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Verizon Communications — Micro:bit Project B: Empathize and Define
14 slides from Verizon Communications's investor presentation
Slide 1: Verizon Innovative Learning Lab Program
Verizon Innovative Learning Lab Program Course: Smart Solutions Lesson: Micro:bit Project B: Empathize and Define
Slide 2: Great choice!
Great choice! Beep. Boop. Are you ready to use Entrepreneurship and Micro:bits to design a wearable for good health and wellbeing? In this lesson, you will use empathy to create an empathy map for your user. Then you will analyze your empathy map and define the problem. Verizon confidential and prop
Slide 3: Warm up
Warm up Empathy maps are a great way to understand what our user says, does, thinks, and feels! Look at the empathy map for Jamie as she buys a TV. What statement would best describe Jamie's experience buying a TV? A. Jamie makes quick, poorly thought-out decisions. B. Jamie is very confident with t
Slide 4: Warm up Answer
Warm up Answer Empathy maps are a great way to understand what our user says, does, thinks, and feels! Look at the empathy map for Jamie as she buys a TV. What statement would best describe Jamie's experience buying a TV? A. Jamie makes quick, poorly thought-out decisions. B. Jamie is very confident
Slide 5: Lesson objectives
Lesson objectives By the end of this Lesson, you will be able to: • Use empathy to learn about this project's Sustainability Development Goal: Good Health and Wellbeing (SDG #3). • Choose a user and create an empathy map for them. • Evaluate your empathy map and define the problem. Verizon confident
Slide 6: Video: What is Decent work and Economic Growth?
Video: What is Decent work and Economic Growth? • The first step in Design Thinking is empathy. Empathy is understanding a problem and learning what it is like to live with that problem. • The goal of your project is to use the Micro:bit to design a fashion wearable that promotes economic growth for
Slide 7: Watch: What's a Wearable?
Watch: What's a Wearable? For this project, you will create a "wearable" device to solve your user's problem. Watch the video below to learn more about wearables. Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohibited.
Slide 8: Choose a User:
Choose a User: You will be designing a Micro:bit wearable for one of the users on the following slides. Read each user's background, and decide who you want to design a product for! Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohibited.
Slide 9: Fiona Fashion
Fiona Fashion "Hi, I'm Fiona. I'm a fashion designer in a big city. I love designing futuristic looking clothing, but I want to start incorporating messages about equality in my designs. I wish there was high-tech jewelry that could change with movement and raise awareness about gender equality. Did
Slide 10: Andy Artist
Andy Artist • "Hey, I'm Andy. I am a professional artist. Painting is my passion, but I want to start incorporating technology in my gallery showings. I wish there was an artistic, futuristic name-tag that let my customers become walking pieces of art! I think that would really help grow my business
Slide 11: Chef Cheryl
Chef Cheryl • "Hello, I'm Cheryl. I'm a chef at a small, local restaurant. I love cooking delicious meals, and experimenting with futuristic themes. On really busy days, it's hard to let customers know when their food is ready, or to track down where they are! I wish there was some kind of stylish,
Slide 12: Lesson Activity: Empathize and Define the Problem
📝📝 Lesson Activity: Empathize and Define the Problem Let's create an empathy map and define the problem. Complete this lesson's activity worksheet to craft a virtual empathy map and develop a problem statement. Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other…
Slide 13: Great work!
Great work! You completed the first two steps of the Design Thinking process (empathy and define) for your Unit 3 project! Do you have a clear understanding of your user's needs and requirements? Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohibited.
Slide 14: References
References Thank you to: • Funding: Verizon • Lesson: J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University: entrepreneurship.asu.edu Verizon confidential and proprietary. Unauthorized disclosure, reproduction or other use prohibited.
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