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In this task, me and my partner Livia were instructed to attempt to improve an object by combining it with something else. We used the closest things to us which happened to be a nike drink bottle and our laptops. As seen above, our idea was to combine the grips from the drink bottle to the sides and bottom of our laptops to ensure they won't slide around on a surface risking damage to them.

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In this task our goal was to redesign our partner's lunchtime. After brainstorming possible problems that we have been having at lunch, Livia decided that her number one issue was that she didn’t have enough time to eat her lunch. My goal for this task was to come up with a reasonable solution to fix Livia's problem. Our class completed multiple mind maps, interviews and quizzes to come up with the best possible solutions. In the end. The solution I picked for Livia was to create barriers in the hallways. This will not only allow her to get out at lunch quicker but will also prevent the possibility of her getting mixed up from her friends and having to look for them during her valuable eating time. The image above is a rough sketch of what this solution would look like!

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1. Designated Eating Areas: Advocate for creating specific areas for eating, away from muddy spots and weather conditions.

2. Indoor Lunchroom: Propose an indoor lunchroom with tables and seating to avoid a long distance walk.

3. Lunch Buddy System: Set up a buddy system so you always have someone to walk with to lunch.

4. Lunch Time Extension: Request a longer lunch period to alleviate anxiety about time constraints.

5. Mud-Free Zones: Work with school staff to improve grass maintenance or create designated mud-free zones.

6. AppleBee Decoys: Create AppleBee decoys (like bird cutouts) to bring a bit of cheer even when AppleBee isn't around.

7. Barriers in hallways: Creating glass barriers inside of the hallways in attempt to segregate everyone to their designated destination. #

8. Personalized Lunch Boxes: Use a personalized, insulated lunch box to keep food fresh and prevent spoilage.

9. Towel Bench Covers: Use waterproof, removable covers for benches to keep them dry.

10. Seating Maps: Create a seating map for lunchtime to avoid sitting near people you’d rather not interact with.

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Similar to the random input task, we were instructed to create a new invention using a random animal and a random object. Our idea was a design aimed for children to help them sleep at night as seen above. We believe that the 'counting sheep' idea is a creative approach to the task.

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Redesigning Livia's lunchtime: Her problem

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Redesigning Livia's lunchtime: Her problem

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This activity focuses each students biggest problem at lunch time, this was Livias:

Lunch experience: Livia

How did you FEEL from the start to the finish of Lunch Time? Record every key event/non-event

When I heard the bell ring for lunchtime, I felt anxious that I needed to go to the oval with someone, then I got anxious about eating my lunch in time before lunchtime ended. I also am sad when I see the muddy patches on the grass. My friends and I cannot sit in my favourite spot. I am also displeased to not see AppleBee, not in the trees or swooping down to eat my food because all the leaves fell off because it is winter. I like the benches, but they are often wet due to the pouring rain. I do not like when my friends and I sit somewhere and people that we know sit within 10 metres of us. Something I do like about lunchtime is when I get yummy Franks food, but then I get miserable when I cannot finish it and leave it in my bag to finish at home, but then I forgot to take it out of my bag so then it became rotten the next day. Then the bell rings and I am anxious to get to class because I am on the other side of the oval and teacher’s tell me off for being late and that is ‘not an excuse!’ and my friends' lockers are not near my locker so I have to go alone. Overall I would only like lunch if we had glass barriers of 3 metres tall so people can walk in straight lines and we can walk normally to places without having to worry about going with people or getting pushed by other people in the hallways and then getting spilt up and also having more time to eat my lunch.

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After describing my problem to my partner, Livia this was the empathy map we collaborated on to help solve my problem. As you can see we have included aspects of both the limitations and strengths when it comes to finding a good spot to sit at lunch time.

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My name is Isabella, I am 15 years old and a student at GIHS. I was born on July 17th 2008. Before coming to Glenunga I went to linden park primary school for a year, before that I went to St Josephs primary school. I am passionate about cooking, art and learning new things. My main goal for action project is to learn more about advertising and pitching products, something that will undoubtedly help my future.

