National Summer Teacher Institute 2016

Please report first to the USPTO registration table located in the South lobby of the Kellogg Conference Center.

If you arrive before 12 noon or after 5pm, kindly check in at the Kellogg Conference Center front desk. 

Please proceed to the Lincoln Room located in the Kellogg Hotell and Conference Center promptly at 5:45pm 

Please see attached assignment posted here.

The assignment should be discussed in groups of at least four during breakfast.  The Case Study will reviewed during one of the planned sessions on the day you receive it.

Please be prepared to discuss your responses.
Feel free to utilize outside resources to complete your assignment.

Case studies allow particpants to learn about intellectual property concepts using real world education examples that are expanded upon and applied throughout each day of the Institute.

 

  

  

Teachers join their Special Project teams and begin the process of outlining a plan for the week. Teachers will have access to the MSU Maker Space.

That plan will include:

1. Brainstorming ideas and topics for Special Project


2. Selecting a theme or topic or problem to be solved


3. Apply the principles of innovation (e.g. TRIZ, Bug List, Design Thinking, testing their invention ideas with "real" customers)


4. Create a design and prototype (possibly make a 3D printed prototype)


5. Incoprorate the principles of Intellectual Property (patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets) as part of their invention.


6. Developing a marketing strategy and plan for pitching their inventions on Friday

Teachers have the opportunity to meet with their teams to work on invention challenge projects including:

• Access to the MSU Maker Space
• Access to USPTO resources

Please see attached assignment posted here.

The assignment should be discussed in groups of at least four during breakfast.  The Case Study will reviewed during one of the planned sessions on the day you receive it.

Please be prepared to discuss your responses.
Feel free to utilize outside resources to complete your assignment.

Case studies allow particpants to learn about intellectual property concepts using real world education examples that are expanded upon and applied throughout each day of the Institute.

Teacher ambassadors will conduct lesson plans and demonstrations from the Science of Innovation Series Part 2.

Link to Data Sheet: https://goo.gl/ePva7K

Link to Video on How to Make a Catapult: https://goo.gl/Nz6TBJ

A session on exploring the basic concepts of patents and trade secrets.

Video Link on Patent Application Process: https://youtu.be/kmvAeCL0IHQ

Please see the attached Case Study Team Assignment and complete during your working lunch session.

Join the USPTO team in Room 221 (Glass Room in the back left corner of the Brody Cafeteria) at 12:30pm for an exciting discussion about today's Case Study on IP.

Teachers join their Special Project teams and begin the process of outlining a plan for the week. Teachers will have access to the MSU Maker Space.

That plan will include:

1. Brainstorming ideas and topics for Special Project


2. Selecting a theme or topic or problem to be solved


3. Apply the principles of innovation (e.g. TRIZ, Bug List, Design Thinking, testing their invention ideas with "real" customers)


4. Create a design and prototype (possibly make a 3D printed prototype)


5. Incoprorate the principles of Intellectual Property (patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets) as part of their invention.


6. Developing a marketing strategy and plan for pitching their inventions on Friday

Teachers have the opportunity to meet with their teams to work on invention challenge projects including:

• Access to the MSU Maker Space
• Access to USPTO resources

Please see attached assignment posted here.

The assignment should be discussed in groups of at least four during breakfast.  The Case Study will reviewed during one of the planned sessions on the day you receive it.

Please be prepared to discuss your responses.
Feel free to utilize outside resources to complete your assignment.

Case studies allow particpants to learn about intellectual property concepts using real world education examples that are expanded upon and applied throughout each day of the Institute.

Teacher ambassadors will conduct lesson plans and demonstrations from the Science of Innovation Series Part 2.

A session focused on Trademarks and their use and applications to innovation and IP.

Teachers work on Case Study Team Activity on Trademarks.

Please see the attached Case Study Team Assignment and complete during your working lunch session.

Join the USPTO team in Room 221 (Glass Room in the back left corner of the Brody Cafeteria) at 12:15pm for an exciting discussion about today's Case Study on IP.

Teachers join their Special Project teams and begin the process of outlining a plan for the week. Teachers will have access to the MSU Maker Space.

That plan will include:

1. Brainstorming ideas and topics for Special Project


2. Selecting a theme or topic or problem to be solved


3. Apply the principles of innovation (e.g. TRIZ, Bug List, Design Thinking, testing their invention ideas with "real" customers)


4. Create a design and prototype (possibly make a 3D printed prototype)


5. Incoprorate the principles of Intellectual Property (patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets) as part of their invention.


6. Developing a marketing strategy and plan for pitching their inventions on Friday

Teachers have the opportunity to meet with their teams to work on invention challenge projects including:

• Access to the MSU Maker Space
• Access to USPTO resources

Please see attached assignment posted here.

The assignment should be discussed in groups of at least four during breakfast.  The Case Study will reviewed during one of the planned sessions on the day you receive it.

Please be prepared to discuss your responses.
Feel free to utilize outside resources to complete your assignment.

Case studies allow particpants to learn about intellectual property concepts using real world education examples that are expanded upon and applied throughout each day of the Institute.

1. Best Poem for Innovation or IP
2. Best Song
3. Best Picture (sketch, photo, collage)
4. Best Sculpture (made of clay and/or ice)

Please see the attached Case Study Team Assignment and complete during your working lunch session.

Join the USPTO team in Room 221 (Glass Room in the back left corner of the Brody Cafeteria) at 12:30pm for an exciting discussion about today's Case Study on IP.

1. VIP Tour of the World's Largest Superconducting Cyclotron at MSU
2. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU http://broadmuseum.msu.edu

Teachers join their Special Project teams and begin the process of outlining a plan for the week. Teachers will have access to the MSU Maker Space.

That plan will include:

1. Brainstorming ideas and topics for Special Project


2. Selecting a theme or topic or problem to be solved


3. Apply the principles of innovation (e.g. TRIZ, Bug List, Design Thinking, testing their invention ideas with "real" customers)


4. Create a design and prototype (possibly make a 3D printed prototype)


5. Incoprorate the principles of Intellectual Property (patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets) as part of their invention.


6. Developing a marketing strategy and plan for pitching their inventions on Friday

Teachers have the opportunity to meet with their teams to work on invention challenge projects including:

• Access to the MSU Maker Space
• Access to USPTO resources

Invention Challenge Winners Announced:

1) Best overall presentation
2) Most commercially viable invention
3) Most creative invention
4) "Gotta Have It Now" invention
5) Judges' award

6) Most creative use of branding