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Our First Class Design Challenge

Typical practice in many high school English classrooms is to have students examine two opposing writer’s views on a debatable topic and then develop their own personal stances using supporting evidence. The debatable topics are current, rich in complexity, and Read More …

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Blueprint Design Thinking Protocol and Project Design

A collaborative effort from Blueprint’s Shannon Herzog, Kali Goings, Keely Vaughan, and Sarah Johnson. REFLECTION ON THE YEAR We knew what we wanted to do wouldn’t be easy. In fact, we knew that doing something this innovative would require the Read More …

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Listening with Understanding and Empathy

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“Empathic listening is a deep level of listening. When we are engaged in real dialogue and paying careful attention, we can become aware of a profound shift in the place from which our listening originates. We move from seeing the Read More …

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How to Apply Design Thinking to Your Innovation Goal

We’ve already discussed the worried administrator and finding empathy for him or her. Now let’s discuss a method of action. Design thinking — empathy-fueled, human-centered problem solving — can take on many looks and processes. Stanford’s d.School uses a model Read More …

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How to Apply Empathy to Your Uphill Battle for Change

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We recently wrote The Fable of the Table to illustrate the differences between worried school leaders and innovative school leaders. The former presents a challenge for educators working to transform learning at their respective schools. We posed the question: If Read More …

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Design Challenge Reflections: How Did We Do?

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Looking back to the design thinking process and our first experiences with it in AP Environmental Science, I came across a few big takeaways around certain stages of the process. Habits of Mind One of the beautiful things about the Read More …

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Making Meaning Out of Empathy & Anything

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By: Dan Ryder This piece was originally posted on https://medium.com/@WickedDecent. See more on design thinking, critical creativity, and evolving education at www.wickeddecentlearning.com or contact Dan on Twitter & Instagram or by visiting www.danryder207.com This intense Saturday of thinking, learning and Read More …

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Personalized Learning Starts with One Step

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When Allison Zmuda sat down to talk with building principals Dr. Eric Chagala (Vista International Design Academy) and Meghan Ofer (Roxborough Intermediate), she wanted to know one thing each of them could suggest to let teachers know they didn’t “have Read More …

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Teachers Must Design in a Personalized Learning Environment

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The Greenwich High School Innovation Lab is where hands-on learning takes place. Students apply what they are learning within the classroom to a project of their choosing, digging deeper into the principles covered in class. But even though students are Read More …

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Empathy is at the Core of Design Thinking

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What is design thinking? Simply speaking, it’s a way to keep us from limiting ourselves through the solution we believe to be true. Take an example from Daylight Design, a company that collaborated on a project looking to get American Read More …

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