Empathize
Students will engage with community partners and innovators in fitness technology to empathize with diverse wellness needs, crafting interview questions and conducting conversations that inspire their project vision.
Days 1 - 2
45 min over capacity (60 min available across 2 days)
Meet Fitness Users
Launch 60m
Exploring FITT Principles for Personal Goals
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
Define
Students will define their personal fitness goals and desired community impact by collaboratively establishing clear objectives and identifying the role of technology in achieving them, setting the stage for innovative biomedical solutions.
Day 3
Define Fitness Challenge
Deliverable
Ideate
Students will brainstorm and share innovative solutions using fitness technology to improve community wellness, collaborating with peers and community partners to envision project possibilities aligned with empathy insights.
Day 4
Wearable Fitness Concepts
Deliverable
Draft
Students will collaboratively draft project outlines and sketch deliverables, specifically designing their wearable fitness tracker ideas and mapping their Wellness Wonder Walk presentations, ensuring alignment with the essential question and community wellness goals.
Day 5
Iterate Wearable Prototype
Deliverable
Test
Students will engage in hands-on testing of their wearable fitness trackers with real-time data collection, analyzing how effectively these devices measure fitness metrics and impact user engagement, and refining them based on insights gathered.
Day 6
Wearable Solution Showcase
Assessment 2m
Critique
Students will participate in structured feedback sessions to refine their wearable fitness tracker designs, focusing on integrating insights from personal data collected during previous phases to enhance functionality and user experience.
Day 7
60 min over capacity (30 min available across 1 day)
Wearable Tracker Showcase
Assessment 90m
Notice & Reflect
Students will engage in a gallery walk, sharing their final biomedical engineering projects and fitness trackers, while reflecting on their learning journey and predicting how their innovations can impact personal and community wellness, effectively synthesizing insights for future projects.
Day 8
15 min over capacity (30 min available across 1 day)
Gallery Walk Prep
Launch 45m