Project+Directions

=Project Directions  = **Project Groups ** Design Team A- Story Team A- Symphony Team A- Empathy Team A- Play Team A- Meaning Team A-

Design Team B- Story Team B- Symphony Team B- Empathy Team B- Play Team B- Meaning Team B-

The purpose of these projects is to further examine what Pink is explaining in the chapters. As you are completing the projects remember to tie what you have learned to what Pink has said in his book and your requisite chapter. All projects should be completed from your perspective on how they relate to your chapter in //A Whole New Mind//.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Design Team** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**You must complete #1. Choose #2 or 3.**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Buy a magazine you would never read. Each person in the group should read a different article and summarize from the perspective of design. Here are some examples Real Simple, Print, O Magazine, Metropolis, iD, HOW, Dwell, or any other school appropriate magazine.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Redesign an object that annoys you or that you believe you need to improve. Work together as a group to accomplish this.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"In the future," says Italian designer Gaetano Pesce, "customers will expect original objects. What I call the Third Industrial Revolution." With that idea in mind, you can sample the revolution by designing something yourself using a design sites (nikeid.nike.com, Vans, (lets you design your own shoe) Fontifier, (allows you to create your own font) or any other similar site)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Story Team**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Writing anything is hard work. Writing something short is really hard work. So ease yourself in by writing a Mini saga with your group.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mini Sagas are exactly 50 words long, no more, no less
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Like all stories they have a beginning, middle and end.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tell a story in this format, the entire group should collaborate on this
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">To understand story, as Pink says, we have to hear what others have to say about their life and experiences. Your task is to record someone's story. It should be someone you know who is over the age of 70:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create a list of questions prior to your interview and post them to the wiki on your page.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interview/research them and then create a Photostory of their life, complete with voice over, music, and images
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Photostory is a free program through Microsoft.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Symphony Team** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Choose 2 of the 3 projects and complete them.**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Draw a self portrait! Each person in the group should draw themselves. Scan drawings in and add to wiki and then compare it to the others in the group. Create a discussion board post on your wiki page and discuss some aspect of the drawing for each group member. Refer to Chapter 6 to see Pink's impression of his own drawing. Use this as a guide for your discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Example: What was the most difficult feature to draw and why?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Example: Do you feel that the drawing is accurate? why or why not?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Find three examples of Negative space in advertising and evaluate them. Then post them to the wiki on your designated page. Remember that negative space is a big part of the picture that we overlook. It takes a trained eye to find it. Can you?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create an Inspirational board of images. Each time you see something that you find compelling as a group or individual, save it and use the following to create your inspirational board: (Glogster, Microsoft Word, Photovisi, Shapecollage) Before long, you will start seeing connections between the images that will enliven and expand your work.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Empathy Team**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Try mind reading. Take 10-15 emotions and record a video of group members acting out the emotions without saying them. Use a presentation tool (Slideshare, PowerPoint, Flipchart, Photoshory) and share your work. This activity will help you understand the importance of emotions and facial expressions.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Choose an organization that deals with a social issue and research the organization. What does the group do for people? This should open your eyes to what people are experiencing around the world. How is the social organization empathetic? You will create a presentation of the group/organization's work to share with the class.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Play** **Team**


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Invention and play often have much in common. So have fun and create/design a game in a group. Be creative and think outside the box. Focus on what Pink talks about in Chapter 8 for some ideas.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The best way to get in touch with your inner child is to take it outside for some play. Go to an elementary school, nearby park, playground or a place like Seabase and Chuck E Cheese and simply watch kids play and record what they do. While observing think about how play has changed since you were a kid. What are children doing now that you didn't do and vice versa. Please do not videotape the kids because you do not have permission, therefore your observations need to be detailed.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Meaning Team** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Complete #1. Choose #2 or 3.**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Find a book that focuses on life's meaning and finding your true self. (ie. //Man's Search for Meaning// and //The Element//) Read part of the book and create a presentation on what the book discusses about life's meaning. What are some of the central ideas of the book? What did you find interesting? What made you think? You should also connect the chosen text to Chapter 9 of //A Whole New Mind//.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Modern labyrinth - design your own maze. Do some research into labyrinths and mazes; what are they for? what is the difference? How do they tie into the chapter on Meaning?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Picture yourself at 90 - What does the world look like? What things have changed in your lifetime? Write about business, education, personal technologies, society/global issues. Be creative and think about maybe writing a letter to your grandchildren or diary entry reflecting back on your life and provide insight to what you went through and what advice you have for them. Do some research.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Final Presentations**


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Use a presentation tool to create a summary of your learnings. You can use PowerPoint, Prezi, ActivInspire, Google Presentation, or any other tool of your choosing.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">All project components must be included.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">You must have a summary of your findings from the completion of you projects. What did you learn?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">You must include a summary of your chapter, including pulling out text citations.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Keep in mind that everyone did not read your chapter so part of your mission is to get across to the rest of the group what your chapter is about and how it impacts you/them. Basically what is the purpose or your aptitude and how it relates to the real world.