ADST Core Compentencies
My courses cover a broad range of curricular and skills that will last a lifetime. Confidence building, care for the environment and others and but some of the values and culture we try to foster in our classes. Below is a start in the list of topics and examples of learning we do in our different courses. Some points may be specific to certain courses but overall we try and teach a blanket of skills here!
Communication
- We share by showing using actions, talking, and written work
- Making blueprints and plans for projects, ideas, and potential designs
- Teaching peers and helping others
- Prototyping and reflecting according to our design cycle
- Listening and making notes during instructions and follow through with them
- Group projects and working as a team for a common goal.
- Researching facts and organizing ideas to create a project
- Taking pictures, videos, and documenting progress for personal use, portfolio use, or to help others
- Ability to follow instructions when given either verbally or written.
- Ability in using appropriate technical vocabulary
- User needs and interests drive the design process.
- Learning to share work areas with other students and teachers.
- Clean up after yourself so other groups have a clean and safe work area after you are done working
Thinking
- Every decision is thought out to prevent wasting materials and accidents
- Steps are thought out to accomplish projects efficiently and to manage time
- Be mindful during your processes and how you conduct yourself in class and society
- Designing projects from scratch or from a set starting point.
- Reflecting on projects and critique issues in the build process and final products
- Conduct the test, collect and compile data, evaluate data, and decide on changes
- Amount and quality of satisfactory work completed
- Job know-how - application of acquired knowledge and skills
- Technologies help us accomplish many specific tasks in our lives.
- Take creative risks in generating ideas and add to others’ ideas in ways that enhance them
- Maintain an open mind about potentially viable ideas
Personal/Social
- Social, ethical, and sustainability considerations impact design
- Job futures in construction, engineering, mechanical design, electrical, trades, etc
- Work ethic and employability skills
- Evaluate impacts, including unintended negative consequences, of choices made about technology use
- Evaluate the influences of land, natural resources, and culture on the development and use of tools and technologies
- Recycling/Reusing/Repurposing materials as not to be wasteful
- Take care of your mind, learn how to be in a good headspace and how to mentally prepare yourself for the future
- Evaluate a variety of materials for effective use and potential for reuse, recycling, and biodegradability
- Scraps melted down and reused when possible (brass, aluminum, pewter, silver, etc) using molds or other projects
- Group projects: input from others, teamwork skills, communication between peers
- All students work at their own pace and learn to manage their time to meet real-world deadlines
- All students look out for each others safety
- Be aware of your own safety and surroundings
- Creative and personal aspects can apply to every project
- Caring for materials, tools, and supplies
- Critically analyze and prioritize competing factors to meet community needs for preferred futures
- Personal application of assigned work
- Reliability - can you be dependable, responsible, and trustworthy?
- Initiative - can you begin and follow through energetically with a plan or task?
- Attendance - can you show up on time and be present when you are supposed to?
- Cooperation - ability to work with the teacher - ability to work with fellow students
- Self control - ability to control one's emotions - control your temper, vocal volume, not being immature
- Poise - demonstrates a level a self confidence using available tools, machines, materials, and supplies
- Reacting appropriately to advice and constructive criticism
- Willingness to follow directions to accomplish a goal
- Adaptability - capacity to adjust to new problems and changing situations
- Develop competency and proficiency in skills at various levels involving manual dexterity and specialized area of focus
- Identify the skills needed, individually or collaboratively, in relation to specific projects, and develop and refine them