Exploring TechnologiesTIJ1O

Ten Broad based Technologies

• Communications • Computer• Construction• Green Industries• Hairstyling and

Aesthetics

• Healthcare• Hospitality and Tourism• Manufacturing• Technological Design• Transportation

Communication

• Television/ Video and movie• Radio and Audio production• Print and graphic communication• Photography• Interactive new media and animation

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to careers

Computer

• Computer systems, networking, interfacing, and programming

• Electronics and Robotics• Awareness of related environmental and

societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary

pathways to careers

Construction

• Skills in construction technology• Plumbing, electrical and network wiring,

masonry, heating and cooling, carpentry and woodworking

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues

• Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to careers

Green Industries

• Agriculture, forestry, horticulture, floristry and landscaping

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to

careers

Hairstyling and Aesthetics

• Hair, nail and skin care

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to

careers

Health Care

• Personal health promotion• Child and adolescent health concerns• Medical services, treatments, instruments and

technologies• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to

careers

Hospitality and Tourism

• Food handling, food preparation, origins of food, event planning and local tourism

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to

careers

Manufacturing

• Technical drawings• Properties and preparation of materials• Manufacturing techniques, control systems

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues

• Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to careers

Technological Design

• Solutions to various design challenges and fabrication of models and prototypes of those solutions

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to

careers

Transportation

• Maintenance, servicing, and repair of various types of vehicles, aircraft and/or watercraft

• Awareness of related environmental and societal issues • Explore secondary and post secondary pathways to

careers

Technological Concepts

• Aesthetics• Control• Environmental

Sustainability• Ergonomics• Fabrication/

building/creation• Function

• Innovation• Material• Mechanism• Power and Energy• Safety• Structure• Systems

Canadian Innovations/Inventions

• Snowmobile• Personal communication device• Potato digger• Odometer• Anti-Gravity Suit• CPR mannequin• Zipper

Communicate Ideas and Information

Primary • Production plans• Scripts• Flowcharts• Storyboards• Sketches• Technical drawings• Recipes• Client consultation report• Design briefs

Secondary• To do lists• Calendar• Timetable• Schedules

How you use these ?

• Playing sports• Attend classes inside

and outside of school (dance/music)

• Work – schedule, forms, procedures

• Buy something new- list of instructions on how to put it together and parts list

• Menus – TV, DVD players, Video Games, PVR, Blue Rays, MP3, IPods

• Graphic Novel, Comic Book, Textbook

• When you check your Hotmail, Twitter, Facebook, Text messages

How will I teach you?

• Your daily routine allows you to get up in the morning and function until its time to go to sleep

• Individual or group brainstorming, planning, sketching and organizing

• Thinking out the problem, coming up with solutions, testing the solutions and then creating a working model to complete the task