HMW solve real-world problems using design thinking?
During the last week of October, we handed the keys over to our student designers to solve some real-world problems in and around our middle school. Kevin recorded three videos of some real-world user problems from around campus that we then showed our classes. While we viewed the videos, the student designers employed a visible thinking routine (VTR) called Adventure Grid that they recreated in their observation journals. The problems? HMW design a better way to do lunch? HMW help a teacher recovering from surgery transition/get around the school? HMW help the brand team design a way to appreciate teachers? From there, the student designers chose which "door" they would walk through, and then assembled a team to begin discovery work. Discovery took several fascinating, agency-filled forms, from students emailing teachers to set up interviews, setting up a time to interview other students, engaging in observation walks to the cafeteria and other areas of campus... .....