Design Thinking in Schools

Design Thinking in Schools

Edutopia Site

This site has a large variety of information, some of it referenced on other pages on this site. Recommend going through the material. Some highlights are:

• 6 Episodes on YouTube of applying Design Thinking to problems in schools. These young people worked with a design firm to develop ideas and in the end build a professional prototype.:

1. Introduction
2. Research and Big Ideas
3. Scale Modeling
4. Rendering
5. Prototyping
6. Final Project Launch

• Video of teams of school children design for learning in Dublin
• Video of applying design thinking to a school in a rural and poor place in the US.

Other sites

• Map of schools using design thinking.
• Design For Change - targeted to applying design thinking principles in schools or for school aged children.
• Ideo K-12 Page
• This site has free information for performing design thinking in a classroom, called iDesign.

Design Thinking Resources

Design Thinking for Educators (FREE) -- Used this material in my work at NASA, it's tailored for educators but it'll work in any setting.

More to come.

Design Thinking Vs. Project Based Learning

DISCLAIMER: This blog is a place to store and share information, as I learn more my opinions will likely change but for now here's things I've found interesting.

Similar but different is my summary of the two. My knowledge of Design Thinking is fairly good, I've had a couple of classes, completed one challenge involving a team of 6 based on a challenge at work plus a number of other things. Whereas my experience with Project Based Learning is limited to what I've read online. Here's what I've found:

Design Thinking versus Project Based Learning - this author is definitely more of a DT than a PBL.

More to come.