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role changes as well with Design and Technology. The teacher is not the dispenser of information but
rather plays the role of facilitator, setting project goals and providing guidelines and resources.
Suggested Provocations
Design and Technology can be approached from different perspectives:
Literature:
Develop communication skills while working cooperatively
Listening skills through recorder stories
Speaking skills while presenting their inventions and/or designs
Use phonics and reading applications on the I-pad
Enhance writing skills using the mimio
Letter recognition in the keyboard
Older students may type their names or simple words on the computer
Numeracy:
Problem solving skills
Measuring
Shaping
Combining
Classify technological tools
Use numerical applications on the I-pad
Number recognition in the keyboard
Science:
Observe
Describe
Analyze
Explore
Invent