Instructions
This Micro Project goes on from now until February 25th, you will be designing a blueprint for technology that will help improve daily life at school for students and/or teachers! Explore your inner inventor by coming up with a blueprint that best describes HOW your technology will work.

Rules:

• Work in teams or on your own - if you make more than one blueprint, your squad can vote on their favorite.
• Upload your blueprint to your Squad Blog and make it a Public Post.
• Your Blog Title should be "Blueprint Micro Project".
• The Deadline is February 28th.

What are Blueprints?
A blueprint is a type of paper-based or computer based reproduction usually of a technical drawing, documenting architecture or an engineering design.

Your Blueprint:

• Should be drawn on a blue Background
• Should use white text and drawings
• Should label and point to all components of your technology
• Must include a detailed description of how the components of your technology work to complete the problem it is designed to solve

Inspiration
Need ideas for a blueprint design? Look around your school. What could work better? What systems can you make faster, stronger, smaller, smarter or just more fun?

If you're still stuck try some of the following:

• Interviews: Ask friends or teachers about their challenges(then design a solution)
• Think about challenges during lunch
• Imagine how classrooms can be better
• Think about how to make gym class more fun
• Use your imagination!

Click Here for an Example

Software
You can use whatever software you prefer or draw your Blueprint and scan it in. Here are some applications you might be able to use:

• Live Brush (Free, Mac or PC)
• GIMP (free, mac, pc or linux)
• Photoshop (mac or pc, not free - ask your coordinator)
• MS Paint (pc only, free)
• Pixlr (free, online, mac, pc or linux)
• Aviary Phoenix (free online, mac, pc or linux)

For thousands of Free Fronts go to dafont.com

Holiday Micro Project WINNERS

For The Holiday Micro Project we received MANY submissions for the Holiday Micro Project.
Here is a List of ALL the schools who won:

• Berta Dryfus
• Access
• Golden Valley High School's
• Fernando Rivera High School
• Frederick Douglass Academy II
• Ella Flagg Young Elementary School

For their work each school will receive a POSTER of their logo. If a squad submitted more than 1 logo the squad will get to choose the logo they want printed as the logo.

We encourage all squads to use their logos in the "About Us" section of the squad page.