INVESTIGATION NISC DT LAB
DESIGN CYCLE REPORT ABOUT THE NEW DT LAB
IDENTY THE PROBLEM
DESIGN BRIEF
END USER and TARGET AUDIENCE
The DT lab is ment for all the MYP students and my DT lab design will be shown to the the following target audience
Architectural firms
Hardware store
Building companies
TESTING METHODS
Testing group
Shane
Ryan
Navapol(nine)
Hwan Jin
The checklist will link with the design specifications and the tester will be rating it as.
- Dissatisfy
- Satisfy
- Good
- Very good
- Bad
The feedback will also include
- A few suggestion to improve the product
- Some comments on area of strengths
- Comments about the skills of using Google Sketchup
- Comments about the use of space and layout
Design Specification
- precise, correct and accurate room dimensions based on the existing building structures
- 4 emergency exits
- 2 main entry points
- very good ventilation
- maximum natural light
- ability to function in the event of a power failure
- place for washing hands
- emergency shower
- eye washing
- two first aid stations
- 1 firehouse and 2 fire extinguishers
- a place for students to store bags, personal items and project that they are working on
- truck loading bay
- a display area
- space for 25 students
- tools/machinery and materials for for class tasks that include (a) furniture making (wood) (b) toys for kids (wood) (c) producing a letterbox (sheet metal) and (d) key fob making (acrylic)
- storage place for wood, metal, paint and acrylic
- tool storage
- safety equipment and safety equipment storage
RESEARCH AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
http://classroom.4teachers.org/
And to have a bit more of an idea of the layouts and the designs, i went to these following links
http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/despro1.htm
This link is telling most the things that is needed and some are essential for the DT lab design im gonna do, this also helps guide you to planning and creating your own DT lab with great examples and explanation why it is essential which i find very useful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/
This website helps your increase your knowledge of DT lab design, i played a bit of this and found that it can teach you a lot because every revision you take in the website it teach you something that is vital when you start creating your DT lab for example, It teach you which material is important and recommend places where it should be put.
http://www.design-technology.info/home.htm <-DT lab design
http://www.design-technology.info/ <-Main page
I find this website one of the second least useful out of all the websites that i found but this teaching you the components of what should be included in DT lab design but it tells you a more in depth information which most of them are not really necessary but it can help you and give you more knowledge of the components.
http://forum.opensourceecology.org/discussion/421/hab-lab-design-review-and-discussion/p1
This is a forum that gives you an example of a DT lab which can come into great use for me because it can give me an idea of what i should implement in my design, when you go to the forum, click on the first link to download the design. (You need to have Sketch up installed in your computer)
Here are some pictures of the creators design:
Example #1
This is how it looks from the front of the creators DT lab
Example #2
This is the side of the creators DT lab
Example #3
This is how it looks like inside the creators DT lab
DT lab design 1
This design has many great ideas but some of the materials needed is not very necessary in the design that i'm going to make, also it's not enough for the target student to be able to fit in. There are 2 tables for teachers which is also not so necessary because there should only be one teacher in the DT lab. But i love how it looks simple and has a nice because there is one side for the student to work on and a few storage near the place the student work, a good locations for the teacher to work and still be able to see the student and how there is another wall for the student to either plan or work on their computer. The things that i think i will consider to add in my design is probably the location because i think that this DT lab design has a better reason to put tables and tools in a good place.
DT lab design 2
This lab design is very creative, there are a few tables for a group discussion, there are a table with a fair amount of students to work on but still this can take a lot of space and nothing could fit in the remaining space in this design but the idea of the round discussion table might be included in my design. I like how there are walls covered but still has not fully covered the room yet which is good because it will be easier to carry items and tools around and also it would require less door. This design also has implemented a good location for a storage place near the students but if i do added most of the design ideas in my DT lab, i would remove remove the bottom right because it is too small for the amount of student that i have to make space and also i there are also some of emergency things that i have to implement so i will probably use most of the ideas that is shown of the top and bottom left because i like how its a big table for many students to work in and how the teacher desk is in a good location to see what every student is doing and also how the discussion table is near both the student and the teachers working table.
DT lab design 3
This design looks more simple than the other design and has a lot of space to fill. I like the idea of having big space and how simple it is from all the design so it wont be too small for a lot of people to come in and the location for each of table is not enough, the teachers table is also not in a correct spot and i dont really like how the discussion table is small and there are two of them so the teacher will have a hard time to talk and move around. The only thing i like is how the there are tables for students to either plan or work on their computer but its mainly the locations for where the students work but beside that, i thought it was not well created and planned because mostly where the discussion table is placed, the strage place and the teachers desk.