NEIT2008-4I

Project my way http://www.aruliden.com/

the short version http://newmedia.theschool.columbia.edu/thetube/?q=node/484

the long version http://newmedia.theschool.columbia.edu/thetube/?q=node/493

the Project... resources:

new product development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_product_development NYTIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/business/smallbusiness/23sbiz.html?sq=mickey%20meece&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=2&adxnnlx=1225127270-/WF4sfGSlJq93hcSt1Rn8w

the black box

objective : Design a cell phone

grades 5 and 7

grade 7: http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/goods/gadgets/2007/11/19/FCC-Selling-Bandwidth vocabulary/topics in science EMS, Light waves, transverse, longitudinal, materials, energy, batteries, electrochemistry initially did sketches of the phones and labelled parts etc... constructed prototypes using the back box materials

grade 5 Progress history of the internet: https://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/2824771 history of computers: https://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/3030773

the future ipod: https://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/3233489

I have photographs of kids at the progress museum,

who was the client?

Procedure: 1) first show the box and the video 2) talk about how this was integrated as a follow up to the progress museum (5th grade) 3) talk about how this was an entry point into science conversation (7th grade) 4) ?? How else could this have been integrated? 5) what is the goal of doing design projects? what disciplines make sense for doing these projects? 6) Dan pink is outdated, but his ideas nicely frame the power of this project.

Innovators at the 2008 Idea festival offered the following suggestions on how to come up with new ideas.
 * Pursuing Big Ideas.. (from NYT Business section October 23, 2008

1. Think when you are not thinking, e.g. on a walk, run 2.Listen to classical music, go to a concert or a ply, sit quietly in a park to daydream 3.Read periodicals you would typically not read - a scientific magazine, for example, if you are more interested i business. Same with books outside your typical genre. 4.Attend a conference outside your field 5.Surround yourself with creative thinkers. 6.Immerse yourself in aproblem, ask questions, investigate possible outcomes. 7.Keep an idea journal. 8. take course to learn a new language or some other skill outside your experise. 9. be curious and experiment 10.Articulate your idea, seek feedback, put structure on it, harvest it.**