Monday 28 July 2014

Red Dot Museum Trip Reflections

Observation
Can you find some examples of SCAMPER from the exhibits? (represent each alphabet of SCAMPER with photographs as evidence)

Substitute

Combine

Adapt

Modify

Put to use


Eliminate

Rearrange


Learn From It
Name 1 thing (per group member) that you have learnt from the designs that you have seen in the Red Dot Museum.

Lucas: I have learnt that no matter how dull the function/use of an object is, it can be made interesting and have aesthetic appeal.
Chen Ning: Sometimes you have to think out of the box to come up with innovative designs.
Xavien: The design of a product can be aesthetically appealing and be of good use at the same time
Keith: The designs there are great designs that the public has not learnt to appreciate.

Application
Take a picture of the design that your group likes most and explain how it relates to the project that your group will be working on.
This is the hope tree, basically an upsized version of the dew collector. We may be able to use the hope tree as a place to chain bikes to.

Saturday 12 July 2014

Wednesday 9 July 2014

3 KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION

1. Listen to other members' ideas in the team before shooting them down at the beginning.
2. Do not just sit there and listen to other people's ideas. Instead, contribute your own ideas.
3. Do not team up with your friends for the sake of it. Instead, team up with people that have the same goals as you.

3 keys to successful collaboration

1. Clear communication
2. Allow people to share ideas
3. Talk less, work more

3 Points to a Successful collaboration

1. Listen to the other members in the team

2. Think over the ideas together before shooting the idea down.

3. All members contribute.

3 points for successful collaboration

1) Teamwork
2) Listen to other people's ideas
3) Communication

3 Key Points to Successful Collaboration

Point 1(Do not shut down someone's idea)
Sometimes due to overconfidence in your own idea, you might reject any other ideas. Try to listen to your team mates, maybe their ideas are better.

Point 2(Be a team player)
Do not just sit down there and listen to your team member's idea, contribute something, share your opinion.

Point 3(Choose the right people)
Choose the people that are aiming for the same goals.

3 points for successful collaboration

1) Do not monopolise the group

Do not be the only one that talks. Group work only gets done when everyone works together.

2) Do not be quick to judge

Do not be quick to judge someone else's ideas. A "underdog" may have the best idea!

3) Have fun! (but not too much)

It is always better and more productive when everyone has fun, but it may start having negative effects if everyone starts having too much fun.

3 key points to successful collaboration

1.Clarify your purpose and vision.
Make sure your collaborators know clearly what your desired outcome is so everyone can work towards a common goal.
2.Team Roles.
If everyone switches between roles every few moments, the task could become confusing very quickly. Assign individual roles to avoid this.
3.Communicate clearly.
Voice your opinions but do listen and evaluate others' ideas. Communication works in two ways, not one.

Tuesday 8 July 2014

3 Keys To Successful Collaboration

1) Do not shoot other people’s suggestions down! Every suggestion matters. Instead of shooting their suggestions down, try discussing about their suggestion and making it better.

2) Participate. If you do not voice your opinions no one is going to be able to improve them or use them.

3) Co-operate. If you fail to co-operate, you fail to work together as a team with other people.

Monday 7 July 2014

3 Keys to Successful Collaboration

1. Communication
2. Being open and understanding of other's ideas and opinions
3. Participation

3 keys to success in Collaboration

Everyones opinion counts

Listen to other peoples ideas and build on them

Do not force others to use your ideas

3 keys to success in Collaboration

1)Do not shoot down anybody's idea in the group,instead try to build up on their ideas and give them feedbacks on their ideas(eg.what went wrong in their idea and what was good.)

2)As a group do not stray off your common goal instead keep your focus intact on what you guys are doing.

3)Participate actively even when your suggestion or idea is not taken in by the group,try giving another feasible suggestion/idea.

Sunday 6 July 2014

3 Important Keys To Success In Collaboration

1) Listen before you judge, think before you speak.

2) Be open and participate. (Don't be a wet blanket)

3) Respect others and communicate well. 

3 Important Keys To Success In Collaboration


1) Listen to everyone's ideas - Instead of going on with the first suggested idea, let everyone speak of their own idea and let the whole team decide which idea to finally choose by elimination.

2) Participate actively - Instead of sitting and doing nothing, make the most effort to come up with ideas and help your group members. Encouraging a group member who is not interested is not a bad idea either

3) Be open - Be ready to accept it when your own suggestion is not finalised. No matter how much you think that it would work, do not argue with your group members and cause disputes between the group. Try discussing the pro and cons about your idea and the finalised idea.

Friday 4 July 2014

3 most important keys to success in collaboration

In opinion...
1- Always have teamwork to work with each other
2- Listen to others; do not shut others' ideas just yet, because their ideas may be better than yours
3- Participation

Thursday 3 July 2014

3 most important keys to success to collaboration

I think that the three most important keys to successful collaboration are teamwork, perseverance and participation

Tuesday 1 July 2014

3 Key Good Collaboration Skills

1. Communicate with team-mates well
2. Respect each other's ideas
3. Participate actively in the task at hand

3 Keys to Success in Collaboration

  1. Teamwork
  2. A Listening Ear - We must listen to others when doing any group work so as to include everyone in the conversation and let them tell us their ideas and opinions.
  3. Participation

Key Points to Attain Success in Collaboration.

1. Communication
2. Respect
3. Co-operation

Video on example of collaboration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wz90lVQE9w

1/7/14 Homework

Today's Homework:

Think of 3 (Most Important) Keys to success in entrepreneurship.