Art & Real World Hooks - Patents

We are learning about intellectual property in Business Law. For the lesson on patents, I asked the kids to think of an invention. They drew a mock up of the invention using Google draw, which they had shared with their partner. I then asked them to see if their invention was patentable. We watched a crash course video to learn about the requirements of a patent. They wrote up their eval and posted on their blog.

This activity kept the students engaged. It applied a little creativity, art, and some real world hooks. They had the autonomy to choose their invention. I enjoyed seeing what the kids created.

Get kids moving

I teach a web design course. Most of the time the kids are tethered to their computer. Today i tried to get them up and moving. Each student got a piece of paper with a different portion of the hyperlink code we were learning about. They were challenged to arrange the parts in order. The idea was to engage their brains, get them working together, and get them to remember the code.

Tapping into her Creative Side

Today one of my students was learning how to use various features in Photoshop. She decided to create a piece of modern art while experimenting with Photoshop. I loved the creativity that she infused into her project.