Evaluation for Improvement on a House Hold Item

Aiste
February 9, 2010
IT evaluation

Our last unit was about Inventions and Inventors. We, as a class chose the skills that inventors should have if they want to be successful. We came up with open minded, risk takers and a few more. I think that inventors should be open-minded especially, because to think of something new, useful and sustainable is hard and requires a lot of imagination. Not everybody can think of something that has not yet been invented and also something that will attract attention. We chose our own groups and our task was to make an invention that has already been invented even better than it already is. I worked with Rebekah to improve the solar key detector. Because solar key detectors run out of battery very fast, we decided to improve it with a solar rechargeable battery. We interviewed our classmates asking them if they think this product is useful, people will like it and if they have any suggestions. Most of the people said that it is useless and they do not have any comments or ideas how to make it better. Rebekah and I took into account that we should consider the information useful and correct. We made a great large-scale model of the key detector, in my opinion. When the time came for the class to ask questions, if they had any, we received some remarks. Some of our classmates said that if the detector would detect keys then it shouldn’t be from 2 meters away, but about 10 meters. Some said that it should detect not only keys but also cell phones and other technology. I had a question in my mind for our classmates. Why couldn’t and wouldn’t you give us the feedback when we actually asked for it? If they would have suggested that to us at the beginning, we could have made an even better renovation. Overall, there were some good and interesting renovations for everyday objects. One of them was the ice-cream bowl. That was my favorite. There also was a self-controllable heater. Although this idea is great, I think I have heard of it being already invented. I think this unit made us think harder to renovate something and is a good learning experience. Next time we do a project like this, my plan is to remind everybody that what they suggest will be used in the presentation, and if they would not give us any ideas, at the end they will not be able to comment. i think that our presentation was good, but it seems like a few people did not understand the main idea behind our renewed invention. Next time, our explanation should be more clear.