Welcome Educators!

Find your team and get to know each other. If you need a starter topic we suggest discussing the new Pixar film Inside Out.

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CREATIVE CONFIDENCE

REAL PROJECTS ALWAYS

We will give you the following after the workshop:

- Digital copies of all the slide decks- Digital copies of the worksheets we use- A list of additional resources

We’re gonna move fast, so dig in!

JUST SO YOU KNOW

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INNOVATION IS NOT AN EVENT

INNOVATION IS A (DESIGN) PROCESS

Empathize

Define Prototype

Test

Ideate

D.MINDSETS

Do it nowDo it in-depthDo it at home

INTRODUCTION TO

DESIGN THINKING

In One Hour

REDESIGN the INTRODUCTION DEVICE

Introduce yourself to your partner.

REDESIGN the INTRODUCTION DEVICE

EMPATHYInterview your partner and seek stories about his/her experience introducing him/herself (best, worst, most awkward, funniest, etc.)

(1) INTERVIEWNotes from your conversation(4 MIN)

(2) DIG DEEPERAsk why, why, why…(3 MIN)

REDESIGN the INTRODUCTION DEVICE

REFRAME THE PROBLEM Notice something new, then infer what the meaning might be to write a point of view statement

(3) CAPTURE FINDINGS (3 MIN)

It’s interesting/surprising/telling…

____________________________

____________________________

One thing that seems important to him/her…

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________(write more than one possibility)

(4) TAKE A STAND WITH A POINT-OF-VIEW (3 MIN)

____________________________ (partner’s name/description)

needs a way to

____________________________ (user’s need = verb)

because (or “but… or “surprisingly…”)(circle one)

____________________________

____________________________ (insight)

REDESIGN the INTRODUCTION DEVICE

REFRAME THE PROBLEM [EXAMPLE]Notice something new, then infer what the meaning might be to write a point of view statement

(3) CAPTURE FINDINGS (3 MIN)

It’s interesting/surprising/telling…

She prefers to introduce her family

when she introduces herself

One thing that seems important to her…

(1) Sharing her web of connections (2) Showing that she has a family spread across Bay Area(3) Intersecting being a mom and a teacher

(4) TAKE A STAND WITH A POINT-OF-VIEW FOR THE CHALLENGE (3 MIN)

Jane, a busy working mom (partner’s name/description)

needs a way to

share her passion for her extended family(user’s need = verb)

because without acknowledging them there is no way to know her or the passion she has for being a connector(insight)

REDESIGN the INTRODUCTION DEVICE

IDEATEGenerate alternatives to test.

(5) Sketch as least 5 radical ways to meet your partner’s needs. (5 MIN)

(6) Share your ideas and capture feedback. (10 MIN [2 x 5 MIN each])

REDESIGN the INTRODUCTION DEVICE

PROTOTYPE and TESTBased on what you’ve learned choose one idea to build and test.

(7) BUILD SOMETHING FOR YOUR PARTNER TO INTERACT WITH!

[NOT HERE]

(8) CAPTURE FEEDBACK

+ What worked…

* Ideas!

- What to improve…

? Questions…

Empathize

Define Prototype

Test

Ideate

D.MINDSETS