Open Lab

Actually we met up at 10 a.m., but a friend of mine was visiting and I had to pick her up at the airport. So I was a little bit late. 

PROJECT PLAN:

End result:

We want to achieve a recycle school, the perfect recycle class.

We want the children to come up with innovative recycle ideas.

What would it look like? The actual day?

Make a little prototype? Present ideas

How to get here:

Make the children aware (feel):

Questions to discuss:

• What kind of garbage do you have in the classroom
• What things need to be/can be recycled?
• What happens to garbage? Why is recycling important.
• What kind of garbage splitting do we already know/have
• What kind of extra splitting do we still need to do then?
• Have we seen those somewhere else? What did it look like?
• Where do you bring the garbage that has been split? Or does somebody pick it up?
• Are there things we could use to make new things with?

Visit an actual garbage disposal centre.

Ask the cleaning people, what they do?

Get them to come up with ideas (imagine).

• Split up in groups
• Do research, books, pamphlets, games, 

Making a prototype (do):

Using recycled products?

Presenting (share):

Each group presents their idea. Entire group votes for best idea (not allowed to vote for your own group). Best idea will be impgtylemented.

Who will be involved:

• Class teacher
• Children/pupils
• Parents (visit to garbage centre, materials)
• Other teachers (do they want to use it/do the project?)
• Principal (implement it in school?)
• Garbage centre 
• Cleaner 

Module evaluation

We had to write 3 good things and 3 bad things about the innovation class on a paper. After that we gave the papers around and we read everything and gave points. 

1. I totally agree ---  2. I don´t know ---  3. I don´t agree

Open Lab - Introduction

We started with a warm-up. We did the Marshmallow Challenge. It´s a simple task - build the tallest freestanding marshmallow structure, you have 18 minutes, you can use spaghettis, string, tape, paper plates, marshmallow, the entire marshmallow have to be on the top, you can break the spaghetti, string and the tape.

We were divided in groups due to our month of birth. The failed the challenge, I think we were talking to much. First we talked about our ideas and plans, then we build the construction. During the building process, we talk about every little step. So the time went by too fast and in the end our marshmallow structure fell down. 

https://marshmallowchallenge.com/Instructions.html

Afterwards Nicolai gave us a little introduction about our last assignment - the Open Lab. We will present our innovation knowledge to other people. We could choose our group. We had the choice between street group, college group, home group, teacher group, e-group and school group. 

I chose the teacher group, for me it is a huge profit. I can use our project back home, because I´m becoming a primary school teacher and so I can use many different themes. 

We started with brainstorming to find ideas. Francoise came up with the idea „The Imaginary world“. Everyone liked the idea, so we wrote down some nice exercises and planned a project week.  

Then Nicolai gave us an feedback and he really liked the idea, the only reason was that our theme is too big and we should focus on a special theme. 

After that we were brainstorming again. Marie and Kim came up with another idea a restaurant. The aim is that children should create a menu with eco-friendly products. They were so enthusiastic and so they told Nicolai the new idea. Afterwards it was a bad attitude, because nobody ask the group, what they were thinking about. A normal dialog wasn´t possible and we couldn´t find another theme that everyone likes. I think it´s quite hard to find a theme with so many different nationalities. We we decided to divide our teacher group in two. 

Lara, Anna and I chose the topic „the perfect recycling circle“.

Teaching innovation

We had the whole 7B class. We decided to divide the class in three groups, so Karin, Elif and I had a group to work with. It was a great idea, because it was so effective. There were so many great ideas and it was easy to handle the group. 

At the end of the project the groups were presenting their ideas. - suddenly the groups were to shy to talk about their ideas, but only at the presentation! ;)

Agenda

INTRODUCTION (5 MIN)

• talk about the project, about the corridor
• tell them about the four phases
• divide them in three groups

FEEL (15 MIN)

• go to the corridor
• post-it´s --> feelings
• post.-it´s --> dream-corridor
• differences between real and dream-corridor.
• interview ( What would you like to do in the corridor? What would you like to keep?...)

IMAGINE (15 MIN)

• First idea in your mind about the corridor --> post-it´s
• Think like... (....Obama, Messi, Taylor Swift, Steve Jobs, H.C. Andersen)
• Moonwalk
• Sort out realistic and unrealistic parts.

