Innovation Council's Tod Fod Jod - To Inspire Children to Discover, Experiment, Innovate

1. Tod FodJod
To Inspire Children to
Discover, Experiment, Innovate
30 May, 2012
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2. Innovation mindset to start early
 Most Schools & Colleges focus on
 Remembering & Understanding
 Not Applying & Creating
 Not hands-on discovery with what students consume everyday
 “Tinkering”, “Discovery”, “Experimentation” are strong
forms of learning
 Start early towards building a nation of creators not
just consumers of products
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3. Tod Fod Jod
 Establish Indian oriented model of Hands-on
discovery and learning for 5th-8th class students
 Use everyday products (fan, watch, etc) thatchildrensee and/or use
 Student quote (in Hindi): “Will always be curious on how what I use actually works”
 Expand to beyond devices/machines to software, biology, other
 Connects multi-disciplinary concepts learnt in
textbooks to real life applications
 Be inspired by ideas and inventions
 Makes kidsinquisitive, confident
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4. TodFodJodProjects: Examples
 Water filtration system  Kerosene Lamp  Desktop  Elevator and its
 Bicycle  Radio computer control system
 Toaster  Air conditioner  Disk drive  Watch
 Blender  Air Cooler  Printer  Toys
 Stove  Toilet  Computer  Motorcycle
mouse  Piano
 Water Cooler  Sewing Machine
 Projector  Tube well
 Heater  Camera
 MP3 player
 Refrigerator  Bulb
 Website
 Vacuum cleaner  Tube Light
 Remote control
 Washing machine  Video Game console
 Diesel Generator
 Dryer  Landline phone
 Solar panel
 Iron  Mobilephone
 Batteries
 Fan  Cordless
 Wind turbine
 Fan regulator  Cell phone
 Vending
 Television  Microwave machine
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5. Tod Fod Jod Mechanisms
Re-construct
De-construct &
(Tod Fod)
Repair
(Jod)
Re-purpose
&
Create
(Jod)
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6. Informal Pilot Short Video – 2min
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7. Experiences so far
 Informal pilots conducted at
 1 BoP school, 1 BoP orphanage, 1 mid and 1 high end school, over 3
month period
 Takeaways
 Tod Fod Jod spurs excitement and curiosity: kids & some teachers too
 Lower to mid income children have highest interest levels
 Kids constantly ask questions for 1-3 weeks after experience
 Many connections established between concepts and applications
 Kids love it! Keep wanting more TodFodJodsessions.
 Need motivated facilitators/coaches not rote teachers
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8. Next Steps
 3 month pilot program in Delhi and Vadodara schools
 Estimated total budget: Rs 4L
 Early signs … fourchallenges to overcome
 Teacher selection, training and sustained motivation
 School administration’s buy-in and approval
 Access to old supplies, materials(e.g. local repair shops)
 How to support a scale-out of program
 Make TodFodJod resources available on the web
 Training videos, reference material, mentors, contests etc.
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9. THANK YOU
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