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When I  heard the bell go for lunch, I felt excited and relieved to go out to the oval with my friends. As we walked out I felt determined to find a bench for us to sit on during lunch. I feel like benches are the most comfortable form of seating at school. After walking around for a few minutes without luck, I became upset due to the realisation that we would probably have to sit on the wet grass for the majority of lunch. I eventually accepted the fact that my friends and I would have to compromise for today and sit on the ground. During the middle of lunch I turned around to see an empty bench behind us, allowing comfortable seating for everyone.

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In this activity, I interviewed Livia in attempt to learn more about her problem. I picked out important aspects of her problem analysis which I felt needed more of an explanation. I focused on parts that could effect her lunch time in order to improve each aspect positively, overall improving her mood.

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Me and my group members (Livia, Nikitha and Kenzie) went through each of our suburbs to find the most prominent problems. Our top 3 ended up being:

1. High crime rates in Enfield

2. Blackouts in Burnside

3. Graffiti in Glen Osmond

We chose these as we felt they would make for the most interesting video ideas. Each problem had its own research done in order to find the real relevance and urgency of finding a solution. As seen above, the council area, Port Adelaide Enfield crime problem was our number once choice out of all potential issues we could focus on. Therefore, the best choice to focus our spin off project on

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This pie chart represents the types of crime in Port Adelaide, allowing us to target a specific problem, gaining more refined ideas and more effective solutions. This chart is a great source of evidence for our final spin off video, providing ample information of Port Adelaide crime rate. As seen in the image, Port Adelaide is ranked 100/100 out of the top criminal suburbs in Adelaide, meaning it is one of the most, if not the most dangerous place in SA. These statistics motivated us to work harder to make the suburb a safer place for all.

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A variety of different ideas with small informative dot points beneath.

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50 in 5 minutes creative thinking routine

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50 in 5 minutes creative thinking routine

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This activity was a great way to get our brains working when it comes to finding a valid solution to our problem. Our group seemed to have a bit of a problem when it came to picking an idea and sticking to it, this brainstorming activity allowed us to get all of our possible ideas out on paper without thinking to hard. We ended up merging multiple ideas from each group member which brought us to our final solution of the spin off project.

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Inspired by the 50 in 5 minute activity, I dedicated my time into making a fake app, aiming to track 'our dogs'. The app was inspired by Life360, a common app used by parents to track their children. I created this app on Canva, using real street names in the suburb of Port Adelaide to make it seem more realistic.

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I am extremely proud of both myself and my group members efforts during the spin off project. I believe we worked immensely well together in all planning, filming and editing aspects of our video. We successfully used the 5 C's as well as certain aspects of all ethos, pathos and logos when working to improve our assignment by adding creative and original aspects which overall improved our grade. We worked not only a group but a team during this assignment, allowing ourselves to thrive in our partnership ultimately leading us to our A+ grade. This spin off project has been a great practice project leading up to our expos in term 4, something I am positive everyone is more prepared for now.

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Insight statement + "How might we" statement for Livia 

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Insight statement + "How might we" statement for Livia 

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Here, I have followed the template in order to create simple solutions to Livia's problem in one sentence. Although short, this activity did actually help me out when thinking of an idea to diminish Livia's said issue.

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In this activity each group was instructed to present a small pitch to the class referring to their potential solution. I found this activity to be quite uncomfortable at first but eventually becoming easier throughout. The realization that everyone in our class has to present at one point really helped me out and improved my confidence while presenting. This was a great lead up tool to the real spin off presentation even though it was prerecorded. Mr. Mewett gave us some great pointers when it comes to speaking in front of the audience, including maintaining eye contact, projecting your voice across the classroom, eliminating any possible fidgety objects, keeping a strong body language and not rushing your speech.

