Summary:

This term in InnovatED we started a program called $20 Boss. $20 Boss is a program where you work in groups to start and run a business also learning skills about teamwork etc. We initially came up with the idea that all our group liked basketball so we decided to do a basketball rebounder. This basketball rebounder was going to help a problem that many people had when shooting the basketball it hit the base of the ring and bounced off away from you. This product was going to help stop that and send the ball back to you after it went in. We were also going to make our products out of precious plastic so that we would be environmentally friendly. After we thought about this product more we realised that the mould to make the rebounder would be very hard to make so we scrapped this idea. So, we went back to drawing board and thought about what we were interested in making. We came back to the fact that we were all interested in sports so we thought about making key chains with pictures of different sports. Next time, we would really think about the idea that we would go through with using the skill, critical thinking, to make sure that everyone including ourselves would like.

Design Thinking:

I think I was best at communicating with the group and making sure everyone was on task. I also believe that I was a good team worker as I made sure I communicated with the group what I was doing and asked them if they needed any help. I think that I need to work on the Ideate side of the thinking because I’m probably not that good at coming up with ideas that can benefit the group.

Capabilities:

I think I relied a lot on the capabilities of effective communication and problem solving. I believe that these two capabilities worked together well because they are both related to each other. This is because our first idea wasn’t going so well so we had to effectively communicate with each other to either fix it or change idea by problem solving. I think I could work on the capability of creativity. This was shown when I couldn’t really come up with many ideas in the Ideate stage. I could work on my creative skills by thinking a bit harder and deeper about some ideas that could be used.