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Fashioning Technology
1. Friday 18 November 2011
15:00, Room 2
SECONDARY Seminar 11
Fashioning Technology:
Integrating Wearable Electronics
into Your Textiles Curriculum
Sarah Davies
Nottingham Trent University
Design and Technology Education
3. Are you interested in technical textiles?
Have you heard of Hussein Chalayan ?
Do you know what an L.E.D is?
Can you create a parallel circuit?
Can you read the tolerance level on a resistor?
4. Seminar aims:
Looking at integrated electron/textiles – called
wearable technology : (subject Knowledge)
Discussing the potential for use in schools: (curriculum
knowledge)
Considering how the topic can be included in the
curriculum: (pedagogic knowledge)
Next steps..
6. Colcherster (2007) discusses the
future of “materials and
prototypes that are so new that
we can hardly foresee how the
familiar functions of textiles will
be transformed in the future”
9. Modern textiles
“narrowing the gap between the world of
art, design, engineering and science”
Braddock and O’Mahay (1998)
10. D&T in the National Curriculum Review
“The challenge for the D&T curriculum in England is to not be
left behind [technology-focused countries such as China and
France] and to contribute to preparing young people for
future roles in the design, technological, engineering and
scientific industries.”
• Ofsted report on success of primary and secondary design and technology
education - 25 March 2011
11. Conceptual
What it does
STEM
A&D
Marketing
Who it’s for Technical
How it works
Constructional Aesthetic
How it fits together What it looks like
…?
D Barlex Nov09
20. LED circuits
Creating a soft circuit
Interface/path Conductive thread
Inputs switches -
(conductive fabric)
Outputs LED flashing lights
Energy coin cell battery LED circuits: parallel
material Polyester Fleece
fabric
24. The Digital Design and technology Programme, which
is funded by the Department for Education (DfE)
grows out of and builds on the two major curriculum
development projects, CAD/CAM in Schools and the
Electronics in Schools Strategy.
25. Thank you
Sarah Davies
Nottingham Trent University
Design and Technology Education
Sarah.davies@ntu.ac.uk
Fashioning Technology Course 15th February 2012.
In this seminar, Sarah Davies will be introducing delegates to new textiles innovations and materials that are “narrowing the gap between the world of art, design, engineering and science” (Braddock and O’Mahay. 1998), specifically wearable technologies (integrated electronics/textiles). The session will focus on available resources, current examples of practice in the classroom and ways to deliver this innovative curriculum back in your school.Formative assessment – to find out what you know already & what you want to get out of the session.
By wearable technology we are talking about integrated textiles and electronics. Next generation of textiles. Engineered textilesImportance of CAD CAMGeo-syntheticsMetals and textilesMetals and textiles/E-textilesWearable technology'ubiquitous computing'
Fabrics that can harvest solar energy, and emit light or heat, interactive digital textile muscles - Professor Tilak Dias Research, scholarly and professional interestsProfessor Tilak Dias's research is centred on the disciplines of textile material properties, performance and design and has been largely interdisciplinary in nature, involving the relationships between structure, properties and performance. Since 2002 Professor Dias has focused his research activities in two areas:advanced knitted structuresintegration of textile technology with other technologies.The above research focus has led into such diverse fields as:knitted sensorsembroidered antennasencapsulation of micro-chips within the fibres of a yarnelectrically heatable knitted structuresknee ligament prostheseseczema garmentsvaricose ulcer and lymphoedema treatment systemsburns garments.Textiles Today: A Global Survey of Trends and Traditions [Hardcover] Chloë Colchester (Author)
Wearable technologyFibre – conductive thread - knitted transducers, sensors and health monitoring garmentsFabric – knitted or woven fabrics with metals for conductivity imbeddedConstruction – combining the electronics in to the structure
Significant times refer to manefesto/Dyson articleThe report states that: “The review of the National Curriculum, announced by the Secretary of State for Education on 20 January 2011, provides an opportunity to guide schools and to encourage their re-evaluation of how they are enabling pupils to learn about innovation ...”
