Technology education, thoughtfully built
I'm YiFan Wang, a technology teacher with an engineering background, focused on helping students learn through electronics, digital technologies, and practical projects that feel structured, creative, and achievable.
Approach
My work sits at the intersection of engineering clarity and classroom empathy: break big ideas into manageable steps, keep outcomes tangible, and help students feel that technical work is something they can genuinely do.
Students do better when the path is clear, the goals are concrete, and each step builds confidence.
Electronics, coding, interfaces, and debugging all become easier when learners can test ideas in real time.
I design projects so students can personalise, troubleshoot, and feel proud of what they make.
Want the fuller picture of my background, experience, and teaching pathway?
Open CVSelected work
The strongest thread through this site is practical technology education, so the work below starts with classroom projects and then expands into tools and earlier prototypes.
Each project is built to balance guidance, challenge, and a clear sense of progress.
Hands-on tasks help technical ideas feel less abstract and more achievable.
Some projects extend into web tools and prototypes that solve practical problems.
An interactive knowledge graph visualising the curriculum structure for Digital Technologies at Burnside High School, built with D3.js to help students understand how concepts connect across the learning journey.
Explore knowledge map
A gamified learning interface for Year 9 Digital Technologies, helping students navigate the curriculum through an adventure-style progress tracker with modules and milestones.
Explore adventure map
A beginner-friendly electronics project where students learn soldering, circuit assembly, troubleshooting, and creative finishing through a working nightlight.
See Year 9 project
Students build a functional speaker system while developing confidence in veroboard assembly, wiring, soldering, and the logic behind portable audio hardware.
See Year 10 project
A robotics unit that blends electronics and code, giving students a practical route into sensors, motion, control logic, and iterative problem-solving.
See Year 11 project
Students design and build database-backed web applications, practicing software engineering workflows from planning through testing and refinement.
See Year 12 project
An upgraded full-year programming experience using WTForms and SQLAlchemy to help students build robust, user-centered software with stronger engineering habits.
See Year 13 project
Reflections and feedback from associate teachers, relievers, and students that show how my classroom presence and lesson planning are being received in real settings.
Read feedback
An interactive map to help international teachers quickly understand accredited employer schools in New Zealand, with regional filtering and school search for visa-planning decisions.
Open web tool
An earlier IoT prototype that used sensors, Bluetooth, and motor control to automate a retractable clothes rack based on environmental conditions.
View prototype archiveGet in touch
If you'd like to talk about digital technology education, classroom project design, or practical web tools, I'd be glad to connect.