Year 10 CT Learning Activities: Activism Unit Criterion A: Inquiring and Analysis Summative

Challenge:
Your challenge in the unit is to identify a client/activist with a passion in addressing key pertinent issues of the society (city, country, community). The issue should be very realistic and currently without an IT solution.

The current problem of the client should be clearly described and the clients’ current way of activism described. The problem description should include the current limitations, with detailed explanation of why you think an IT solution will be the best.

Criterion A: Inquiring and analysing

Maximum: 8

Students identify the need for a solution to a problem. At the end of year 5, students should be able to:

i. explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience

ii. identify and prioritize primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem

iii. analyse a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem

iv. develop a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of relevant research.

Achievement level	Level descriptor
0	The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.
1–2	The student: i. states the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience ii. develops a basic design brief, which states the findings of relevant research.
3–4	The student: i. outlines the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience ii. outlines a research plan, which identifies primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem, with some guidance iii. analyses one existing product that inspires a solution to the problem iv. develops a design brief, which outlines the analysis of relevant research.
5–6	The student: ii. explains the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience iii. constructs a research plan, which identifies and prioritizes primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem, with some guidance iv. analyses a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem v. develops a design brief, which explains the analysis of relevant research.
7–8	The student: i. explains and justifies the need for a solution to a problem for a client/ target audience ii. constructs a detailed research plan, which identifies and prioritizes the primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem independently iii. analyses a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem in detail iv. develops a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of relevant research.

Product Sample

PD Design Student Sample

Explaining and justifying the need for a solution
Examples of products developed to address particular problem. Checkout the solutions in the links below;