DO (15 MIN)

• Put two papers together.
• Draw your ideas and everything want you want to change on the paper.  - at least 5 ideas
• Ask them to find the main point/ the main idea
• Bill with the main idea

SHARE (10 MIN)

• Put the 3 groups togehter
• Do a short presentation of the prototyp/ the main idea
• short reflection

MATERIALS

post it´s, paper, pens, tape

Presentation

Finally we presented our prototyp. Most of all liked our ideas and they said it´s a really good idea. The only issue that one was complaining was the budget point, but therefore one teacher gave us the advise to use a projector instead of the smartboards and so it´s a lot cheaper. And the paint, the mirrors and the egg boxes are really cheap.

It was nice, we were proud of our prototyp, because it was so much work and we showed passion. 

After the evaluating of Darso´s model, think we are between relations and knowledge, because our team did the project the whole time together we met up and create our prototype and also knowledge because we were skilled to be innovative. 

Prototyp

We moved on to the next step our prototyp. Now our group was splitted up in two groups. We decided that should find a idea to avoid the noises and to make the corridors brighter and more colourful. We met up and creat our prototyp. 

We chose both problems on the one hand the classroom, on the other hand the corridor. 

As you can see it´s more colourful. First the corridor, the corridor is really dark and not bright enough and so we decided to hang on the wall between classroom and corridor mirrors and on the other side paintings and colour. The painting as you can see on the photo is a theme about seasons, we thought about that every class could make a painting together. Let´s move inside the classroom, the game "Think like" was an important part in our creativity. The tables are in a shape of a stadium. The tables are also moveable to create smaller groups. And it wouldn´t be so expensive, because they can use their old tables. - cut and paint. They can do this in the subject handicraft. In the middle of the stadium shap is a four-sided smartboard or for the beginning a removable four-sided white board with a projector. And also the teacher can stay inside and teach. It´s shap is ideal for a primary and as well for the secondary school. You can teach more than one subject, you can make easiely groups and every one has their own board. 

As well as you can see we sticked egg boxes on the wall between the corridor and the classroom, because of the noises. The eggboxes absurb the noise and so it´s more confortable in the classroom. Also it´s cheap and the class can paint the eggboxes too, so it´s also more colourful. 

Ideation/Ideate

Now we are in the Ideation phase. First of all we gave our other members an overview about our process. 

After that one of every group was presenting their problems that they found in the school. Following this really short overview, the other groups voted for the most innovative problem. It was a great idea, because with this feedback the decision, what should we choose, was so much easier. So we chose the part indoor problems. 

After the break we went outside and we made an imaginary journey to the moon. This journey should stimulated to be more creative. I think "The Moonwalk" was a great idea, because afterwards I had crazy and wired ideas, but that was the point. You can´t be innovative without crazy ideas. 

My most favourite game was "Think like...". It was such a nice game, you only had 15 seconds to think like, but it was so important for our group to play this game.

Shortly after we ordered the post-its. And chose the main problem:

How can innovation be organised in processes?

detailed description: https://dschool.stanford.edu/sandbox/groups/designresources/wiki/36873/attachments/74b3d/ModeGuideBOOTCAMP2010L.pdf?sessionID=7ac1b2b701e15ad91320419ff269e3a7a1431ff7

EMPATHIZE

On Thursday was our first visit at the Stengaardskolen School. The reason for our visit was our Innovation Lab 'Project',  we should visit the school to find problems and efficient, innovative ideas to improve the school. 

First we got a tour through the whole school and we met the principal, the caretaker, the head of the oldest children and a teacher. After that we split in our groups, and we were looking for problems, ideas. We asked some pupils and wrote down our impressions. 

DEFINE

At the end we went back to our university and made the 'DEFINE' (memorable and surprising stories)

Innovation in a welfare perspective

At the beginning of the lesson we watched the video "The Shopping Cart Project". It´s about the process during the project. 

A group of Ideo works together, no one has an title, every person has another specialization and there is no hierarchy.

Step 1: TOUGHTS - What could it be?

Step 2: INTERVIEW - Ask the customer. What do you want to change? What frustrate you?  What do you need? What do you care about? 

Step 3: REFLECTION - What are the different ideas? What is a new perspective? What is a new idea? What wishes do they have? What weaknesses have priority?

Step 4: IDEAS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS - many different aspects, be creative, find solutions

Step 5: IDEA PRESENTATIONS - Every group member presents his/her idea. 

Step 6: POST IT - Every group member can add an advantages, a disadvantages, a comment or a tipp.

