Invite your students to experience innovation and entrepreneurship UP-CLOSE
Young, Agile & Digital Entrereneurs is a structured set of programs to support the growth and development of elementary through high school students in business technology and entrepreneurship
Innovation Kit for EVERY STUDENT
35%
Digital Learning
65%
Student Lead Team Work
10%
Teacher Facilitation
Young, Agile & Digital Entrereneurs is a structured set of programs to support the growth and development of elementary through high school students in business technology and entrepreneurship.
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Connecting STEM to Commercialization “How To”
across 13 Elementary Schools and Innovation
Competitions
Milwaukee Public Schools
Industry: Education
Company Size: Enterprise (700+ Employees)
Location: Large (77,700+ Students)
Use Case: Innovation & Entrepreneurship Training | Challenge Competition
The Challenge
The Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS ) Extended Learning Opportunities Office needed programming aligned with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), and one of the absent pieces from the learning opportunity lineup was a tie to
entrepreneurship and commercialization. With an expected attendance of 300+ 5th graders across 13 elementary sites, bringing an experience and learning that could allow the students to gain STEM and business skills was the challenge.
The Solution (And our approach to it)
After a closer discussion on the student audience and program topic timing, we brought to the table, InnoFrog, specifically, our Young, Agile and Digital Entrepreneurs program, with a focus on the Big Ideas & Small Business sub program. We brought this program to life hands-on with a full on-site program deployment across 5 weeks, with a 5-hour
per-site program length across 4 to 5 days each.
The concepts we brought to the students included Design Thinking, Lean Startup Principles, and a few entrepreneurial principles through starter exercises and a program-long product innovation competition
Results
Students completing the program demonstrated concept learning in the innovative
product competition that yielded pitches from students in the following areas and
more...
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Solution to World Hunger (Self-dispensing and Cleaning Food Machine)
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Solution for Self Defense (Insta Knife, Defense Candy, Defense Easy rope)
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Solutions to Boredom (Sports Viewing Pack, Game Box)
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Solution to Transport People Faster (Flying Rocket Cars)
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Solution for Better Luggage mobility (Expandable Luggage Technology
Students were able to pitch their innovative products as part of the culminating competition and be able to explain the problem it solves, the target audience, and
pricing.
