Lesson at a Glance | He Tirohanga Whakamua
Ngā Whāinga Ako | Learning Intentions
Students will know
- Evaluating alternative concepts against physical, functional, and sustainability criteria.
- Using multi-criteria decision matrices to compare design performance objectively.
- Selecting and justifying a leading conceptual design for further refinement.
Students will demonstrate
- Score all 3 concepts against Environmental, Social, and Economic criteria.
- Identify key design trade-offs and potential failure points.
- Select leading concept and write selection rationale in Design Log.
⚡ Whakaoho | Do Now: Context & Issue Audit (10 mins)
Analysing design trade-offs: How does material durability impact end-of-life recyclability? How does production cost affect equity?
🎥 Media Anchor & Pedagogical Scaffold
MĀORI SYSTEMS: Kaitiakitanga, Economy, Ecology & Sociology
Video Source: Māori Minds (Runtime: 5m 0s)
🧠 1. Before Viewing (Activate & Predict)
How do traditional Māori systems link ecological health directly to socio-economic decisions? How can this framework evaluate technological outcome concepts?
👁️ 2. During Viewing (Watch With a Job)
- Pause @ 1:30: Identify how utu (reciprocity) and kaitiakitanga (guardianship) balance human resource use with ecological restoration.
- Pause @ 3:15: Note the holistic connection between economic activity and environmental wellbeing.
- Pause @ 4:45: Record one way technological outcomes can strengthen rather than deplete social and environmental ecosystems.
🗣️ 3. After Viewing & Kaiako Move (Process & Apply)
Kaiako Move: Pause at 3:15 to connect the Tri-Pillar Sustainability Matrix (Environmental, Social, Economic) with holistic Māori systems thinking.
Immediate Task: In your Level 1 Digital Technology Design Log, evaluate your top 2 candidate concepts using both the Tri-Pillar Matrix and the Kaitiakitanga Systems Framework.
📖 Activity 1: Tri-Pillar Evaluation Matrix & Concept Down-Selection (15 mins)
Score your concepts against the criteria you set BEFORE scoring, with a written reason beside every number. Then change one weight and see whether the leading concept survives. If it flips, your decision is not robust and your justification must say so.
✏️ Activity 2: Level 1 Digital Technology Design Log Workshop (25 mins)
Score candidate concepts against the tri-pillar matrix (Environmental, Social, Economic) and select the leading concept for further development.
- Draft annotated concept diagrams highlighting key sustainable materials and functional features.
- Document stakeholder requirements gathered from target end-users and environmental audits.
- Evaluate concept trade-offs using the Tri-Pillar Sustainability Matrix (Environmental, Social, Economic).
🎯 Poroporoaki | Exit Ticket & Portfolio Check (10 mins)
Write a 2-sentence summary in your Level 1 Digital Technology portfolio explaining: "How does my conceptual design for Lesson 5 actively prevent environmental harm while meeting core user needs?"
📂 Level 1 Digital Technology Portfolio Milestone: Lesson 5
Ensure your design log entries for Lesson 5 (Evaluating Concepts Against Criteria) are saved and updated with annotated sketches, stakeholder notes, and sustainability justifications.
🧭 Kaiako Planning Notes & NCEA Alignment
NCEA Level 1 Digital Technologies Alignment (6 Credits Internal):
- Technological Practice: Undertake development to make a conceptual design for an outcome.
- Differentiation & Scaffolding: Provide physical component samples and sentence frames for stakeholder interviews and justification writing.
- Extension (Excellence): Challenge students to conduct a full Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tracing raw material extraction through to end-of-life e-waste processing.
- Te Ao Māori Integration: Ground material choice in traditional ecological knowledge (mātauranga taiao) regarding resource extraction and seasonal renewal.