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What is the "DT" mentioned in this article? I have no prior knowledge of that acronym.
by killa_bee 14y ago
What is the "DT" mentioned in this article? I have no prior knowledge of that acronym.
- Domenic_S 14y agoPerhaps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_and_Technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_and_Technology ?
- lclarkmichalek 14y agoAlmost certainly, given that the author seems to have significant connections to the UK.
- excuse-me 14y agoDesign Technology - it's drawing pretty pictures (sorry `design concepts`) of what you would make if your school still had proper shop class. It is to "metal work" what "information technology" is to programming.
- emmelaich 14y agoMy son has just started doing Industrial Arts at school. A lot of it just seems to be dreadful spouting of design and architecture jargon.
- excuse-me 14y agoBut what do people want from a wheel? How do they relate to it? What colour should it be?
- hk_kh 14y ago3d printers to the rescue?
- ralph 14y agoHe refers to it again later; "Engineering apprenticeships have been decimated, and even the old metalwork shops in schools have gone, replaced by ‘craft, design and technology’, which seems to mainly involve making things of cardboard."
- pja 14y agoWhen I was in secondary school twenty+ years ago, we had both: Design & Technology (AutoCad !) and a full metalwork shop with everything except oxyacetylene torches. There's nothing like hands on experience when it comes to making real things. I'd love to know whether all that stuff is still there.
- Tyr42 14y agoWe had hand draw pictures and woodworking. Still fun though.