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Mouse Mischief Technological Innovation



Mouse mischief is a technological innovation developed by Microsoft. This innovation has its basis from multipoint technology. It is an add-in to Microsoft office PowerPoint and runs on varied Windows operating systems platform. It has a free download, which makes it accessible to people. This program enables teachers to be creative. The advent of this program was as a result of collaboration between the research units in India and China to mitigate the high student –to-computer ratio in many schools. Thereafter, they conducted training that would provide students with a mouse and a cursor on the screen. Studies on mouse-based entry text and impact of pointing performance, when seeing multiple cursors on-screen were carried out.

The potential usage and benefits are overwhelming. The innovation allows teachers to create interactive presentations that engage and excite every student in the classroom. Among the benefits are: active engagement and support collaborative learning; improves classroom management and overall student participation, and simplicity of use and ease on the school budget. These benefits would help enhance technology integration into classroom curriculum in the education sector. The innovation selection in comparison with mobile computing and gesture based computing is not far-fetched. I come from a developing country where funding of schools has remained a challenge. Schools would adopt a cost-effective and easy to implement technology rather than an expensive technology. Mobile and Gesture based computing are more expensive and involve more resources for implementation. Mouse mischief is less expensive and creates better ability to assess learning physically while collaborating with others. Students participate in active learning by using their own mouse device to carry out instructions on the screen.

According to Rogers (2003), the perceived relative advantage of an innovation gives room for a fast rate of adoption. This proposed innovation can be related to the study on diffusion of modern math in Pittsburgh in which the adoption spread over five years. One of the early adopter was Moraveji (2006) who carried out further research on the impact of mouse mischief. Several schools are now adopting the technology.

Moraveji, N. (2006). Mischief (MightyMice, Mouse on Each Mesk). Retrieved from []. Rogers, E. (2003). Diffusion of Innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press Various Authors (2006). Mouse Mischief. Retrieved from []#.
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= = = = = = =**Week 4 – Create storyboard for multimedia presentation.**=

This is just a sketch of my presentation. As the course progresses, I would be fine-tuning it. Part of the narrative is under the Notes Section.

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=**Week 5 – Storyboard based on Innovation Decision Process.**= The innovation-decision process is the process through which an individual passes from the stage of knowledge of an innovation to persuasion toward the innovation, to decision of adoption or rejection, to implementation of innovation, and confirmation (Rogers, 2003). Click the document below for more information.



=** Week 6 - Create S-curve for storyboard **= = = Research your innovation to find out when it was introduced, how far it has matured, and the rate of adoption over time. Be sure to include accurate time lines and the percentage of penetration from introduction to the present day. Add your S-Curve to the storyboard for your presentation, along with a brief explanation of what the data demonstrates.

 =Week 7 - Perceived attributes of Innovation=
 * Who would you expect to be (or who are) the innovators and early adopters in your field of work for the innovation you are exploring? What strategies are the most persuasive in convincing them to adopt the innovation?
 * Who do you think would be (or who are) the laggards in terms of rejecting the innovation? What strategies would be best to help move them toward adoption?
 * Which combination of perceived attributes would be best for helping your innovation meet critical mass in your industry?



=Week 8 - Critical Mass and Change Agents=
 * Do you believe a centralized or decentralized approach would work best for the adoption of the innovation you are proposing to the Board of Directors?
 * Who will you recommend as key change agents in your organization, and how can the seven roles of a change agent be used in your organization to effect positive social change?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Has the innovation you are proposing to the Board already met critical mass in society? If it has not met critical mass, which of the four strategies for achieving critical mass do you recommend to the Board for your innovation?

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=Week 9 - Organizational Innovations= This is the last update and pre-final presentation.

=Week 11 - Final presentation= Please find attached the link to my presentation on slideshare and transcript document. [|FINAL PRESENTATION]