Look for an inefficiency in the system, a frustration you’ve had, the most problematic aspect of your Creek experience, a thing you’ve seen modeled/done at other schools that you are jealous of, an existing smartphone app that could be recontextualized to a school setting,
Examples of possible projects might include:
The success of this proposal will be evaluated based on the IMPACT to the SCHS students and/or the local community OR more broadly on its overall geniusness/usefulness/applicability or the fostering of a sense of community activism).
THE APPLICATION (via Google Form above):
THE WINNING PROJECT (from either periods 2, 3, 7) MAY get a prize!
One winner for school-based/SCHS/education focused project/improvement/etc
& One winner for business plan/community project/wider-world focused
OR I might just do one overall best in show prize. We shall see
Examples of possible projects might include:
- A “good idea” – whatever you think that is
- A new product / design (Quirky.com or that might seek funding via Kickstarter.com)
- A plan for a startup of a business/corporation/LLC/Inc. or an entrepreneurial project (think Steve Jobs in his garage in the 1970s starting Apple),
- A school improvement project/idea(perhaps beginning a Zipcar-style ride-sharing service or mobile food truck in partnership with the school’s culinary arts classes or beginning a local organic garden / school-based farmer’s market, a solution to parent drop off circle, student parking lot, check out procedures, use of Vine app as delivery system for morning announcements/student news, Remind101 app usage in a new way, open-source surveymonkey proposals for ways of soliciting student input on issues of concern)
- A cell phone app designed to be used by Creek students (to improve delivery of services, distribution of information, Creek community building, a buddy program between seniors & freshman or a global app that connects us with another IB school outside of the USA)
- Some other technological advancement that would improve Creek students or anyone’s quality of life
- a community service initiative or a new way to use our SCHS business partners http://www.sprucecreekhigh.com/school_info/biz_partners.htm
- a way to engage Creek students in a local organization like Make-A-Wish foundation, hospice care, the homeless, Habitat for Humanity
- an ongoing CAS hours idea/project that many students could engage with
- the beginnings of a SCHS Alumni Association or an annual ceremony for athletic alumni Hall of Fame
- the creation of a student (school-wide or IB) honor court
- or essentially any good idea/task/project that you need INITIAL funding for
The success of this proposal will be evaluated based on the IMPACT to the SCHS students and/or the local community OR more broadly on its overall geniusness/usefulness/applicability or the fostering of a sense of community activism).
THE APPLICATION (via Google Form above):
- Project Leader(s) or involved TOK Rohol students with this idea or stakeholders involved (community members/parents/businesses):This should be 1 to 3 students who will serve as the overall project leaders.
- Number of students (or non-students) the project will impact
- The desired $ amount being requested (if you asking for extra grant/seed money instead of the $50 prize money)
- Drawings/written proposal/an outline of the project specifics
- Leadership skills that will be developed through the project (one sentence)
- Timetable involved in the project/idea
THE WINNING PROJECT (from either periods 2, 3, 7) MAY get a prize!
One winner for school-based/SCHS/education focused project/improvement/etc
& One winner for business plan/community project/wider-world focused
OR I might just do one overall best in show prize. We shall see
lists of historic inventions as RLSs (Where Good Ideas Come From book. right click and rotate the PDF once you download it) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B04AA4i4sOu8MXRiUjRSMk1EOW8/view?usp=sharing
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-researchers-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-sustainable-concrete
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/910418035/plastic-bottle-cutter?ref=project_tweet
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fontus-the-self-filling-water-bottles-sport-camping#/
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/17/10-unknown-inventors-with-big-successes-on-quirky.html
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/497871201/lini-cube-next-generation-educational-toy-building/description
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/luuup/luuup-litter-box-the-best-cat-litter-box-ever-made?ref=project_tweet
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20160222/port-orange-students-buy-clothes-with-credit-for-good-grades-behavior - SCHS can’t be outdone by Atlantic HS
http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/technology/homemade-invisalign/index.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/science-lab-on-wheels-sparks-student-interest-in-stem/
Pay IB students if they prove they have healthy sleep cycles (as shown via Smartphone/Fitbit type apps): http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/05/why-aetnas-ceo-pays-workers-up-to-500-to-sleep.html
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-03-18/story/jax-recycle-brings-refurbished-bicycles-homeless
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/edible-utensils-are-good-for-you-and-the-planet-1765210751?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Sploid_twitter
Coolest thing you'll see today: 3D printed sundial displays the time digitally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78I-A7ikXYU …
http://www.pigeonairpatrol.com/
Consider how to reapply this tech: http://www.ted.com/talks/alex_kipman_the_dawn_of_the_age_of_holograms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedspread
http://www.meatlessmonday.com/meatless-monday-k-12/
Why did AirBnB business model succeed?: https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_gebbia_how_airbnb_designs_for_trust?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedspread
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/11/at-purdue-student-aid-based-on-future-earnings-could-revolutionize-college-debt/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.4d88d70911c1
Other ideas: Mental Health Week in Schools; putting oxygen creating plants in classrooms for enviro/health; Youresearch.org; creating Millennial Times; new parking/driving flow plans around school; Wifi/remote printers for student use around campus; student review based teacher evaluation system; an IB carpool system via Smartphone app for Ormond etc kids; an app to report custodian needed issues around campus; an app to set up carpools at lunch for Creek seniors based on which restaurant they are going to; more can be seen at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B04AA4i4sOu8LW9nNjFaMFcyLWs?usp=sharing (2016) or 2017 HERE
LIST OF INNOVATIONS/INVENTIONS:
http://time.com/4115398/best-inventions-2015/?xid=tcoshare
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3049908/innovation-by-design/the-2015-innovation-by-design-awards-winners-product-design
https://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/best-ideas-ever?utm_term=.caqpkVAVo#.nqbeDqXqw
http://bestofwhatsnew.popsci.com/
http://inhabitat.com/design/humanitarian-design/
http://www.engineeringforchange.org/ten-ted-talks-in-humanitarian-design/
http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/6/5975203/yves-behars-most-iconic-designs
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/innovations-list/309536/?utm_source=twb
KICKSTARTER TYPE WEBSITES:
https://www.gofundme.com/
https://www.donorschoose.org/
https://www.kickstarter.com/
https://www.quirky.com/
Consider applying for NSF 2026 Idea Machine contest from your Kickstarter project
Also FYI you can use your Kickstarter idea to apply for this:
Also FYI you can use your Kickstarter idea to apply for this:
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