CreativeOS Challenges

How can we inspire creativity in education?

14/02/2022 Current phase: -- Ideas presented: 530

Current phase

Ideation

All participants add their ideas, inspired by virtual events held around the world by local organizers in each city. The city with the most ideas will receive the award for the most creative city.

Phases

1. Ideation
21/04 - 09/05
2. Selection
10/05 - 12/05
3. Iteration
13/05 - 20/05
4. Finalists
20/05 - 26/05
5. Winners
27/05 - 27/05

Education whilst walking

Written by on 04/05/2022 from Stoke-on-trent (United Kingdom)
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What is the problem you are trying to solve with this idea?

Describe the problem you have identified.

Many children do not go to school

Who are the users who will benefit from this idea?

Describe the people who will benefit from implementing your idea.

Learners in less developed areas

Describe your idea in detail.

Write your idea in detail, what it is, how it works, area where it can be applied. Add all the details that you think are important.

Children who have to fetch water, or do errands instead of going to school. Stories, questions, easy to understand concepts could be posted on signposts/boards throughout the journey/ route. They would see these each day and learn. Questions could be on one side with answers on the otherside to see on their way back. These could be changed.

What are the most important benefits of this idea?

List the direct and indirect benefits, in qualitative and / or quantitative terms.

regular engagement of children. Pictures explaining theory could be used, curriculum from early years could be incorporated.Safe routes identified.

What resources do you need to implement your idea? How do you plan to get them?

ideas about the curriculum for the children, designed by educational specialists. Infrastructure such as wooden signage / boards (average walk to water 4 to 8 miles; current thinking is 16 per mile, so around 100 per village). Information / part of lesson printed and laminated for longevity.

Do you have a team to start the idea? Describe the members and their profiles

We are a university and have a access to academics, lecturers and students to help bring ideas forward. We also have many business connections which we can partner up with if required.

I would lead/coordinate. My name is Karl McCormack. I am a Senior Lecturer in The Business School and a Pedagogic Innovator at Staffordshire University in the UK.

What are the implementation phases? What are the dates of each phase?

Prototype the idea, plan a curriculum and print the curriculum. Then 'plant' the boards/sign posts. Add the printed curriculum to the sign posts (velcro, poppers etc). These can be removed and moved to another village to reuse, reducing costs.

What is unique about your idea?

Not just curriculum material, but health advice, safety advice, cooking information, a way of sign posting the most safe routes.

In which region do you have the initial implementation planned?

A developing country, one village to be spread out to other local areas.

Do you have the knowledge and technological means to make the idea come true? Describe them

We are a university and have a access to academics, lecturers and students to help bring ideas forward. We also have many business connections which we can partner up with if required.

We also have the latest technology including 3d printers, CAD machines and specialist software. Faculties such as business, arts, mechanical engineering, architecture, bio science etc are able to come together to help bring an idea forward.