Digital-Evolutions

The MYP Digital Design Studio is a sub-group of Digital-Evolutions. Its philosophy is to meet both the MYP Technology AIMS and Objectives while aligning to Digital-Evolutions philosophy. Ultimately students will fully understand the design process, while developing their technical skills.

MYP Design challenges all students to apply practical and creative thinking skills to solve design problems; encourages students to explore the role of design in both historical and contemporary contexts; and raises students’ awareness of their responsibilities when making design decisions and taking action.

Inquiry and problem-solving are at the heart of the subject group. MYP design requires the use of the design cycle as a tool, which provides the methodology used to structure the inquiry and analysis of problems, the development of feasible solutions, the creation of solutions, and the testing and evaluation of the solution. In MYP design, a solution can be defined as a model, prototype, product or system that students have developed and created independently.

MYP Design Cycle

As part of the Middle Years Program (MYP), design challenges all students to:

apply practical and creative thinking skills to solve design problems
explore the role of design in both historical and contemporary contexts
consider their responsibilities when making design decisions and taking action.

MYP design focuses a holistic design process rather than final products and solutions.

Criterion A: Inquiring and analyzing

Criterion B: Developing ideas:

Criterion C: Creating the solution

Criterion D: Evaluating

Criterion A: Inquiring and analyzing

At the end of year 5, students should be able to:

i. explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience

ii. identify and prioritize primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem

iii. analyze a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem

iv. develop a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of relevant research.

Criterion B: Developing ideas:

At the end of year 5, students should be able to:

i. develop design specifications, which clearly states the success criteria for the design of a solution

ii. develop a range of feasible design ideas, which can be correctly interpreted by others

iii. present the chosen design and justify its selection

iv. develop accurate and detailed planning drawings/diagrams and outline the requirements for the creation of the chosen solution.

Criterion C: Creating the solution

At the end of year 5, students should be able to:

i. construct a logical plan, which describes the efficient use of time and resources, sufficient for peers to be able to follow to create the solution

ii. demonstrate excellent technical skills when making the solution

iii. follow the plan to create the solution, which functions as intended

iv. fully justify changes made to the chosen design and plan when making the solution

v. present the solution as a whole.

Criterion D: Evaluating

At the end of year 5, students should be able to:

i. design detailed and relevant testing methods, which generate data, to measure the success of the solution

ii. critically evaluate the success of the solution against the design specification

iii. explain how the solution could be improved

iv. explain the impact of the solution on the client/target audience.