The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.   

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2024, DATTA Vic and Melbourne Museum collaborated with our participating teachers to create a Future Eco Fashion resource which engages students in sustainable and ethical fashion design. This resource is an editable student portfolio.

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And if you're looking for some design inspiration, check out the amazing items in Museums Victoria online fashion collections HERE.

Suitable for: Capabilities, Creating Design Solutions, Design Thinking, Ethics & Sustainability, Food & Fibre Production, Materials & Technologies Specialisations, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, Textiles, VCE PD&T, Wearable Technologies, Years 7-10, Critical & Creative Thinking, Speculative Design, Unit of Work

The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.   

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2023, DATTA Vic and Melbourne Museum and Banyule Nillumbik Tech School collaborated with our participating teachers to create a Bio Communities resource which engages students in regenerative design. 

How can we design new, sustainable neighborhoods based on principles of Bio Communities?

This was based on the groups experience of exploring a number of nature-based exhibitions at Melbourne Museum, including Bugs Alive!, the Gandel Gondwana Garden and the Milarri Garden Trail. This resource is available as an editable PowerPoint, which means teachers and students can adapt it to suit their own context.

* Note this resource will download directly onto your device

For more information on Melbourne Museum education services, click HERE.

For more information on Banyule Nillumbik Tech School programs, click HERE.

Suitable for: Capabilities, Creating Design Solutions, Design Thinking, Environment Design, Ethics & Sustainability, Food & Fibre Production, Materials & Technologies Specialisations, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, Years 7-10, Future Skills, User-centred design, Primary, Speculative Design, Biodesign, Biomimicry, Unit of Work

This resources library can be used by teachers of P-10 Design & Technologies, VCE Product Design & Technologies and VCE Systems Engineering to embed and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures in their classroom teaching. 

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Suitable for: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures, Capabilities, Creating Design Solutions, Design Thinking, Ethics & Sustainability, Food & Fibre Production, Materials & Technologies Specialisations, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, Textiles, VCE PD&T, Years P-6, Years 7-10, Primary, VCE Systems Engineering, Critical & Creative Thinking, Wood/metal/plastics, Food & Fibre Production, Role Models

DATTA Vic has a range of Teacher Toolkits on D&T-related themes, including teaching Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Design, Sustainability, Diversity in STEM, VCE PD&T, VCE Systems Engineering, Textiles in Society and Primary Design & Technologies.

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Thinking Outside the Box - The Sustainable Seating Project is a Year 7/8 Unit of Work from Forest Learning and DATTA Vic which investigates the properties and sustainability of cardboard . Using ForestVR 360o videos, students go on virtual excursions to an Australian pine plantation and paper mill to experience the cycle of growing sustainable wood fibre and how it is processed into paperboard. Following the design thinking process, students then investigate, design, produce and evaluate a sustainable seat made from upcycled cardboard.

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Suitable for: Capabilities, Creating Design Solutions, Design Thinking, Ethics & Sustainability, Food & Fibre Production, Materials & Technologies Specialisations, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, VCE PD&T, Years 7-10, Primary, VCE Systems Engineering, Critical & Creative Thinking, Wood/metal/plastics, VR & AR, Emerging Technologies, Unit of Work, Prototyping, Furniture Design

To celebrate Design & Technologies Week, DATTA Vic published a set of 5 design-related resources - one for each day of the program. They range from simple workshops to engaging units of work. You can download them all at the link below;

·       Introduction to Design

·       The Elements & Principles of Design - Focus on Indigenous Design

·       Invention Trivia Challenge

·       The Design of the Boomerang

·       Design Factor Speed Dating

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The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2022, our participating teachers helped to produce a new speculative design resource called Melbourne's Future Story. This is a digital portfolio that helps students explore the history of Melbourne’s story and then generate new and innovative ideas for how it can sustainably evolve in the future in the areas of transport, energy and community.

This resource is available as a PDF but also as an editable Google Slide doc, which means teachers can adapt it to suit their own context.

RESOURCES:

• Download Melbourne's Future Story - PDF Portfolio
• Download Melbourne's Future Story - editable Slides doc

Suitable for: Capabilities, Creating Design Solutions, Design History, Design Thinking, Environment Design, Ethics & Sustainability, Food & Fibre Production, Materials & Technologies Specialisations, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, Wearable Technologies, Years 7-10, Critical & Creative Thinking, Speculative Design, Future Skills, Unit of Work

This is a recording of an online information session delivered in September 2022. Bio-Inspired Textiles is a UK-based research project that explores how combining biology, material science and textile design can enhance sustainable and circular practice. Thanks to Professor Veronika Kapsali for giving us permission to share her work.

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Suitable for: Creating Design Solutions, Design Thinking, Ethics & Sustainability, Food & Fibre Production, Materials & Technologies Specialisations, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, Years 7-10, Critical & Creative Thinking, Future Skills, Role Models, Textiles, VCE PD&T, Biomaterials

The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2021, the group helped to develop Community Connections, a project which will engage your students - individually or collaboratively - in exploring their own community connections through designing and creating a digital product that can be shared with others. This resource offers a specific opportunity to explore Indigenous culture and gives guidance on how to engage with First Nations’ design through the recently published Australian Indigenous Design Charter.

This resources consists of three elements:

Community Connections Student Portfolio Final

Community Connections Teacher Notes

Design Process Help Videos

Suitable for: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures, Capabilities, Creating Design Solutions, Design Thinking, Ethics & Sustainability, Digital Technologies, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, Years P-6, Years 7-10, Primary, Critical & Creative Thinking, Future Skills, Speculative Design, Digital Literacy, User-centred Design, Unit of Work

Station Ideation was developed as a student design challenge for Years 5/6 and 7/8 which uses Minecraft: Education Edition to contribute to the design of the new Town Hall station. The competition is over, but you can still use the resources in your class to teach user-centered design. On their journey through the station, the Metro Tunnel design team invite your students to join them in transforming a space to meet the needs of all future passengers.

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Suitable for: Capabilities, Creating Design Solutions, Design Thinking, Environment Design, Ethics & Sustainability, Digital Technologies, STEM & STEAM Education, Technologies in Society, Years 7-10, Years P-6, Primary, Critical & Creative Thinking, Future Skills, Speculative Design, Digital Literacy, User-centred Design, Gaming, Unit of Work, Design Challenge