Design Thinking

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Discuss

• Why is design thinking important for your students and/or learning environment?

Mindsets Activity

• Review each mindset
• Take two post-its for the mindset that resonates with you the most
• Find others with the same mindset (same color post-it)

Mindsets Activity

• What ENABLES the mindset you chose? Write it on a post-it and attach to the chart paper.
• What INHIBITS the mindset you chose? Write it on a post-it and attach to the chart paper.
• Use more post-its as needed!

Mindsets Padlet

• Access the Padlet: bit.ly/DTMINDSETS
• Which mindset resonates with you the most?
• What ENABLES the mindset you chose?
• What INHIBITS the mindset you chose?

Mindsets Padlet

• Share what ENABLES the mindset you chose.
• Share what INHIBITS the mindset you chose.

Human-centered design is as much about your head as your hands.

MindsetS

Our Approach

Adobe Partnership

Spark Training

Design Workshop

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Professional Learning Communities (PLC's)

MS Communications: Digital Citizenship

How might we...

• make internet faster but keep it secure?
• have a group chat but not lose focus on our work?
• share with friends without the risk of cyberbullying?
• spend lots of time with our family, while still being active on social media?
• play video games without being upset or frustrated?

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Creations

• website to inform kids about the risks of too much screen time
• tool that blocks harmful words as they are typed
• family device laws contract
• Nutella time!

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Sharing

Professional Development Goals

Faculty DT Goals

• Use DT on a human rights unit
• Design a new kindergarten art program
• Add more student voice & choice to the classroom
• Change the way I grade (gamification)
• Complete assigned projects before students to develop empathy
• Ask students how to make math more fun

Where might design thinking be used in your learning environment?

Resources

The Teacher's Guild

How might we strengthen communication and trust between families and teachers to better support students’ success?

Playbooks and Toolkits

What are some meaningful problems in education you’d like to solve?

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What are some impossible solutions to this problem?

Sandbox Time

Each design thinking step can be a stand-alone activity. Each still works to develop the mindsets we want to cultivate in our environments.

Where has design thinking been used in your learning environment?

Enablers

Inhibitors

Second Grade Human Rights Project

Math Project and Carnival Planning

It's everywhere

• PE teacher asking kids to design setups
• summer planning
• sculpture class design a clock
• more student choice

Creative Problem Solving Global Infographic from Adobe

Design for Change