Type of class – Page 5

Pictionary

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Pictionary or Scribble is a group activity where teams compete against each other in guessing what one group member is drawing.

Photo Story

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The photo story method facilitates creating free associations related to a picture series under time pressure.

Oxford vs. Cambridge

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Oxford vs. Cambridge method is an icebreaker that makes student teams compete against each other.

Music Quiz

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Music Quiz method is an icebreaker or a “mind-freer” where student teams will compete against each other in guessing the name or artist of a song.

Motivational video

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Motivational video method is an icebreaker that uses publicly available videos to motivate the students to complete more complex tasks throughout the day.

Magic Play Dough

15-25, Amount of people, Between half an hour and one hour, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Magic Play Dough technique can be used for the detailed design and prototyping session in the engineering process.

Help the old lady

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The “Help the old lady” method makes students experience the difference between convergent and divergent thinking in ideation and need analysis.

Flower

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between half an hour and one hour, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The flower method uses a structured brainstorming template to analyze problems, combine and detail initial ideas, and create scenarios or use cases.

Disruptive Images

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The disruptive images method uses a series of unusual images to make students think out of the box and create a new sense or understanding of a topic or problem.

Dance Battle

The Dance Battle method is an ice breaker where teams compete with each other in imitating famous dance moves.