Below are some important definitions to have in mind for this lesson.
Innovation- The introduction of something new or a new idea, method, device or method of doing
something
Innovative- Characterized by, tending to, or introducing innovation or complete new methods of doing something
Inspiration- The act or power of moving the intellect or emotions
Lesson 1- Innovation
Activity Sheet 1 – What do I know?
“What is innovation?” Students define innovation in their own words. Use first column of Activity Sheet 1 – What do I know?
www.oninnovation.com/about/about-oninnovation.aspx
Activity Sheet 2
Look at the list of innovators that are featured on the overview video. Use Activity Sheet 2 to record how the featured innovators describe innovation. Jot down what you remember from watching or listening. Use Resource Sheet 1 to confirm or modify your observations.
Create a succinct class definition by combining various definitions of innovation. Use middle column of Activity Sheet 1 – What did I learn? Use last column of Activity Sheet 1 – What more do I want to know?
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Lesson 1 Activity 1
Lesson 1 Activity 2
Lesson 1 Master Glossary
Watch the video and fill in the worksheet below. http://www.oninnovation.com/about/about-oninnovation.aspx
Lesson 2- Traits of an Innovator
Do innovators share common traits? Let’s juxtapose two innovators, Henry Ford and Steve Wozniak, to find out if they share common traits.
Watch: Steve Wozniak highlight video at
www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Wozniak
View: The life of Henry Ford at
www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Ford
Place Ford’s unique traits under Ford and Wozniak’s unique traits under Wozniak. Place those traits shared by both in the center. Use Activity Sheet 1 – Common Traits of Innovators.
Identify the traits that you personally share with innovators. Use Activity Sheet 2 – Personal Traits Shared with Innovators. Use Resource Sheet 3 – Master Glossary for Innovation.
What skills or traits are needed for success in the 21st century? How are these traits similar or different than traits of an innovator?
Use Resource Sheet 1 and learn about some core traits of an innovator. Use Activity Sheet 3 to glean eight traits. Use Resource Sheet 2 – Traits of an Innovator and 21st-Century Skills.
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Lesson 2 Activities
Lesson 2 Resources
Lesson 2 Master Glossary
Lesson 3- Process of Innovation
Activity Sheet 1 – Invention, innovation and Discovery.
Is there a process of innovation?
Find out the differences between invention, innovation and discovery. Watch these videos to learn how these innovators talk about and define some of these terms:
•William McDonough
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1190
•Steve Wozniak
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1389
•Toshiko Mori
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1242
Activity Sheet 2 – Process Comparison.
Compare and contrast Steve Wozniak and Don Chadwick, two current-day innovators – one who is a tinkerer and one who is very methodical and uses a step-by-step process. Find out about the different processes used by these innovators:
•Tinkerer: Steve Wozniak - Accidents Led to Innovation:
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1355
•Methodical: Don Chadwick, Product Designer - What Is Design?
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1157
Activity Sheet 3 – Innovation and the Design-Thinking Process.
The process of design is closely related to the process of innovation. Not all innovators use the exact same process or sequence when innovating, but they do use some of the same steps. Explore the following links and develop a list of steps you feel are essential to the process of innovation.
What is the design process?
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Lesson 3- Activities
Lesson 4- Keys to Innovation
What are the Keys to Innovation? Can we cultivate an innovative mind-set?
Read the excerpt from a speech by Patricia Mooradian, president of The Henry Ford, entitled, “Advancing a Culture of Innovation,” to find out about the five Keys to Innovation The Henry Ford believes are essential to innovation.
• Curiosity
• Break the Rules
• Collaboration Is Power
• Meet True Needs
• Embrace the Risk and the Lessons of Failure
To read the speech online, visit:
www.oninnovation.com/templates/_pdf/THF_OnInnovation_Advancing_A_Culture_of_Innovation.pdf or use Resource Sheet 1.
Select one of the five suggested Keys to Innovation that you think is indispensable for innovation. Watch the suggested video clips of the innovators discussing one of the essential Keys to Innovation.
Complete Activity Sheet 1 - Keys to Innovation Activity as you watch the videos or discuss as a group.
Curiosity
•Mitchell Baker: Mozilla Culture
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1483
•William McDonough: Childhood
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1185
•Bill Gates: Inspirations
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1681
•Will Allen: Curiosity
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=2209
Break the Rules
•Pierre Omidyar: Advice
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1270
•Elon Musk: Curiosity
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1251
•Rosa Parks: Read about Rosa Parks at
www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Parks
Collaboration Is Power
• Toshiko Mori: Collaboration for Innovation
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1223
• Will Allen: Collaboration Is Power
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=2211
• Marc Greuther: Thomas Edison, Leadership and Collaboration
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=2147
Meet True Needs
• William McDonough: America as a Place for Innovation
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1202
• Pierre Omidyar: What Drives Me
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1272
• Dean Kamen: Babies and Business
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1874
• Will Allen: Early Goals - Education and Basketball
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1997
Embrace the Risk and the Lessons of Failure
• Elon Musk: Risk Failure
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1262
• Pierre Omidyar: Message to the Future
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1276
• Lyn St. James: Learning from Mistakes
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1332
• Thomas Edison: Prolific Inventor, Change Agent (read quote)
www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Edison
• Marc Greuther: Thomas Edison, An Incurable Inventor
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=2136
• Buckminster Fuller: Visionary Thinker, Serial Entrepreneur
www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Fuller
Select one innovator out of the featured innovators that you would identify as your role model, and watch their highlight video at www.oninnovation.com/innovators.aspx. Answer the questions on Activity Sheet 2, and reflect on the innovator who is your role model.
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Lesson 4- Activities
Lesson 4- Resources
Lesson 5- Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights and More
Is intellectual property protection an integral part of innovation? Read the resource sheet and explore the links provided to learn more about intellectual property, copyright, patents and trademarks.
Resource Sheet 1 – Did You Know?
Watch and read the videos or selections on Elon Musk, Thomas Edison, Stan Ovshinsky and Don Chadwick on “Patents and Intellectual Property Rights,” a critical part of innovation.
•Elon Musk: Overview
www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Musk
• Thomas Edison: Prolific Inventor, Change Agent
www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Edison
• Stan Ovshinsky: Vision and Opposition
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1445
• Don Chadwick: Equa Chair Part 3
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1172
• Stan Ovshinsky: Legacy and Advice
www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1474
Complete Activity Sheet 1 – Intellectual Property Rights.
What is “open source”? Does open source pose a threat to intellectual property rights?
Watch Mitchell Baker highlight video: www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Baker and answer the questions on Activity Sheet 2 – Innovation and the Open Source Phenomenon.
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Lesson 5- Activities
Post Innovation
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Post Innovation
