Posts Tagged drawing

1E class wind chimes

Posted by Kyle Bowie-MacDonald in Wind Chimes on December 5, 2009

This is 1e class doing our wind chimes,

During our classes, we have been making wind chimes for indoors.  I have specifically enjoyed using the machines for cutting the M.D.F., Medium Density Fibreboard.

So far, I have found shaping the chime bars a bit of a challenge.  Drawing the fire on my  piece of board also proved a bit of a challenge but I got it done  in the end.  The rest of it was kind of easy  to do.  The chime bars are made of aluminium, this is a really soft metal to use so you have to be careful with it because you could bend it or scratch.

We are using the theme of the ancient elements fire, water,wind  and sun.

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Technical Drawing

Posted by Jim Black in technical drawing on October 19, 2009

We currently run Graphic Communication at Standard, Higher and Advanced Higher
grades, and traditional technical drawing is still a major part of these
courses.  Many pupils find technical drawing quite demanding, particularly the
translation of 3D objects in to 2D orthographic views.
With the new ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ subjects beginning to be rolled out
over the next few years, will SQA use the reorganisation to reduce or
completely remove technical drawing from the courses on offer?  Just how useful
is the skill out in industry?  There’s no doubt that doing technical drawing
helps pupils learn to read orthographic layouts, and I expect that reading
drawings is a useful skill out in industry.  However, this skill could be
learned without actually drawing with a pencil and instruments.  Additionally,
industries are moving towards a workflow that goes direct to 3D CAD design,
cutting out the need for ortho drawings / printed drawings.
A reduction in the time spent on technical drawing would allow time for pupils
to learn such skills as:
Animation; 3D graphics for video games, adverts and product simulation; Web
design; 3D CAD for CAM; video recording, editing and compositing; more in-depth
DTP and illustration skills.
We’re dabbling in most of the above skills, but as things stand there are
limited opportunities to tie some of them in to SQA courses, to allow pupils to
gain credit for their work.  In some cases we’re interpreting the current
arrangements documents in unusual ways to do so.
Jim
Technical drawing in progress in Mrs Hislop's Higher Graphics class

Technical drawing in progress in Mrs Hislop's Higher Graphics class

Some of the girls in Mrs Hislop's Higher Graphics class

Some of the girls in Mrs Hislop's Higher Graphics class

Higher Graphics interpenetration orthographic

Higher Graphics interpenetration orthographic

We currently run Graphic Communication at Standard, Higher and Advanced Higher grades, and traditional technical drawing is still a major part of these courses.

With the new ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ subjects beginning to be rolled out over the next few years, will SQA use the reorganisation to reduce or completely remove technical drawing from the courses on offer?  Just how useful is the skill out in industry?  There’s no doubt that doing technical drawing helps pupils learn to read orthographic layouts, and I expect that reading drawings is a useful skill out in industry.  However, interpreting drawings could be learned without actually drawing with a pencil and instruments.  Additionally, industries are moving towards a workflow that goes direct to 3D CAD design, cutting out the need for ortho drawings / printed drawings.

A reduction in the time spent on technical drawing would allow time for pupils to learn such skills as:

Animation; 3D graphics for video games and product simulations; web design; 3D CAD for CAM; video recording, editing and compositing; more in-depth DTP and illustration skills.

We’re dabbling in most of the above skills, but as things stand there are limited opportunities to tie some of them in to SQA graphics courses, to allow pupils to gain credit for their work.  In some cases we’re interpreting the current arrangements documents in unusual ways to do so.

Jim

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