The document summarizes an assignment to generate and select ideas for identifying whether students want money or knowledge. It lists over 30 ideas generated by the group for the problem statement. The most practical idea selected was to conduct a competency test to understand where students' strengths lie. The most disruptive idea was to assign mentors for students based on their wants and interests. The favorite idea was to have different passing grades for students based on their wants so they are not discouraged from subjects outside their interests.

1. Assignment - Ideate
Group: Imagination is Important
Presenter: Mithu Deb
Date: 12 Aug 2013

2. Assignment Description
• Step 1 – Idea Generation
– Generate as many ideas as possible for the problem statement crafted last week
• Step 2 – Idea Selection
– Out of all the ideas generated, select three ideas according to the following criteria:
 the most practical idea (one that could be easily implemented)
 the most disruptive idea (one that would make a huge impact, regardless of how feasible
or affordable it is)
 your favourite idea (one idea that you are excited about for whatever reason... you don’t
have to justify why)

3. How to find out what they want? Money or Knowledge?
Problem Statement

4. Movies;
to identify
their want
Psychology
Classes
Real Life
examples
Feedback
from
Industry
Experts Global
Platform to
share ideas
Virtual
Classroom
for global
education
Different
Passing
grades
based on
wants
Change in
Course
Structure
Mentor for
student
based on
their want
New Law
where
students
have liberty
Let them
select what
they like
Summer
Internship
Option to
work before
selecting
career
Where they
are
motivated
Option to
choose their
subjects
Specific
subject
classes from
childhood
Foreign
Trips
Studying
with
heterogeneo
us mix
Talk to
Parents
Idea Sharing
Classes
Track their
past
Competency
Test
Hand-
writing
Specialist
Books they
like reading?Intellectual
Classes
Monthly
team
exercise
Monthly
Individual
Exercise
Whom they
hate the
most?
Games, if
they are
involved.
Application
to identify
their wants
Social
Service and
see what
they do
Awareness
Campaign
Tell them
the list of
pressure
that will
come
Whom they
Love
Let them
stay with
their
wannabe
Whom they
admire
What they
like
Opinion
Survey
Monthly
Meetings
Give them
equipment's
/books and
see what
they do?
Give them
money and
see what
they do?
Identify Skill
Sets
Do
Background
Research
Classes as
per their
desire
Case Studies
Sponsor-
ship
Tell them
merits and
de-merits
Different
paths for
their wants
What they
are best
into.
Simulation
Exercise
Classes with
wannabe
Specific
Exams
How to find out what
they want? Money or
Knowledge?
Understand
the meaning
of success
Why they
want what
they want

5. Idea Selection
The Most Practical Idea: Competency Test
Competency test to find out where the student can give his best; is it something related to business/management or he is more
inclined towards knowledge and understanding the science or somewhere else like politics/humanitarian/arts/history/economies
etc.
Competency test result will help the teacher to understand the student mindset and will help to inculcate more of it.
The most disruptive idea: Mentor for student based on their wants and Interest
There is needless to say the Student, teacher ratio is very much disruptive based on country, city, states, economy etc. Mentor can be
anyone, like teacher, tutor, cousin, SMEs, Individual who can guide the student even if at a smaller scale. Behind every great person
there is a mentor in form of academics, parents, SMEs but not everyone gets this opportunity. I feel if we assign a mentor for student
based on their wants and interest it will uplift the confidence amongst children and they wont be scared to do anything in their life.
My favourite idea: Different Passing Grades based on wants.
Different passing grades based on wants; lets face it we don’t expect a future business-man who is into technology development do
great in Biology practical or chemistry exams. Hence different passing grades based on the interest of students can be decided which
will help the student to behold the confidence level. Many a times, people change their subjects because they have lost the self-
confidence.

6. Thank You.