Welcome to the Design and Technology with ICT Education Show page.

This year's D&T+ICT Show was our busiest to date! We are delighted to welcome 143 new members who joined us at the show and to have gathered over 300 signatures on our petition to the government to introduce a legal maximum class size for secondary D&T.

We will make variouse resources available below (ppts, audio recordings, blogs, images etc) so whether you attended or not, you can take something of the experience with you. 

The podcasts below are in the Mp4 format. This is to allow us to incorporate the speakers Powerpoint inside the file. To play these files correctly you will need either Quicktime or iTunes. Both these applications are available here.

If your experiencing problems downloading the file to your harddrive, Right Click on the mpeg4 icon and select 'Save Target As...' (or the equivalent) to save to your harddrive.

Thursday 20th November

Changes: D&T, the curriculum and the world we live in (25.9Mb)
Richard Green, Chief Executive of the Design and Technology Association

With a primary curriculum review underway and a new secondary curriculum in place there is an opportunity to reflect on both the current state and future role of D&T education. This session looks to the future of the subject and how the new curriculum in primary and secondary schools, supported by rapidly developing technologies, resources and equipment, poses challenges as well as presenting huge opportunities for both teachers and pupils.

The associated powerpoint slide show can be downloaded HERE (.zip)

Food Technology Curriculum for 2008 (26Mb)
Louise T Davies, Deputy Chief Executive, D&T Association

The work of the food technology teacher has never been valued as mush as it is now. Find out more about the vital role and future for food education in our schools. This seminar looks at a number of initiatives including the government policy Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives compulsory KS3 by 2011, the new KS3 programme of study 2008, Licence to Cook programme and new GCSE specifications and diploma in hospitality.

The associated Powerpoint slide show can be downloaded HERE (.zip 5.1Mb)

Friday 21st November

Implementing the new Secondary Curriculum (25Mb)
Andy Mitchell, Assistant Chief Executive, D&T Association

How are schools getting on with planning and implementing the new key stage 3 programmes of study? The introduction of the new secondary curriculum is providing new challenges for D&T departments, but equally the stimulation to develop rich learning opportunities that contribute to the overall curriculum 'big picture'. This session explores the progress being made with some examples taken from developing practice in schools.

The associated Powerpoint slide show can be downloaded HERE (3.9Mb) 

Saturday 22nd November

Adapting the KS3 New Curriculum and National Strategy for Pupils with SEN
(Levels P4- Level 3) (22.5 Mb)
Louise T Davies, Deputy Chief Executive, D&T Association and SN Advisory Group

This seminar is for special schools and those who work with pupils operating below the expected levels at KS3. It presents successful planning tools (such as an adaptation of KS3 framework for pupils below level 4 into objectives that can be used P4 - level 3), teaching strategies for designing and managing practical work with a range of pupils with SEN and classroom projects used in a variety of special schools.

The associated powerpoint slide show can be downloaded HERE (.zip, 2.4 Mb)
Janet Wilson's 'Design and make a muffin' project files (.zip) can be downloaded HERE