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Our final idea for our spin off project is 'Pace paws patrol'. Pace paws patrol is a neighborhood business found in the suburb of Port Adelaide. Pace paws patrol rescues homeless dogs, trains them and ready's them as a protective companion for the citizens of Enfield. The dogs can be rented for days at a time to loyal members of the community who feel the need to be protected in public and even in their own homes. For tracking purposes, the dogs will be implanted with a chip that tracks their every moves. An app has been created to show the managers of the business as well as the current renters the dogs whereabouts at any time possible.

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When starting our innov8 project, we brainstormed various ideas under each category to ensure we chose the most successful topic that we could creatively explore throughout the term. By executing brainstorming activities as well as getting constant feedback from both peers and Mr. Mewett we decided to focus on health and wellbeing, diving into ideas under that topic.

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Choosing our specific issue/pitch practice 

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Choosing our specific issue/pitch practice 

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After multiple lessons spent on brainstorming specific problems to focus on, we landed on revenge sleep procrastination. (Continued here ➡)

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What is revenge sleep procrastination?

Revenge sleep procrastination occurs when individuals engage in self-sabotaging behaviours by sacrificing their sleep for leisure time. The 2019 Phillips Global Sleep Survey showed that a shocking 62% of adolescents worldwide feel they don’t get enough sleep.

What behaviours are involved in revenge sleep procrastination?:

"Three factors are required for a late sleep time to be considered bedtime procrastination Trusted Source National Library of Medicine, Biotech InformationThe National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.View Source :

A delay in going to sleep that reduces one’s total sleep time

The absence of a valid reason for staying up later than intended, such as an external event or an underlying illness

An awareness that delaying one’s bedtime could lead to negative consequences"

FROM: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-hygiene/revenge-bedtime-procrastination

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In order to plan thoroughly, we followed the think/feel/say empathy map template. This approach was great when wanting to get into our customers heads, knowing how they feel and what causes it. The empathy map really helped us out when choosing what information to include in our pitch and expo. The main discovery we made during this mind map was the specific things someone going through revenge sleep procrastination would say. This information helped us greatly when figuring out how to connect to our audience in order to keep them engaged and possibly even relate to our topic.

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For our product, we decided to create an app aiming to tackle revenge sleep procrastination. This sleep hygiene app allows people to log their sleep, record their dreams, listen to guided meditations, and listen to music. It also provides educational information on sleep and has a reward system to engage viewers and create an incentive for individuals to continue a ‘streak’ of developing good sleep habits.

Our main source of engagement to keep users occupied while on the app was our streak idea. We believe that giving users a challenge to live up keeps them active and loyal to our brand, rather than switching to another creator. Despite our app focusing on sleep, we believe this idea can make it quite exciting and something to look forward to.

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Using the helpful tips given to us in class, my group was able to create a successful-engaging pitch that ended up getting us an A+ grade. Combining captivating visuals with our verbal information ultimately helped to keep our audience interested and prevented them from wandering off, focusing on other things. Using body language techniques such as projecting voices, eye contact and speaking with our bodies, not just our voices helped us greatly. We tried our best to memorise each of our specific lines but unfortunately still relied on our cue cards, something to think about when trying to improve in the future. This experience highlighted the importance of thorough preparation and practice in delivering a polished presentation. Additionally, it taught us the value of teamwork and effective communication in achieving our collective goals.

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A rough sketch of what we wanted our expo stand to look like.

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A checklist of everything our group was required to bring to our expo!

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After the judges had a look at our stall, they decided that we would be one of the top three groups in our section (health and wellbeing) to pitch their product. I was quite nervous when I found out we were finalists as I was not really planning to presents again. Luckily, our group already had a pitch ready incase this scenario occurred, helping us out immensely. Unfortunately, we did not end up winning our section and were runner ups. One of the main flaws we had in my opinion was not having memorised our 5 minute pitch for this time.

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A link leading to our classroom 5 minute pitch slideshow.

