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 Dont You Hate It When ID: 642418
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Choosing a TopicSlide2
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 . . .Slide3
Design Process
Getting
StartedSlide4
Research and Exploration
Design and Construction
Testing, Documentation, and Presentation
Problem Selection
Design Specification
Testing Criteria & Method
Topic Background
Decision MatrixTesting ProcedureProblem StatementConcept TestingPhysical TestingStatement of PurposeDesign ProposalRecord DataCited ValidationGantt Chart (timeline)Critical Design ReviewCited JustificationSketching RefinementRedesign and RefinePast & Present SolutionsTechnical Drawing Re-testMarket ResearchMaterial ListDetermine ConclusionProblem ProposalCostMultimedia Display Tool SelectionWeb Page Tool SafetyResearch Paper Mock Up & Modeling Electronic Portfolio Prototype Construction
Rule of Thirds
Problem SelectionSlide5
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 . . .Slide6
Choosing a Good Topic
That is a valid problem.
That is a justifiable
problem.
That
has the potential to make a difference.
Choose something . . .Slide7
Strategies for Brainstorming an EDD Topic
What Do You Know?
What Do
Y
ou
L
ove?
Don’t You Hate It When . . .©iStockphoto.com Slide8
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-allSlide9
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.Slide10
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-drivenSlide11
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-drivenSlide12
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 statementSlide13
Design Process
Next StepsSlide14
Examples of EDD Projects
Sip and Drip
Fertigator
Small Bore Air Rifle Target Changer
A Better Crutch
Ecco
Fridge
Paint Ball HemetSlide15
Examples of EDD Projects
Car Visor Stop Light Assist
Garage Door Notification System
Practice Pitch Return
Visible ToasterSlide16
Examples of EDD Projects
Improved Marching Band Music Holder
Portable Basketball System
Utili
-Tool
Snow Blower Clog Remover
Portion Control Calculator
Forearm Workout DeviceSlide17
Examples of EDD Projects
Cross Country Training Ski
Better Garbage Disposal
Snowplow-Proof Mail Box
RFDI Tag Controlled LightSlide18
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)Slide19
Examples of EDD Projects
Touch Screen Order
Entry System
Dog Self-Exercising Machine
Electrolysis Devices
No Mess
Urinal DeviceSlide20
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 ProjectsSlide21
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.comThanks to EDD teachers who shared images of student prototypes