IP IN EDUCATION

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYAWARENESS DAY

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IDEAS POWERED @SCHOOL / IP AWARENESS DAY

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Introduction 3

Preparation 4

Activities 5

Primary 5

Secondary 6

Follow up 7

Intellectual PropertyAwareness Day

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Specific objectives 3

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AIM

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

INTRODUCTION

The IP Awareness Day involves the whole school community in activities related to enhancing creativity,

innovation and entrepreneurship and increasing the understanding of the importance of Intellectual

Property and respect for the creations of others.

After participating in the IP Awareness Day:

Students will understand that their ideas and creativity have an inherent value

which should be respected and can be protected.

Students will be aware that they should respect the ideas and creativity of others.

Students will have an overview of age-appropriate concepts and practices related to IP issues:

trademarks, copyright, patents, etc.

Teachers will be aware of issues connected to IP in education and will have an understanding

of the key concepts and practices they need to impart to students of different ages.

Teachers will be inspired to integrate work on age-appropriate IP concepts into their regular

teaching throughout the year and will have access to a variety of techniques and materials that

they can use for doing so.

In the globalised and digitalised 21st century, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship are, more

than ever, at the heart of European economic, cultural and social wealth. Protecting your own work and

respecting the work of others plays an increasingly important role in the professional and private lives of

all citizens. Therefore, knowledge of basic principles, built around respect for one’s own and others’ ideas

and linked with an awareness of both their value and of the existing rights, which allow young citizens to

reap the financial, societal and cultural benefits of such intellectual potential, should be deeply rooted in

the education of young Europeans.

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PREPARATION

Holding an IP Awareness Day in your school involves organising the following factors before the event:

TEACHER TRAINING

EUIPO provide online teacher training material which can be delivered to teaching coordinators. The aims

of the teacher training are:

to provide teachers with a basic introduction to IP concepts and tools and the links to

creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship;

to provide an overview of the objectives of the IP Awareness Day,

the materials to be used and the role the teachers will play.

IP TEACHER COORDINATORS

The school should designate at least one teacher-coordinator for each school or section. These teachers

will be the contact between EUIPO/National IP Office and the School to ensure flow of information and

the smooth running of the event.

PARENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES

The involvement of parents or representatives of the local community as key speakers or workshop hosts is

highly recommended. People working in IP intensive businesses, science and innovation and the creative

arts are the obvious candidates. EUIPO will provide guidelines for workshop preparation, organisation and

delivery.

RESOURCES TO PREPARE THE EVENT

These materials will be provided by EUIPO before the event:

poster;

IP Awareness Day booklet;

email to inform parents about the event;

email to inform teachers about the event;

IP leaflet for teachers.

These materials can be provided in different languages subject to request.

ChooseDate

AppointCoordinators

TeacherTraining

PrepareWorkshops

IP Awareness DayEvent

Followup

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PRIMARY

The IP Awareness Day involves a series of varied and age-appropriate activities for all the students in the

school. Some activities should be run by IP experts or inspiring speakers and workshop hosts.

Karaoke Shower

Opening & Closing Act

Playground Games Inspiring Workshops

Logo Making Logo MakingInventors Corner IP Masterclass

RegistrationBooth

Karaoke Shower

ClassroomCreativity Activities

Classroom Creativity Activities

AWARENESS DAY ACTIVITIES OUTLINE

Primary school activities Secondary school activities

Teaching notes and worksheets for activities to enhance creativity with young learners.

Guidelines for teachers on setting problem solving tasks which develop the skills necessary and inspire innovation.

Guidelines for setting up a Registration Booth with volunteers where pupils take their creations to register and receive a certificate for creativity and innovation.

Guidelines for teachers on a logo making activity to do in class. Pupils create and draw their logos on flags, badges, caps or T-shirts.

Playground GamesInstructions and materials for teachers for playing three games with pupils which raise awareness of age-related IP concepts.

Logo Making

Registration Booth

Inventors Corner

Classroom Creativity Activities

Karaoke ShowerThis activity is an initiative from the UK IP Office, in which the students enter a shower-like cabinet and perform songs from their favourite music artist. While two or three students are singing inside the ‘shower’ their friends can see them on a screen outside and also join in.

Activities

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Opening & Closing ActsGuidelines for organising a 30-minute opening act involving students interviewing an inspiring speaker from the local community with connections to IP.

Inspiring WorkshopsGuidelines for organising a series of hands-on workshops with local creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, designers, scientists, etc. The workshops should be repeated throughout the day allowing students to attend as many as possible. Each workshop should both inspire students to explore their creative potential and inform them about associated IP links. The main resource is the inspirational speakers who will deliver the workshops. Inspirational speakers for secondary schools could typically be:• charity/community workers;• artists;• musicians;• programmers / bloggers / gamers / social media commentators;• entrepreneurs / business people;• sports personalities / entertainers;• scientists/academics/researchers.

Logo MakingGuidelines for teachers on a logo making activity to do in class. Students create and draw their logos on flags, badges, caps or T-shirts or can produce them in another format.

IP MasterclassIP Experts from EUIPO or the National IP Office run a 45-minute workshop on IP for students with their teachers.

Classroom Creativity ActivitiesCreativity is a skill that can be learned as children grow and develop; it should be encouraged and fostered in the school environment. Teaching notes and tips for activities to help incorporate more creative practices in the classroom.

This activity is an initiative from the UK IP Office, in which the students enter a shower-like cabinet and perform songs from their favourite music artist. While two or three students are singing inside the ‘shower’ their friends can see them on a screen outside and also join in.

Karaoke Shower

SECONDARY

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Follow up

Project Competition

The Creativity Diary, which can be downloaded in any of the EU languages, provides a good starting point for teachers to introduce IP concepts into the classroom or as a home based assignment. The idea is that a new habit is created over 21 days by doing creativity activities every day. The format of the booklet invites students to complete one creative page per day and thus, effectively, foster a more creative mindset.

The main reason for holding an IP Awareness Day is to make people think about the topic of Intellectual Proper-ty. Therefore, it should always be viewed as the starting point upon which further learning and exploration can take place in the future. This follow up is vital in order to consolidate the overall knowledge goal. Here are a few suggestions about the way in which a school could follow up on the IP Awareness Day:

Competitions are a useful way of motivating students to produce a piece of work/project by a given deadline, either individually, in groups or as a whole class. Projects that focus on creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship provide a wide scope for students of all ages, abilities and in all subject areas to participate in an area that most appeals to them. This is a fun and practical activity that helps consolidate the lessons learned during an IP Awareness Day.

Talent ShowThe objective of a talent show is to get the active participation of the largest number of students possible in a whole school event. There could be various categories including the arts, science, business, performing arts, poetry, literature, sport, etc. It could be used as an opportunity for the school to invite parents and guests to see the work being done to foster creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship across the whole student body.

Cross-Curricular Themed Projects

An effective way of following up on an IP Awareness Day is for teachers of different subjects and disciplines to work together to find cross-curricular links between their subject area and the subject area of their colleagues.

Other possible ideas

• A competition in the style of elevator pitches related to an entrepreneurial project as part of a talent show;• An exhibition with invitees (local business people);• Presentation videos on the school website;• Interacting with parents as ‘customers’ as part of a school open day, the young entrepreneurs/creators could sell their products or services, possibly even donating a proportion of the profits to charity;• Exhibitions in the fields of arts and crafts, digital technology, photography, etc.;• Plays, concerts, music recitals of original works.

Creativity Diary

For more information and to download the materials go to:

www.ideaspowered.eu or contact IPinEducation@euipo.europa.eu