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2024 INNOV8 Marketing Pitch: SnoozeSmart - Nikitha, Kenzie, Livia, Isabella

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Over the semester, action project has had a significant effect on my learning experiences. Whether it be brainstorming activities or learning new forms of collaboration and contribution to activities, I believe my learning has been positively affected and provided me with a new skill set ready to help me out in future pathways. The key skills that I have built on are teamwork, problem solving, and decision making. In comparison to previous terms, I am now much more confident in identifying problems and creating multiple solutions, evident in the two main assignments completed in partnership, focusing on specific problems that affect communities and people in general. The partnerships I have worked in throughout the term have allowed me to cooperate with peers better and ensure I am listening to more than one opinion in order to gather the best solution, something crucial when working in a professional environment and collaborating with coworkers. Brainstorming activities helped me when making a specific decision relevant to my projects, allowing me to pick up a more decisive nature, leading to better time management and efficiency. Despite collaboration always being one of the main 5c’s I thrived in, action really allowed my collaborative side to come through and provided time out of my days to focus specifically on my relationships with my peers working on the same projects as me. I found that working together when choosing an idea and/or completing work was far less stressful than managing all the responsibility by myself. This approach not only helped me throughout the Action Project but also alleviated my worries about other subjects. It was relieving to know that if I was on limited time and had multiple assignments to complete, I could rely on another group member to help out and complete any necessary tasks. On top of this, my creativity skills heavily improved when completing my innov8 project. Not only when choosing what to focus on but also in decorative and verbal aspects. I truly enjoyed being able to decorate our stall and create ornaments visible to customers at the expo and felt it gave the subject not only an intellectual aspect, but an artistic aspect too. Skills such as teamwork, problem solving, and decision making, can be applied in various areas of life and future careers. These skills enhance collaboration with colleagues, improve efficiency in tackling challenges and provide better time management. Additionally, the creativity and confidence gained in these fields can be utilised in personal projects, community involvement, and professional settings. While this course was quite enjoyable and relatively easy to get through, I felt quite uncomfortable with speaking to an audience at first. Public speaking is something I have never really been fond of and has always come with a sense of fear. Despite doing multiple pitches during the spin off project, the 5 minute pitch task along with our final expo presentation was a much larger responsibility and ultimately more nerve racking. My group was the main thing that really helped me out during this process and allowed me to go into the task with a more calm approach, knowing that I have help all around me. Overall throughout this course, I have grown significantly as a learner. I have improved my teamwork, problem solving, and decision making skills, making me more confident in addressing complex issues. Collaborative projects have highlighted the value of diverse perspectives and effective communication. Additionally, the presentations and pitches have enhanced my public speaking abilities. Overall, this course has provided me with a wide skill set that will be invaluable in both academic and professional settings.

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Here is a short list of things we could have improved on in order to have had a more captivating expo experience.

1. Practice and Rehearsal: We could have dedicated more time to practicing and rehearsing our pitch to ensure smooth delivery and reduce any nervousness. This would have helped us to be more confident and familiar during the presentation.

2. Visual Aids: Incorporating more engaging visual aids, such as slides or infographics could have made our pitch more compelling and easier for the audience to understand and remember key points.

3. Audience Engagement: We could have focused on strategies to engage the audience more effectively, such as asking questions, involving them in a brief activity, or addressing their potential concerns directly. This would have made our pitch more interactive and memorable.

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Overall our expo presentation ended up being quite successful. We ensured that we had our one minute pitch prepared for anyone interested, especially parents and judges. Our stall came out looking great, covered by streamers, posters, food and other décor we placed around the table. We even included a type of prototype, giving the audience a brief idea of what our final product would end up looking like. Our speech flowed well and provided enough information for the audience to be able to ask appropriate questions regarding our product. For the most part, we were able to memorise our whole speech without using cue cards, however, there were certain parts we may have messed up a bit on, allowing space for improvement.