Friday, 30 November 2012

1min video creative ( proposed design solution)

Then I started looking at more creative sales pitches videos, here are some 
that give me inspiration using storyboards:

I like this style , it seems so simple and straight to the point, not to sure yet
if i want to go for animation though, but still a great idea

I really like this idea of paper prototyping, i think seen as my idea is interactive hands on, this may
work better for my sales pitch. I've actually made one before and enjoyed the process and felt like it put my idea across nicely.



1min video ( proposed design solution )

Now that I have my idea worked out, for the first aid awareness project, i need to make
a short 1 minute video on the proposed design solution.
I've done some research on how to create a sales pitch for a product:

Taking the Dragons Den as my inspiration
I looked at some bad sales pitches:


 And some great sales pitches, with great ideas;

This idea here the i teddy, which is a genius idea and a well rehearsed enthusiastic pitch:

I absolutely love levi roots idea and his pitch, it was different, caught the audience's attention
and was rehearsed down to a T.

Saturday, 24 November 2012

Brain storming

Here I have been brainstorming and sketching up numerous scenarios





Interactive Whiteboards

In order for me to get the First Aid training across for kids I feel
an interactive whiteboard will benefit this. For classroom activities this will help all kids participate and learn together. Heres a short video of how interactive whiteboards benefit Teachers and kids:


How to design for interactive whiteboards:

After extensive research on interactive white boards, I downloaded a free software called Mimio Studio notebook, this is one of the software's you can use to create an interactive whiteboard activity, I wanted to see how it works, which was very interesting. heres the link:
 http://www.mimio.com/en-EM/Support/Downloads/SoftwareDownload.aspx?SW=9.12&OS=Windows&dlLang=English



Although I don't have any of the MimioStudio products to use it, I  was still able to get the jist of how it works, which is pretty simple enough. For the end result I will want my idea been used through this software. For now I'm going to design mine on Indesign so I can show how the interactive parts work, and how you can move around and arrange objects. This idea for first aid and using the interactive whiteboard will help in engage all the kids in this learning process.

Sunday, 18 November 2012

E books (apps)


So you read the ebook first then the child can participate in the activities, this is the kind of idea i'm looking to design but using an interactive whiteboard instead, this way all the kids can participate together



                                     Activity one is matching the names to the characters
Its a great learning process, I think this would be a great idea for learning first aid
I sketched up this idea from the examples I've researched:
For this ebook idea, I was thinking of creating a little story that requires selecting objects
for certain scenarios. For example  ring 999, go grab the first aid kit, grab a glass of water, or move the victim. Then the child can select from the side panel which object should be used first.
A game or ebook that they can all use together.


I quite like this idea also, its a BBC school game called " Out Of Place"
You basically match the objects to the right picture. This could be a great idea for my Ebook .







Pro : three First Aid Aware

Research 
First Aid education for children

Animation ideas:

4-7 years old

This first aid video is a paper prototype animation

I quite like this idea, using the alphabet for safety






This animation is my favorite, I like the the fact that there is humor in it,
and using animals to make it more interesting to watch.

puzzle game ideas:
4-7 years old


Interactive toys:

The iteddy was my first idea for first aid toys, i think its a perfect example.
The teddy bear has a detachable personal media player built in, allowing kids to play their favourite cartoons, bedtime story's etc.
This idea i  like alot, it has brought me to an idea of using cuddly toys for first aid.

Maybe use this kind of idea, putting on plasters baddages etc

Using this style of idea for the number 911


 Rhymes story books:
This idea for me if i'm looking at 4 to say maybe 7 years age, would work.
 rhymes our catchy, easy to understand and very easy to learn. Here's some interactive children story book ideas:
 Interactive ebooks
these books are filled with engaging activities, each book inspires young childrens creativity and imagination in a uniquely enjoyable and interactive way.


i think would be a great idea, this idea could help the child understand better what to do incase of emergencies.