Introduction
Research 2 specific enterprises, a local sole trader, and a large multinational such as Animal Logic, Industrial Light and Magic or http://www.wetaworkshop.co.nz/ (Lord of the Rings). View Behind the scenes DVD. Discuss the impact of one of these organisations on the Multimedia Industry.
Discuss structure of industry/business/commercial enterprise. Role of Management, Production, Marketing and Sales. Simulate a workplace environment in the practices of the classroom/lab/workshop.
Concepts of Plant, mass production, mechanisation, specialisation, multi-skilling. Use Web quest and create a Word document.
Tools summary. Students conduct audit of software and hardware available to them, compose a Spreadsheet document to record this. Introduce concept of Database, filtering and sorting. Discuss a comparison between the technologies available at school and in the Technologies studied.
Environmental issues. Recycling in the school environment. Application to small and large organisations. Local Government, State Government, Federal government legislation that has an impact. Life Cycle Assessment of a Printer Toner Cartridge / Ink Cartridge. Compare Laser Printers on the market for environmental sustainability.