This document describes Pactful, a solution that aims to develop innovators and improve innovation rates. It does this through a curriculum aligned with design thinking and the UN's SDGs, online events for teens and teachers, and an online platform. Students use design thinking phases to understand problems, ideate solutions, and prototype them. Their solutions are showcased, and past winners addressed issues like sustainable packaging and idle vehicle emissions. Pactful also facilitates international exchanges to promote global citizenship and holds virtual reality experiences to build empathy.

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Creating Teen &Teacher
Access to Social Good Innovation
Jacobs Institute
for Innovation in
Education
Teens Can Build a Better World
@PactfulApp

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We believe
teens can build
a better world.

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It’s estimated there are millions of “Lost
Einsteins” due to inequitable access to
innovation culture
Bell, A., Chetty, R, et al. (2019). Who becomes an innovator in America? The
Importance of Exposure to Innovation

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Patent Rates by Area Where Children Grow Up

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Global Innovation
The Bloomberg index analyzes dozens of criteria using seven equally weighted metrics, including research and
development spending, manufacturing capability and concentration of high-tech public companies.

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Bell, A., Chetty, R, et al. (2019). Who becomes an innovator
in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation
Patent Rates vs. Parent Income
%
of
Inventors
Parent Income

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18%
Bell, A., Chetty, R, et al. (2019). Who becomes an innovator
in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation
Innovators by Gender

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Bell, A., Chetty, R, et al. (2019). Who becomes an innovator
in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation
Innovators by Race & Ethnicity

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Pactful®
is a
solution to
recapture the
“Lost Einsteins,”
develop
innovator’s
mindsets, and
improve the rate
of innovation

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● Curriculum with 30+ activities
aligned to SDG goals and design
thinking phases
● Online events: teen innovation
challenges, teacher workshops,
and virtual exchanges
● Innovator and teacher guides
● Global competency cards
● Online platform to facilitate
learning
What is Pactful?

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How It Works
Teams use 3 phases of
design thinking to
understand a problem,
ideate, and prototype a
solution
Students create a pitch to
share their story and solution
with others

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Student Showcase
A filterable
Showcase of
social good
innovation
solutions

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Teen Innovation Challenges
● 1400 students
● 40 educators
● 2800 students
● 107 educators
● 3 countries
● 13 US states
● 11 countries
● 19 US states
2020 2021

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Past Innovation Challenge Winners
1st Place: Go-Green Food Bags 2nd Place: Idle Reminder
3rd Place: PhytoAttack 4th Place: Gender Equality

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Teen Innovation Exchange
● Pairs teams across countries
● Teaches civic engagement,
global citizenship, 21st
century skills
ANNOUNCING Fall 2021!
Teen Innovation Exchange with
Colegio Santa Francisca
Romana, Bogota, Colombia

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Explorations with XR
● Virtual Worlds
○ Brainstorming sessions
○ Virtual exchange meetings
● 3D Modeling
○ Prototype in Tiltbrush and
Tinkercad
○ File export for 3D printing
and game design
● Virtual Reality
○ Apps for empathy building,
ex. Be Earth#13

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Learn More
Jacobs Institute
for Innovation in Education
http://pactful.org
ldawley@sandiego.edu
@PactfulApp