Experience Week 2022 Kickoff by Elizabeth Shutters

We will review the steps of the P3 process (which is basically the design thinking process). Where we've been, and where we're going. Think about where YOU are in this process. Everyone goes at their own pace through P3. So anywhere you are is just fine!

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Problem Finding

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How might we...? Question

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What is your purpose?

Next, you answered questions about your topic and How might we... question. You explored what you already know about the problem. You started thinking about who the problem affects and where it occurs.

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Learning Goals

In Assignment #3, you set learning goals for your project. What do you want to learn? These goals are worth reviewing this week!

You also took a look at the self-evaluation form we use for P3. Let's take a look at that again: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P9IJBEJvsQjERWui4izskAfMtSeeijlAiufv6LT...

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Research

Next, you starting working on falling in love with your problem! We did this by researching the problem. This may have included internet research, surveys, talking to people, or many other things. You were instructed to find out as much as you could about the problem.

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Empathy

In Assignment #5, you worked to empathize with those who experience your chosen problem. This might take the form of a survey, interviews, or further research. Empathy is the most important part of the process! It allows you to create solutions that truly meet people's needs. You should consider revisiting this step throughout this week. Keep thinking about what it is people truly need. The user (not the inventor) has the TRUTH.

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Infographic

You represented your research about the problem using an infographic. Facts and statistics about the problem were represented in a visual way in Assignment #6: Explain the Problem. For many of you, this took the form of an infographic. This should be something you share at the Expo!!

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Ideation

The next step was to come up with a lot of ideas that could be solutions to help with the problem. You thought of ideas on your own and then had an Ideation session with classmates in December! You wrote down many ideas - bad ones, good ones, ones you can do right away, and ones that have to wait.

You were supposed to choose just one of those solution ideas to move forward with and you communicated that on Assignment #9: Ideation Synthesis.

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Refined How Might We

Next, you thought more about whether you were even asking the right question. Based on your research and the empathy you sought in the previous steps, you may have found that your question needed to be revised. That was #10!

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Storyboard

The next step- which many of you will work on starting today- is to create a storyboard explaining the one solution idea you are pursuing from the Ideation session. You will get a lot more information on this during the Storyboard lesson today.

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Feedback

You will show your storyboard to a variety of others, and ask for feedback on it. That feedback might be positive compliments, or suggestions about things to change. After this feedback, you will re-visit your Storyboard, and make changes that take this feedback into account. Remember, the user (not the inventor) has the TRUTH so feedback is vital.

The background of this picture shows one way you might use to ask for feedback (a feedback capture grid). You will also have a workshop about giving and receiving feedback today.

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Prototype

The prototype step, which many of you will likely get to this week, is to create some sort of model of your solution idea. This can take many forms, which you'll learn about later this week.

Even if you don't get to this step this week, we think learning about prototypes is important. So you will all participate in a Prototyping Workshop on Wednesday. This is a picture of that workshop from last year.

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Feedback

You will also get feedback on your prototype. That feedback might be positive compliments, or suggestions about things to change. After this feedback, you will re-visit your Prototype, and make changes that take this feedback into account. Remember, the user (not the inventor) has the TRUTH so feedback is vital.

The background of this picture shows one way you might use to ask for feedback (a feedback capture grid). You will also have a workshop about giving and receiving feedback today.

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Elevator Pitch Video

If possible, create a 90-second video explaining your project, and solution idea. Not only will this be an important part of your Expo presentation, we will encourage many of you to enter a contest with it!

You can think of this as an "elevator pitch" - if you had just 2 minutes in an elevator with someone, and you needed to explain your problem and solution to them, what would you say.

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