TechnologyWarm-ups

What is your definition of TECHNOLOGY?

• Using Science to Solve a practical problem• Cars = Transportation• Medicine = healthcare• Pencils = writing

• Come up with 2-3 technological advancements and what purpose they serve.

• Examples listed above.

Technology

Why is Technology Important?

• Pros and Cons of Technology

• Universal Systems Model

• Redesigning products and more!

Why is Technology Important?

What is the Universal Systems Model?

Universal Systems Model

INPUT – resources needed

(materials, time, labor)

PROCESS – Activities that complete the

production part of the product or service

OUTPUT – finished product

FEEDBACK – any information coming from system or an

outside source (sales, comments, etc…)

Universal Systems Model

How have you used the Engineering Design Process this nine weeks?

• ASK• IMAGINE• PLAN• CREATE• EXPERIMENT• IMPROVE

• With a communication aspect throughout each step

Engineering Design Process

How can you help someone follow directions?

Can you work together as a team?

• Do you interact with technology?

• Do you use a cell phone?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaAKxTj6tx0

• Johnny 5 can follow directions, can you?

Johnny 5 is alive!

How and Why does Technology change?

Why does it need to be improved?

• How has technology changed over the years?• Timeline of inventions – how have they changed?

http://visual.ly/over-centuries-technology-timeline

• Why does technology change?• Difference in cell phones, computers, etc…

The Future of Technology

What is 3D Printing and how is CAD software used?

• Computer Aided Design• Examples: Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc..

• Gives you the ability to take a 2D model and make it 3D.

• You can use a variety of materials – we have a plastic material

• Examples:• Universities are using these to make organs, a bird was

given a prosthetic leg, a boy was made a hand

•3D Printing – CAD Software

What is a system?

•System • Made up of various components

(subsystems)

• Example: • Think of the system of an electronic door

(as you enter or exit a grocery store)

• Think of the system used for a working elevator

What are systems and subsystems?

Why is working together (collaboration) important and necessary?

•Team Work•Positive outlook•Professionalism•Work Ethic•Netiquette

•Why is team work important?

•Are you a leader? What is leadership?

Cooperative Learning

• Cooperation – process of working together for a common goal

• Collaborating – working together to create a product or solution

• Both are used in industries to solve problems to create inventions and innovations.

Collaborating and Cooperating!