Sunday, July 24, 2011

Student Centered Learning




The Living Curriculum that Unitec embraces, as part of what makes us stand out from the rest, covers seven core principles.




  1. Reflection
  2. Problem Solving
  3. Self-efficacy
  4. Collaboration
  5. Curiosity/Inquiry
  6. Conversation
  7. Creativity
List these seven and then describe in your own words what these mean to you. Soon I will be asking you all to blog about these seven.

terminology

How is it?
Terms from today.
Ortho graphic projection

Screenr free is good

How is it? Screenr is a free screen cast record programme that we can use for doing a free Vodcast.

see embed code stuff.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Intro to Boatbuilding 1

How is it?
So we need to cover many of the machines in the workshop.
You will be introduced to the machines during the course, Intro to Boatbuilding. As we construct the toolbox, Oilstone box and a Long Board, you will progressively be introduced to many machines. As part of this intro each day you will need to do several tasks
For many of you this will be the first time you have used machinery like this. So we need to create a process that ensures we all meet the safety requirements and know the operational settings of the machines we will be using.


2

Meet safety requirements and operational settings on all marine workshop machines.

3

Process timber components to required dimensions


Above are two of the learning outcomes from this course. You will be required to