Can I adapt?

the role of cognitive flexibility

Your team will give a 90 second "elevator pitch" for the design you decide to pursue. 

To help you prepare your elevator pitch, here is a template adapted from Steven Schmeiser. It is framed for pitching a product to seek investment capital, so you'll want to adjust the framing with this in mind:

• COMPANY - who are you? this can help us understand your "backstory" and contextualize your project

• NEED - what does your project seek to provide to its user?

• SOLUTION - how does your project address the need?

• MARKET - who do you imagine will be interacting with the project?

• BUSINESS MODEL - optional for this course context

• EXIT - optional for this course context

• PEOPLE - who will you pull in to help design, build and/or test your project?

• THE ASK - are there resources beyond the supplies already provided in the course that you'll need for the project?

Design inspiration

Project inspiration 

Work in small groups to create an interactive project using a new component on your Circuit Playground.

• You can choose any of the components we saw on Monday.

• You should sense at least one type of input (e.g., temp, tap, etc.) and respond with at least one type of output (e.g., LED/neopixel, speaker, vibe motor).

  • If you use an external component, remember what you learned with paper circuits! 

  • You can use alligator clips to connect from the Circuit Playground to external components. 

Requirements

Document your process on your web site, including successes and failures encountered along the way. There should be:

(as a group)

• documentation of your design process 

• a description/sketch of your final proposed design

• documentation of your build process

• your final sketch code

• a final video or collection of photos that demonstrates the final product

(as individuals)

• a reflection on the project and how it relates to the topic of cognitive flexibility or more generally how you approach a problem/challenge

  • you can choose to write the reflection (2-3 paragraphs) or record it as video/audio (1-3 minutes)

  • challenge yourself to step back and think about any parallels you can draw to your learning journey at large, using these prompts:

• how does (not) having multiple perspectives impact your problem-solving? 

• can you think of ways that cognitive flexibility could help you stretch in considering what courses you take in and out of your intended major(s)? 

• looking back, are there any times where you got stuck or spun your wheels when you could have paused to seek other solutions or perspectives? do you think the outcome would have been different?

• can you think of a time when you were committed to a plan, but could have been more effective by pivoting to a new plan? what would you tell your former self?