Atlanta K12 Design Challenge (@AK12DC) Summit 2015 is underway for day 2. Started early on a Saturday morning with eleven design teams and 60+ educators ready to build on Day 1. The schedule:
We started the day reflecting on the work from day 1. A number of teams shared their learnings from day 1.
- The day provided productive time to work on their prototype.
- They enjoyed the design thinking refresher on “designing the ideal chair,” especially thinking about it from the perspective of different users (Simpson characters)
- What they learned is that different types of chairs were designed depending upon the user they were assigned.
- They felt positive about the storytelling exercise and thinking about their design challenge as a story that has unfolded.
- Focus on Humans
- Be Obnoxiously Curious
- Be Mindful of Process
- Embrace Experimentation
- Iterate Everything
- Words Matter
- Show Don’t Tell
- Inspire and be inspired
- First and Teach to Fish
The teams were asked to apply their understanding of the mindset elements to a series of hypothetical activities.
The teams ran through a series of three activities. After each activity, we processed what was learned in the conversation. Scott Sanchez (@jscottsanchez), our design facilitator, engaged all teams in the sharing time. One team member from Westminster Schools, Peyten Williams, indicated that the nine elements for a design thinking mindset are an instructive tool to think about how to be a good teacher.
The large group conversation on developing a design thinking mindset was a lively and instructive time for everyone. (see Storify summary of this part of day 2 summit).
Design teams were given time to work on developing their stories for the afternoon session on “storytelling.” Each team will have 5 minutes to construct a story, sharing with the audience their journey. What have been the milestones along the way, what are their learnings, and where are they along the path will be components of their story. The story arc is the template they are using (see below):
The large group conversation on developing a design thinking mindset was a lively and instructive time for everyone. (see Storify summary of this part of day 2 summit).
Design teams were given time to work on developing their stories for the afternoon session on “storytelling.” Each team will have 5 minutes to construct a story, sharing with the audience their journey. What have been the milestones along the way, what are their learnings, and where are they along the path will be components of their story. The story arc is the template they are using (see below):
After working on constructing their stories, design teams were paired up to test their story on another team and receive feedback. Using the feedback they prepared for their final presentation of their story after lunch. There was a good deal of energy in the room, as well as some nervousness about getting all the data together into a five minute story. Quite a task!
The following link to a Storify synopsis of Twitter links during the storytelling time (click here) will give you some sense of what was accomplished. We videotaped the whole day and captured all eleven stories, which will be posted on the website in the coming weeks.
The following link to a Storify synopsis of Twitter links during the storytelling time (click here) will give you some sense of what was accomplished. We videotaped the whole day and captured all eleven stories, which will be posted on the website in the coming weeks.