Product Design and Technology VCE Units 1–4 Workbook (print)

Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) and Master of Fine Art, Joanne has been a secondary teacher since 1999 and on obtaining her teaching degree taught Product Design & Technology in the United Kingdom for eight years. She has headed both Technology and Art Departments and has been teaching Product Design (Resistant Materials), Art and Visual Communication Design to years 7-12 students at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in Melbourne since 2011. She has also taught years 7 and 8 Systems Technology, and is Vice President of the Design and Technology Teachers Association of Victoria (DATTA VIC).

Eloise has a Bachelor of Design (Fashion), Honours from RMIT, Grad Dip Education (Secondary) and training in Vocational Education. She previously worked in community groups teaching adult sewing classes and likes to keep engaged outside of school creatively, including costume design for local theatre. She current works at Emmaus College in Vermont South, teaching Year 11 & 12 VCE Product Design and Technology (Textiles), VCE VET Fashion and Art.

B.CI (Visual Arts), B.Ed (Secondary), Zowie is a VCE Product Design and Technology (Textiles) teacher at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College. She has been teaching for 7 years in various schools in Queensland and Victoria. Zowie also teaches Junior Textiles, Media studies and Visual Communication and Design. She is an avid crafter who loves teaching students the skills needed to bring their own ideas to life.

BVA, GradDipEd (Secondary), Luke is an Indigenous teacher who entered the field of Design and Technology in 2006 and has been teaching years 7-12 Design and Technology at Marist-Sion College in Warragul since 2010. Luke was awarded the Victorian Design and Technology Secondary Educator of the Year in 2013 by DATTA Vic for outstanding teaching in Design and Technology education. Luke has an innovative approach to teaching and uses flipped learning by developing instructional and screen capture videos. He has developed a large range of designs and components for students’ use through the “3D SketchUp Warehouse”.