General

These sites are not specific to any particular focus area, so are listed here.

BBCLearning
This site has now taken over from the BBC Education site. Many interesting articles to peruse.
www.bbc.co.uk/learning

Bad Designs
A scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they are not well designed - a fascinating collection!
www.baddesigns.com/index.shtml

British Airways: Concorde
Use this site to find out the history of the aircraft, its aerodynamic design and powerful engines and view video clips of its last ever flight.
www.britishairways.com/concorde/index.html

Design Awards (Australia)
The Australian Design Awards [ADA] is Australia's only national design awards program. The aims of the ADA are to present to the Australian public and the world the best examples of Australian design and innovation and the high quality of design expertise available to manufacturers in Australia and overseas. Browse the site for lots of innovative ideas and design insights.
http://www.designawards.com.au/

Invention Dimension
This is a site where you can search by inventor or by invention - find out how the Etch-a-sketch works or the history of a zip.
web.mit.edu/invent/www/archive.html

Parents
Check out this DfES guide for Parents of preschool children. Useful for "What would the scissors say on screen?"
www.parentcentre.gov.uk

Shambles
This website is designed to support the international school communities (teachers, support staff, administrators, students and families) in 17 countries in South East Asia ... although it seems that lots of schools worldwide are now finding Shambles a useful resource. It’s worth signing up for their newsletter.
www.shambles.net

TTS.SHOPPING
Visit this site and click on the TTS shopping site. Use the search engine to find the different sorts of card you could buy for example.
www.tts-shopping.com/

The Design and Technology Association
The Design and Technology Association is the national professional organisation for design & technology teachers.
www.data.org.uk/