The charter high school Summit Shasta offers an “expeditions” program introduces students to new skills outside the classroom by partnering with local businesses and organizations. They sought an 8-week full-time expedition on fabrication and manufacturing. We proposed two options: furniture making, or sewing and decorative textiles. Due to budget and safety, they chose the sewing and textiles option.
To develop this course we used the SAM (successive approximation model) approach, which involves multiple rounds of rapid prototyping and evaluation, unlike the traditional ADDIE process.
The course was comprised of four 2-week sessions. In the first three, students learned hand and machine sewing, digital design and fabric printing, and tufting and rug making. In the final session, students combined at least two techniques into a capstone project.
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