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.