This document provides an overview of design thinking for educators. It discusses key aspects of the design thinking process such as empathy, divergence and convergence, discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, and evolution. Various tactics are presented for each stage of the process. The document is a guide to teaching design thinking and includes links to a website for more information.
7. Some people like definitions…
Design Thinking applies the tools and processes from the design
disciplines (architecture, landscape architecture, interior design,
graphic design, product design, apparel design and others) to solve
problems.
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13. Remember the last gift you gave someone?
Let’s redesign the gift giving experience for another person.
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14. If You’re a Process Person…
The next slides go through the process of design thinking. They are
shown as linear steps, but remember, life doesn’t always follow a perfect
linear path from A to B. Neither does design thinking.
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30. Tactic: Attribute Listing
List shape, texture, feel, size, details. What is 1 attribute you might
change/add/remix?
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31. Tactic: Brain Writing
Write three ideas. Pass it on. Build on what others have written.
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32. Tactic: Harvest: Cluster & Vote
Cluster ideas into themes. Write the theme on one large post-it. Vote
(using the small round stickers) on 2 of your favorite themes.
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35. Tactic: Testing with Users
Take your idea and remix a current lesson plan.
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36. TACTIC: Prototype to Test
What do you hope to test with the users? What sorts of behaviors do
you expect? How will you gather feedback?
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38. TACTIC: Feedback Capture Grid
What did users like or disklike? What kinds of questions did the process
inspire? Was there any constructive criticism to inform an iteration?
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39. TACTIC: Pitch Your Idea
Do you need to go back to the drawing board? Did you frame the
problem correctly
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