18. Invention, Intellectual Property and Income¶
Individual Assignment¶
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Develop a plan for dissemination of your final project.
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Prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~25 MB) and put them in your website’s root directory
Audience¶
This project is primarily designed for young children (ages 3 to 7) who are learning to write numbers and letters. It also targets parents, early childhood educators, and educational institutions seeking innovative tools to support foundational learning.
Dissemination Plan¶
The best license for this project is a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license. This choice encourages educators and makers to use, adapt, and share the project freely for non-commercial purposes while preserving credit and openness. I chose this license to maintain free educational access and community collaboration while protecting against unauthorized commercial exploitation. If I decide to pursue commercialization, I may consider a dual-license model or a separate commercial version.
This project is designed primarily for educators, parents, and children interested in interactive learning, as well as makers and Fab Lab instructors exploring ways to merge electronics with education. The goal is to make early writing practice more engaging and accessible through technology that encourages learning by doing.
All documentation, design files, and code will be shared on my Fab Academy website and GitLab repository, allowing others to replicate, modify, and build upon the project. I may also post simplified instructions and downloadable files on open-source platforms such as Thingiverse or Instructables, where teachers and makers can easily find and recreate the project.
To reach a wider audience, I plan to share photos and videos of the project on social media platforms (Instagram, LinkedIn, and Fab Lab community pages), highlighting how it helps children learn through interactive play. I also may demonstrate the project at local Fab Labs, maker events, or school workshops to encourage others to adapt it for their own educational needs.
This project was developed as part of Fab Academy, using locally available materials and personal resources. The current version was built on a small scale with components available in Fab Labs. If I were to scale it up, I would explore educational grants, maker education programs, or crowdfunding to support larger production or to distribute kits to schools and learning centers. Partnerships with Fab Labs or educational non-profits could also help fund outreach or kit distribution.
While the project is primarily open-source and educational, I could envision developing a sustainable model that offers pre-assembled kits, workshops, or teacher training sessions while keeping the designs freely available for personal and educational use. This model would allow the project to sustain itself financially while maintaining its open, collaborative spirit.
In the future, I might develop a classroom kit version of the project that teachers can use for letter and number learning activities, potentially with interchangeable templates or software-based pattern customization. If the project gains traction, I may explore workshops or collaborative educational programs that integrate it into STEM and early learning curriculum.
Future¶
If I choose to continue working on this project after Fab Academy, I believe it can be helpful in the educational industry to help make learning fun for children. My project definitely has the capability of being expanded to other learning areas, such as expanding to letters in different languages, shapes, and simple words. This is highly probable because the core technology and interaction method are adaptable and can easily support new content. Another possibility could be to develop this project into a commercial product for homes and schools. With sufficient user testing and targeted funding, this has a strong chance of becoming viable because there is growing demand for interactive educational tools.
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Reflection¶
This week was helpful in determining the future for my final project and preparing for final project presentations.
AI Help¶
Here are all my ChatGPT searches from Week 18: PDF