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ArtScience Innovation Workshop @ Cambridge Massachusetts , Boston |
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Participants Shanmugam Giridharan and Adam Dai deep in discussion with their teammates from St Patrick ’ s School .
Checking in with Professor David Edwards and mentors .
Students presenting to personnel from
The Soup Spoon
SJI Participants of the SMU Youth Innovation Challenge
Business Design Thinking ( BDT )
The Business Design Thinking ( BDT ) Programme @ SJI is based on the BDT model of the University of Toronto ’ s Rotman School of Management . This design thinking model envisions empathy through deep understanding to ideation and co-creation . This programme is about understanding the real needs of the users so as to come up with practical solutions to address their concerns . Through this programme , we hope to inculcate an innovative mindset in our students so that they may become men for others and come up with practical solutions to resolve real-life problems .
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Posing with these awesome innovators from Oklahoma .
As part of the annual Artscience Prize in SJI , two teams of students had the opportunity to attend the ArtScience Innovation Workshop in Boston . The annual workshop sees teams of students from around the world come together for an intensive week of disruption and immersion in idea translation . We had the opportunity to interact with Professor David Edwards , international experts and other teams to gain invaluable knowledge and experience . There were guest speakers who shared with us the art and design development , business plan development , intellectual property , prototyping , presentation skills , and exhibition ; all of which allowed us to take our ideas further .
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Wefie with Prof David Edwards |
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Adam Dai presenting the Alganator |
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Getting ready for their presentation before the ArtScience panel of judges
Singapore teams in Cambridge , Massachusetts
Sharing by ITE Central Staff about the Centre of Design
Attending Design Thinking course by NLB
With these goals in mind , the students took on real issues in school from improving the recycling culture at SJI to making the school library more conducive . Some went further to collaborate with external agencies such like The Soup Spoon , Drips Café and The National Library Board ( NLB ), Junior Achievement ( JA ) and Barclay Banks to further hone their design thinking skills .
Our learning journey continues as we invited entrepreneurs such as alumnus Mr Benedict Leow ( Class of 1989 ), Executive Director of local food chain , The Soup Spoon , to share with teachers and students about innovation . Staff and students also made visits to ITE Central , School of Design and the NLB to learn about their journey of change . A group of students also took part in the SMU Youth Innovation Challenge 2015 where they learned about entrepreneurship and interacted with like-minded youths .
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And when it finally came to presenting our ideas , we felt really proud to represent our country through our innovation , and especially being the youngest of the teams at the workshop .
We also visited many places of interests , learning more about the culture and heritage of Boston , and we strongly feel that this trip was the most meaningful and enriching experience of our lives .
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Visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Sec 3 IP BDT Showcase : A prototype of the SJI Library |
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Students at work |
Fr . Danker presenting token of appreciate to guest speaker , Mr Benedict Leow |
Social Enterprise course conducted by JA-Barclays |
ST JOSEPH ’ S INSTITUTION |
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JOSEPHIAN ANNUAL 2015 |