The first thing you are going to need to get started is your Inventor Notebook. Below is a link to a Digital Inventor Notebook
Please MAKE A COPY of File in your Google Drive.
Make A FOLDER for this project NOW (you will have lots of files to keep organized for this project
Have a read through the article below to see what type of things you keep in an Engineering notebook.
WHAT GOES IN AN INVENTOR NOTEBOOK
YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS sketched out in your Digital Inventor Notebook
Notebook, then one idea will be your BEST and you will proceed with the project based
on that idea.
Here Are Some Links For Inspiration (Not plagiarism)
Have a look at some of these site with interesting new Inventions & Innovations. See if you can spot the difference.
Looking at some of these ideas will get you mindset of looking at things in a different way, maybe solving some
simple everyday challenges with your new ideas!!!!
https://www.thegrommet.com/tech-and-innovation
https://www.boredpanda.com/useful-creative-inventions/
https://brightside.me/creativity-design/80-amazingly-creative-inventions-and-concept-designs-115305/
*Be sure if you work with a partner the EACH PERSON turns in the Digital Engineering Notebook to Google Classroom
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Time Management
(here is a general breakdown of milestones to help your time management)
Getting Started To Do List
Phase One: Turn in your work
Use the link below to turn the following items required for Phase I of the project:
1. Picture of each sketch in your notebook. (3)
2 Name & Brief description of what your invention does, what need does it fulfill, what problem does it solve etc...
(the more detail the better so I know what you were thinking)
3. Your Company Name
4. Your Company Slogan
5. Your Company Logo
5. Your Company Business Card
Some Links For Inspiration (Not plagiarism)
Have a look at some of these site with interesting new inventions, innovations etc..
to get you in the mindset of looking at things in a different way, maybe solving some
simple everyday challenges with your new ideas!!!!
https://www.thegrommet.com/tech-and-innovation
https://www.boredpanda.com/useful-creative-inventions/
https://brightside.me/creativity-design/80-amazingly-creative-inventions-and-concept-designs-115305/
Make Your Business Card
Come up with a catchy name, slogan, logo etc... for your new company.
You can use any free online business card maker for your fictitious company.
Make sure you can either download or take a good screenshot so you have a JPEG image file you can turn in.
Here is one link: https://www.freelogoservices.com/business-card-maker
Create A Cool Logo
CLICK HERE TO GET TO MY LOGO PAGE
Need A Catchy Slogan
PhotoShop Fake & Bake:
"The No Drip Cone Zone"
The Sales Presentation
Phase Two: Promotional Phase
Now that have your amazing idea, a new company it is time to start really promoting and selling your product!!
Here is what you will need to produce, be sure to read the requirements and follow the samples for each item:
Website
TV Commercial
The Website: You can use Google Sites to create a decent website that will also look good on a mobile device. If you are not sure who to create a Google Site, look up "Website Wrap Up" on my site for instructions.
The design of your site is up to you, but your website needs to have the following PAGES (see some sample example links below):
Pages Your Website will Need
Product Introduction/How it works page (include your infomercial)
Product Pictures/Designs/Sketches
About The Company & You The Inventor
Customer Testimonials (need two)
Free Website Builders: You are free to experiment with some online website builders. Some may ask you to register your email, which is ok, but don't pay for anything, there are plenty of free services available. You can also just use Google Sites.
https://smallbiztrends.com/2016/05/free-website-builders.html
Sample Website: Check out this sample website that is similar to the information and content your site needs to have. Scroll down when you get to the page...
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE SITE
The Commercial:
1. Story Board: BEFORE you start any filming you will need to show me your Story Board. (see example).
I NEED TO SEE YOUR STORYBOARD BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM!!!!
The point of this is to help you think things through and have a plan before you start wasting time filming stuff you won't need. Your commercial will need to have 4 different scenes (see story board example).
For each scene in your storyboard, have an image representing your ideas and then briefly describe what the audience is seeing, hearing etc..
2. Filming The Commercial: You will film your commercial your Chrome Books. You will need to use Green Screen. Be sure to get HD quality images from Google for your backgrounds.
Think about what props will help you in presenting your product to the audience. If you don't have a physical prototype, then you will need to use sketches and imagery to represent your product between your video shots; this will be done in WeVideo.
Commercial Requirements
1. Four different Scenes (approx 15 seconds, for a 1-minute commercial)
2. Complimentary background music (not distracting)
3. Call to Action (someway for people to buy your product).
4. Use a Green Screen
5. Edit using WeVideo
Classic Informercial Examples
(coming soon)