pltw edd: unit ii, lesson 1 - choosing topic
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Choosing a Topic
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Choosing a Topic
• Choosing a Good Topic• What Happens After Brainstorming Topics?• Strategies for Brainstorming an EDD Topic• Brainstorming Review• What Do You Know?• What Do You Love?• Don’t You Hate It When . . .
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Design Process
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Research and Exploration
Design and Construction Testing, Documentation, and Presentation
Problem Selection Design Specification Testing Criteria & MethodTopic Background Decision Matrix Testing ProcedureProblem Statement Concept Testing Physical TestingStatement of Purpose Design Proposal Record DataCited Validation Gantt Chart (timeline) Critical Design ReviewCited Justification Sketching Refinement Redesign and RefinePast & Present Solutions Technical Drawing Re-testMarket Research Material List Determine ConclusionProblem Proposal Cost Multimedia Display Tool Selection Web Page Tool Safety Research Paper Mock Up & Modeling Electronic Portfolio Prototype Construction
Rule of Thirds
Problem Selection
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Choosing a Good Topic
– That will keep your interest for the rest of the year.
– That is your idea, not another classmate’s or the instructor’s.
– In which you have a vested interest.
Choose something . . .
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Choosing a Good Topic
– That is a valid problem.
– That is a justifiable problem.
– That has the potential to make a difference.
Choose something . . .
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Strategies for Brainstorming an EDD Topic
What Do You Know? What Do You Love?
Don’t You Hate It When . . .
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Brainstorming Review
A process undertaken to solve a problem by rapidly generating a variety of possible solutions.
Rules• No criticism allowed
• Work for quantity
• Piling on of ideas welcome
• Free-for-all
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What Do You Know?
Brainstorm a list of what you know best or in what areas you have expertise.
– Rank them based on your interest.
– Note some areas that might need improvement or redevelopment related to the items on your list.
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What Do You Love?
• Brainstorm some topics that you are passionate about, but in which you may not have expertise.– Rank them based on your interest.– Note some areas that might need
improvement or redevelopment related to the items on your list.
– You might need to conduct further research to learn more about the topic.
Passion-driven
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• Brainstorm about situations that are frustrating.– Rank them based on your level of
frustration with each.– You might need to conduct further
research to learn more about the topic.
Don’t You Hate It When . . .
Frustration-
driven
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What Happens After Brainstorming Topics?
Step 1 (individual) – Areas of Interest
Step 2 (individual) – Large problems within area(s) of interest
Step 3 (individual/team) – Manageable problem(s) within area of interest
Step 4 (team) – Preliminary research
Step 5 (team) – Validate the problem
Step 6 (team) – Concise problem statement
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Design Process
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Examples of EDD Projects
Sip and Drip FertigatorSmall Bore Air Rifle Target Changer
A Better CrutchEcco Fridge
Paint Ball Hemet
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Examples of EDD Projects
Car Visor Stop Light AssistGarage Door Notification System
Practice Pitch ReturnVisible Toaster
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Examples of EDD Projects
Improved Marching Band Music Holder
Portable Basketball System
Utili-ToolSnow Blower Clog Remover
Portion Control CalculatorForearm Workout Device
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Examples of EDD Projects
Cross Country Training Ski
Better Garbage DisposalSnowplow-Proof Mail Box
RFDI Tag Controlled Light
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Examples of EDD Projects
Boat Hull Cleaner
Temperature Sensing, Self-Regulating Blinds
Automatic Watering System (for indoor plants)
Tubeless Non-Flattening Tire
Hands Free Lighting Device (left) with Circuit
and FDM (fused deposition model)
(above)
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Examples of EDD Projects
Touch Screen Order Entry System
Dog Self-Exercising Machine Electrolysis Devices
No Mess Urinal Device
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Choosing a Topic
• Choosing a Good Topic• Strategies for Brainstorming an EDD Topic• Brainstorming Review• What Do You Know?• What Do You Love?• Don’t You Hate It When . . .• What Happens After Brainstorming Topics?• Past EDD Projects
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Image Resources
Microsoft, Inc. (n.d.). Clip art. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
iStockphoto. Retrieved from http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php
Dimension Printing. Retrieved from www.dimensionprinting.com
Thanks to EDD teachers who shared images of student prototypes