Elevator Pitch Review

Today, each of the 3 project groups presented the "elevator pitch" that they've been working on. An elevator pitch is basically a short, 2 minute video describing a problem, their solution, and why their solution would be effective.

John Howe and Aaron Batker Pritzker presented for the computer cooling group, Jeff Hrebenach presented for the firefighter notification app group, and Sam Hyatt and Kelley Florence presented for the 3D printer group.

Besides some minor presentation issues and technical problems, all pitches went relatively well.

Each group will have their pitch revised and finalized by this Friday.

Makerbot Nearing Completion

The 3D printing group is hard a work nearing completion of the makerbot. Thus far, the frame, as well as the extruding platform have been completed and assembled. We are hoping to finish the step-struder by the end of this week, and complete the makerbot soon after.

Students to Record Elevator Pitches

EDD students are currently working on creating and recording two-minute videos explaining our projects and the problems they solve. Called "elevator pitches," these short speeches are designed to emulate the kind of arguments we would present to investors if we had to convince them in only the time span covered by an elevator ride. Links to these videos will be provided as soon as they are done.

A Minor Set Back

Recently, the air conditioning unit in our room had one of its pipe rupture. The room is being fixed and we are working in an alternate classroom. The room should be ready sometime next week.

Wooden Puzzle Fundraising

We expect to have the website for our online store running this week! You will be able to see the work students have been doing in order to design wooden puzzles for fundraising purposes. Using these puzzles as a fundraiser allows us to be creative and make unique objects to sell. We hope that you will support our InvenTeam and check it out very soon!

EDD Students Visit Middle School

Today, Engineering Design and Development members Celia D'Agostino, Casey Kerr, and Emma Rocco accompanied Digital Electronics students Sarah and Deirdre in visiting the middle school to inspire young technology students to pursue the path of engineering. Our people brought them various projects they've worked on throughout their high school years, such as a breadboard wired to be a "birthday circuit", and a marble sorter programmed using RoboPro. In return, the eighth graders showed them the "battle bots" they've been working on. Overall, it was a very successful trip. Hopefully the number of students who choose to follow the Project Lead the Way path will skyrocket in the coming years!