Technology Education is offered in four areas at John Paul II High School:

• Hard Materials Technology

• Food Technology

• Digital Technology

• Design and Visual Communication

While the subject content varies between Technology areas, the practice used is very similar with a focus on producing quality outcomes that are derived from issues that are of interest to our students and relate to their local environment. As well as skill development and producing quality outcomes, students are also taught to self-manage, solve problems, work collaboratively and individually, and manage resources effectively and efficiently.

What is technology about?

Technology is intervention by design. It uses intellectual and practical resources to create technological outcomes, which expand human possibilities by addressing needs and realising opportunities.

Design is characterised by innovation and adaptation and is at the heart of technological practice. It is informed by critical and creative thinking and specific design processes.