GO TO THE BRAINSTORMING
SITE AND SEE WHAT IT
TAKES TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BRAINSTORMER.
LIST THE 8 SUGGESTIONS
THAT ARE GIVEN TO ENSURE
AN EFFECTIVE BRAINSTORMING SESSION.
1.____________________
2.___________________
3.____________________ 4.___________________
5.____________________ 6.___________________
7.____________________ 8.___________________
GET INTO GROUPS OF
3-4 STUDENTS AND BRAINSTORM
THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS :
A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN OF 5000 PEOPLE
HAS A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN ITS
TOWN. THE INDUSTRY MAKES WATERPUMPS FOR AUTOMOBILES. THEY
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE PURCHASING 40 ROBOTIC
ASSEMBLING MACHINES, AN AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY LINE, AND AN
AUTOMATED TRUCKING SYSTEM (AUTOMATIC GUIDANCE VEHICLES).
THE INDUSTRY EMPLOYS 800 PEOPLE, SOME ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR
JOBS. THE MAYOR AND HIS COUNSEL ARE GOING TO MEET WITH
INDUSTRY OFFICIALS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN
TO THE ECONOMY OF THE TOWN. AS BRAINSTORMERS, SEE IF YOU CAN
HELP THE MAYOR AND COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR
SAVING THE JOBS AND ECONOMY OF THE TOWN. LIST THE PROS AND
CONS OF WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS DOING.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE HEAD OF AN ENGINEERING TEAM THAT
IS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HI-TECH AERO-CAR. AN
AERO-CAR IS HALF PLANE AND HALF CAR, PEOPLE CAN FLY IT TO
THEIR DESTINATION AND THEN DRIVE IT TO THEIR SPECIFIC LOCATION.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM MUST BRAINSTORM THE PROS, CONS, FEASIBILITY,
COST AND CONSUMER REACTION TO THE PROJECT. COME-UP WITH A
PLAN THAT YOU CAN PRESENT TO THE INVESTORS (YOUR TEACHER)
THAT WILL CONVINCE THEM THIS IS WAY OF THE FUTURE. FIND SOME
SITES ON THE WEB TO SUBSTANTIATE SOME OF YOUR CLAIMS.