Take it home apply design thinking last assignment
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The document discusses key lessons learned in a design thinking class. It notes that (1) empathizing with people by understanding their needs is important for finding solutions to problems, (2) all ideas have value in the early creative process, and (3) failure is part of the process and should be embraced to help start again. The document also outlines the design thinking process of empathizing with users, ideating possible solutions, prototyping ideas, and reflecting on the process.
Take it home apply design thinking last assignment
- 1. What have I learned in my design thinking class? •I have learned that empathizing with people is the best way to find a solution for their problems. Paying attention at what they say and do will give us a better understanding of what their needs are. •At the beginning of every creative process there is no such thing as a bad idea. All ideas are welcome. •Failure is part of the process. Embrace it and start again. Take it home and apply design thinking
- 2. Empathize Hear their voices: What do they want? What do they need? How do they use the lockers? watch what they do How do they actually use the lockers? What can you infer from that? About what they think? About what they feel? Redesigning the school lockers
- 3. Ideate Write down as many ideas as I can Crazy ideas are allowed : We have to build a different building for the lockers Simple ideas are also allowed: We have to assigned lockers only to the students who need them Ideas already used are also allowed: …
- 4. Prototype and test Build a cheap version of your idea and put it to the test If it doesn’t work, no biggie, startIf it doesn’t work, no biggie, start againagain!
- 5. Reflection I plan to use what I have learned in this class in my work and in my everyday life. I teach English as a foreign language to middle school kids and way too often I notice my students just don’t feel challenge enough. Creativity is something that they don’t hear outside the art class. I think I can try to make them use their creativity when learning the English language . I also think that I can pass on what I have learned here.
- 6. Reflection I plan to use what I have learned in this class in my work and in my everyday life. I teach English as a foreign language to middle school kids and way too often I notice my students just don’t feel challenge enough. Creativity is something that they don’t hear outside the art class. I think I can try to make them use their creativity when learning the English language . I also think that I can pass on what I have learned here.