Industrial Technology

Board of Studies

At the Board of Studies web site you can access the syllabus, specimen papers, marking guidelines, support documents and resource lists. These can be downloaded and printed where required.

Advice to Students, Parents and Teachers - HSC Assessment and Submitted Works. This link will take you to the Board of Studies documents which provide information and advice regarding the ethical submission of HSC major works.

FAQs on Industrial Technology Major Project folio

Answers to frequently asked questions about the changes to HSC major project folios for Industrial Technology are available for teachers and students from the Board of Studies, NSW website. Read more about the requirements for the major project: Assessment and Reporting in Industrial Technology Stage 6 .

Course plans and units of work

The following programs have been developed as samples to support teachers of Stage 6 Industrial Technology.

Stage 6 Sample program: Preliminary Course	Stage 6 Sample program: HSC Course
Graphics Technologies Preliminary	Graphics Technologies HSC
Timber Products and Furniture Technologies Preliminary	Timber Products and Furniture Technologies HSC
Multimedia Technologies Preliminary	Multimedia Technologies HSC

Stage 6 Industrial Technology: Multimedia Technologies overview

Electronic content allocation tool (ECAT)

The electronic content allocation tool (ECAT) is an Excel spreadsheet which allows the user to allocate content across the course and check that syllabus content is covered fully and evenly across a course plan, program or unit of work (xls files 1.6 to 1.9 MB).

Stage 6 Preliminary Course ECAT	Stage 6 HSC course ECAT
Graphics Electronic Content Allocation Tool	Graphics Electronic Content Allocation Tool
Multimedia Electronic Content Allocation Tool	Multimedia Electronic Content Allocation Tool
Timber Electronic Content Allocation Tool	Timber Electronic Content Allocation Tool

ECAT instructions (doc 108 KB) This document provides information on how to use ECAT.

Stage 6 IT syllabus support workshop materials

The Stage 6 Industrial Technology syllabus support workshops were presented in 2009. The workshop materials are provided below.

Presentation (pdf 901 KB)

Work book (pdf 776 KB)

Resource book (pdf 3.4 MB)

HSC marking simulation videoconference

On behalf of the Technology unit experienced HSC markers for Industrial Technology presented videoconferences on HSC marking to students and teachers in regional NSW in 2010.

It would be useful to refer to a downloaded copy of the presentation whilst viewing the Flash videoconference file.

Click to view the Flash video page

Download the presentation here

Assessment and reporting

General Assessment and Reporting information provides you with access to a wealth of information on assessment and reporting available at various web sites and in a number of newsletters and bulletins.

The article Assessment program and task (pdf 48 KB) appeared in Curriculum Support for teaching in TAS 7-12 (2000 Vol.5 No.4). It features an assessment task for the Preliminary course and the thinking that underpinned their development.

Teaching ideas

Sustainable Design

The Australian Centre for Craft and Design and CLI have made ten short videos on the directors of five outstanding NSW design studios. The directors talk about their use of the design process, inspirations for design and the influence of sustainability on their design work. The interviews are on The Australian Centre for Craft and Design website Object. Some of the designers interviewed work in the fields of graphic, multimedia and architectural design.

NSW HSC Online

NSW HSC Online/Industrial Technology is a valuable site for both students and teachers. It includes teaching and learning ideas, activities and resources for a number of HSC subjects. You can also download copies of the syllabus and specimen exam papers.

HSC Study Guide

The HSC Study Guide is published each year by the Sydney Morning Herald. The articles are then uploaded to NSW HSC Online for twelve months. An updated HSC Study Guide is available here for download.

Competitions

University of Wollongong Faculty of Engineering 2012

Year 11 and Year 12 Competitions

· Industrial Technology Competition

· Engineering Studies Competition

· Design and Technology Competition

Entries close 14 September 2012

Careers in Design and Design Innovation

A week in the life ... what do designers do all day? Designers Nat Hunter, Matthew Hilton, Vyshali Sardesai, Hai Tran, John Fogarty, Sophie Thomas and Catherine Murray tell us what they do during a typical working week. http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/about-design/Design-as-a-profession/A-week-in-the-life/
Australian Innovation Profiles are real stories of innovation in industry in Australia. Twenty five members of the Industry Innovation Councils share their views and experiences as innovation leaders. These Innovation Profiles are available in web, video and print formats.
Ausindustry Customer Stories are real stories of Australian companies who work to solve design problems in their chosen field. http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/CustomerStories/Pages/CustomerStories.aspxComputer based technologies in the TAS KLA

Computer-aided manufacturing (pdf 784 KB) gives a snapshot from the Computer-based technologies in the TAS KLA document which outlines suggestions for incorporating computer-based technologies into the classroom.

Architectural drawing (pdf 416 KB) gives a snapshot from the Computer-based technologies in the TAS KLA document which outlines suggestions for incorporating computer-based technologies such as CAD into the classroom.