify them.