Collaborative Project Level Ill

1. Introduction of the project

The most important aim of this project is to improve the English communicative skills of our students and their teamwork abilities.
They will create a new technological and useful product for their professional area of interest, as if they were planning to pitch their
innovative idea to the investors on the TV show, Shark Tank. So, they are suggested by the tutors to start watching some episodes of
"Shark Tank" in English to identify expressions and tips to present the new product, and convince other people to invest on that idea,
which has to be a new gadget that could satisfy an urgent need in their profession.
For example:
• A gadget would to grade student's assignments faster and easily.
• A new invention to keep track of the enterprise's budget
• An application for smartphones to help your patients keep away from their addictions?
2. Procedure

First term

Phase one:

The students participate in a forum by answering some questions about how technology is used in their profession, so that, in teams,
they do brainstorm ideas of a new invention that could facilitate their professional activities and tasks. Then, as a team, SS select the
best idea and create a slide presentation to introduce the general features of the new technological product and present it in an oral
presentation.

Second term

Phase two:

SS produce a text about the new technological product they invented, describing what it is, how it works, and why it is useful in the
profession and present a “Shark Tank video clip”, with the aim of convincing a group of investors to buy their product, or a group of
professionals to use it.
 3. Guidelines

1.The project is developed in groups of 3-4 students.

2. The students are not allowed to develop the activities individually.
3. All the inventions and gadgets described in the project must be product of own creativity and ideas. Plagiarism could make fail the
project grade.
4. Students organize their personal and academic schedule to do the activities on time.
5. Students follow the instructions given in each phase appropriately.
6. Students have to participate in tutoring sessions (videoconferences), in order to get closer help, guidance and feedback.

Phase one

1st submission

Date Activity Students´role

15 ene-22 SS select a group. In the link “Creating my group”, SS select
ene the group (A, B, C, etc.) they want to be
part of.
22 ene-29 Forum (first post) The members of the group must answer these questions individually:
ene 1.What are the most difficult and time-consuming activities at your
work?
2.How do you use technology in your profession?
3. How often do you use your cellphone for academic purposes?
4. Do you use other kind of technology? Or do the professionals in
your career use other kinds of technology?
29 ene-6 feb Forum (Second post) 1. If you had $1.500 USD, what innovation would you create for
Brainstorming and sharing ideas for the your profession?
new product. 2. How could that innovation make your work easier?
3. Which one of your partners' innovations did you like the most?
 Why?
12 feb Oral presentation Rehearsal SS choose one of the inventions suggested in the forum and create a
slide presentation addressed to a group of business angels. Follow
these guidelines:

SS download the "My 5senserelativ (app)" presentation to use it as

an example.

SS can use images to illustrate their ideas.

The presentation must have four slides. Slide 1. Name of the

invention, name of the group and its members. Slide 2. What is it? In
addition, How does it work? Slide 3. Why could it be useful for your
profession field? Slide 4. Why is it innovative?

Evaluation

SS will be evaluated through a rubric with the following criteria. Each of its features is well-described in the rubric format:

Language use: vocabulary

Language use: grammar
Language use: pronunciation
Content

Phase two
2nd submission:

Date Activity Student´s role

26 feb-05 mar *Forum (first post) "Tell us more about your invention" During the week, all members of the
group writes a paragraph about the name,
*Challenge 1 type, materials, and physical features
(size, shape, color, etc.) of the invention
chosen.
05 mar-12 mar *Forum "Tell us more about your invention" SS write a convincing paragraph to
*Challenge 2 persuade any "business angels" to invest
on it (Target market, population, what
makes it special and innovative) SS write
a convincing paragraph to persuade any
"business angels" to invest on it (Target
market, population, what makes it special
and innovative)
19 mar *Article "Tell us more about your invention" (2nd submission) SS start working together and create a
convincing article about their innovative
invention. SS download the "My
5senserelativ (app)" article and use it as an
example. This document will help them to
structure the article. Keep in mind the
following structure:

Title (Name of your invention) Creators

Paragraph 1: Describe the invention
Paragraph 2: Explain how it works
Paragraph 3: Reasons why people should
buy/use it.
During the week, one person of the group
uploads the presentation.