Step 7: BUILD A PROTOTYP - Now everyone built a prototype of his/her idea.

Step 8: PROTOTYP PRESENTATION: Every group member presents his/her prototyp.

Step 9: BEST THINGS: The members put the best things together to one product. 

Step 10: BUILD THE PRODUCT: The product is developed. 

Step 11: TEST: The customers wil try the new product and give feedback. 

Step 12: LAUNCH: A new innovation is born and launched. 

link to the video: https://youtu.be/M66ZU2PCIcM

What is innovation in a welfare perspective?

My group have focused on the question WHY?

Innovation in a welfare perspective can solve problems, can improve the qualitiy of life of many developing countries, can bring cultural changes, can deal with social economic issues and for me a very important part is that not the profit is central, but the people with their needs. 

Another important point is the customer´s welfare, it´s based on their needs and wants - agricultural needs, health care system, profit education and the sophisticated technology. But the needs like food, water, shelther, clothes, social contact, should be the biggest part. Their 'wants' should be overturned by their 'needs'.

At the end we watched the video "Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge". It´s very inspiring video and have encouraged me to this also with my future class.  'I CAN' 

link to the video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKU-FEGabuY&list=PLG9H0gpr7f_SY1_ku30MQhdaR9Xden-1F&index=12

RUNAWAY WORLD - How Globalisation is Reshaping our Lives

Antony GIDDENS

Globalisation is political, technological and culture, as well as economic.

The benefits of the global economy isn´t especially different from that which existed at previous periods.
A good deal of economic exchange is between regions, rather than being truly world-wide for example the EU, Asia-Pacific, North America.

The governments can still control economic life and the welfare state remain intact. 

Vast amounts of capital can be transferred from one side of the word to another at the click of a mouse and the reason is the electronic money.

The electronic communication is more and more integrated with satellite transmission. Instead of the Morse Code, takes the system using satellite technology for the communication of the sea place. 

The family values are now different, women have been even approximately equal to men.

The squeezes sideways of Globalisation, it creates new economic and cultural zones within and across nation for example norther Italy, Silicon Valley, Barcelona.

Americanisation, most of the giant multinational companies are based in the US.

We continue to talk of the nation, the family, work, tradition, nature, as if they were all the same as in the past. They are not.

DESIGN ACTIVISM - Change by Design

Tim BROWN

The rise of design thinking corresponds to a culture change, and what excites the best thinkers today in the challenge of applying their skills to problems that mater. 

Aravind was founded by Dr. Venkataswamy, to explore ways to deliver medical care to poor and developing countries. Aravind has it own in-house manufacturing facility that make the intraocluar lenses and sutures used in cataract operations.

IDE is a company founded by Polak, the mission is to provide low-cost solutions that meet the needs of small famers in developing countries. A farmer can expect to reap many times this amount in extra profit by growing fruits or vegetables, which will enable him to irrigate more land in future seasons. 

Jamie Oliver developed his School Dinners program, which works with local authorities to introduce healthier food. The one point when the obesity should end is to eat healthier and the second point is to do fitness and exercise. Nike and Nintendo (Wii Fit) are two companies which take place in this part and will help people to get healthy bodies. 

One of the newest experiments at Stanford University is the d-School. It encourages human-centered research, brainstorming, and prototyping in every student project and the principles of design thinking.

Creative confidence

Kelly and Kelly (2013)

We are all more creative that we are think. The creative capacity lies at the heart of innovation.

Teacher don´t have to life the creativity, they only have to help the pupils to find the imagination, which they already have. 

In the school creativity is as important as literacy.

The fear social rejection is that we unlearn to be creative. 

Bandura said that people with self-efficacy, set their sights higher, try harder, persevere longer and show more resilience in the face of failure.

Creating innovators. The making of young people who will change the world

WAGNER (2012)

Wagner said that new innovative ideas will help to improve economy and solve their problems in a creative way.

STEM education would focus on how teacher can educate young people to be innovators. 

What is innovation? Many definitions, but in short creative problem solving. 

There are 2 different kinds on the one hand the incremental (improving products) on the other hand disrupting (creating new products). 

The 7 survival skills:

    1) Critical thinking and problem solving

    2)Collaboration across networks and problem solving

    3)Agility and adaptability

    4)Initiative and entrepreneurship

    5)Accessing and analysing information

    6)Effective oral and written communication

    7)Curiosity and imagination