#dtk12chat Archive
Please join us for a weekly conversation about design thinking in K12 education. We will have a variety of moderators with a wide range and depth of design thinking experiences. Each week, we will connect the dots to the design thinking methodology and how it can and will play a bigger role in today’s K12 educational arena.
Wednesday April 27, 2016
Our moderators for tonight's will be me and Design Thinking Expert, Summer Howarth -
Glad you are here, Brother!
Welcome, Chris! We will need your help tonight!
meets Ashley from SC here, at least for a bit!
Yeah! Keep the coffee coming!
Just followed both of you - I am ready to learn!
Darren from SoDak. Read to start.
Ed Jones, abandoned in Appalachia https://t.co/PKo6L3Clum
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Yeah! Glad you could make it! Did you get my email?
Hi I'm Abbie, I'm an early ed/SPED major at Cedarville University
We are all glad you are back, Beth!
Welcome - glad you could make it!
You will want to follow too :-) Great stuff meets
3rd Grade T from Columbus, OH. Two of my favorite chats in the same spot! Amazing!
Make sure to follow to learn tonight as well as the future! https://t.co/SbDYntTil5
Summer from in Melbourne here! So happy to be co-moderating
***Q1 coming up in 1 minute!
Shoutout to who hosted Mythbusers + WH Office of a Tech today
meets Nice! Eric, principal in Cleveland-just wrapped up a day w/Adam Savage from Mythbusters coming to our school!
Glad you are here, Cathy!
Great first time out! Looking forward to the next one! Night all… switching over to if anyone wants to explore
Hey, Lori! Glad you are here tonight!
A1 Surplus of forward thinking ideas generated and less "no, that won't work" - optimism, hope, teamwork, meets
I was there last month - thanks to and
DT helps ground our Ss in the real world skills of empathy and creativity. It's also great for Ts to solve RW probs as well!
Absolutely! It starts, ends, and is wrapped in empathy!
A1 Deeper perspectives from users
Did they bust a specific myth? Or just hang out and record? meets
A1: DT-ing strengthens relationships and deepens understanding through empathy work (w/team and end-user)
Love the notion of - reminds me to say yes and then find a way!
Love it - talk about a true growth mindset framework!
A1: Benefit-using empathy to learn solutions. Ss having a voice in school decision i.e.handbook https://t.co/Pb9los1qmF
Yes and helps Ss find value in failures
No busting-the show is over-came to see our makerspace-only school in Cleveland they visited today.
Wow! You have students help in the handbook design?
A1: DT also helps Ss and Ts keep an action oriented mindset. Ideate, prototype, feedback resulting in solutions.
Great tools for teaching and learning practices!
Absolutely! It's a process!
We have 4 students that bring voice to the policy. Staff weigh in-Ss weigh in. Very interesting process
YES! Great to see you here, Kate!
Glad to live in a city where a stadium is named after you
A1: I find working and collabing with others is a great way to focus on the pros and cons and improve issues
Jaime - I love the concepts and learning/using design thinking to move teams!
A1 benefits include: team cohesion; individual empowerment; shared commitment to identified solutions
The point of intentional is key - the strategies are necessary to move forward.
Hopefully, we are just getting warmed up!
Thanks for being here, Keira!
Business sector uses this - it is time for us to use it in our work!
Q1: Design Thinking provides groups with structures and protocols for achieving something powerful together.
Hi, Ricardo - thanks for being here!
A1: Love that Ss have to figure new things out on their own.
A1: We need to be teaching students so why not model it with teachers and administrators.
big learning curve for me at 1st, but once started teaching Ss to use to learn vowed never to go back!
Excited to see with to learn about design thinking approach. Just learning about it and ready to know more
I incorporate tools in my meetings with staff and explain how and why I use them - hoping it will be replicated
Wow, feel we've lapsed by not telling group more about DT earlier. Surprised me. Good call
A2: To me its the most important role! It's what makes DT special. Designing solutions 4 others is the authentic work r Ss need.
A2: Empathy is at the heart of DT. It allows us the POV of the user in order to best meet their needs
Looks like a great topic to engage ideas - glad is joining tonight!
My BEST experiences, as both participant and coach, have been active challenges! meets
Yeah! Thanks for being here, Carol!
Welcome, Chuck! and I are moderating tonight's
The more I realize it's not about me and all about them, the better I am as a leader!
A2: I call it strategic outward lens: focus on the recipient of the innovation; understand their needs / perceptions
A2 From a coaching standpoint, for those more familiar with , empathy is the primary difference b/t PBL and
I love how you put the question back on them in a way to invoke deeper thinking!
Yes, and it forces us to be observers of the world, w/out judgement
Agreed! Love it! https://t.co/hg63W5u1TN
A2: I call it strategic outward lens: focus on the recipient of the innovation; understand their needs / perceptions
YES! e.g., team of Ts used to address "how might we bring joy back into the classroom daily?"
That was hard to do during the challenge - but worth it!
a1: activating all voices through “radical collaboration”, explicit group synthesis
Would love to see those answers!
The collaboration generated fantastic community-building and curriculum ideas for coming semester
Teachers? Have them attack a problem, like rethinking bell schedule to go to a block, using the D process.
and also empathy btween Ts and Admin
***Love the collective genius of ideas! Q3 is coming up in 1 minute!
I have those too! It's a long list! haha - DM me later & I'll share the Google doc :-) meets
a2: something about opening an investigation with the motive of empathy creates the push to do something for someone else
great seeing you in a different
*Generally* speaking, is more product-oriented, whereas is more human-centered
A2: empathy is so important when it comes to be an educator and collabing with others.
A2: Empathy is like starting with the end in mind, forcing the designers to think of those for whom they are designing.
How do you combat that attitude?
A2 Empathy is what makes a solution unique! Same product designed for different clients is, DIFFERENT! Empathize to Innov-ise!
Love the notion of "hard to justify" - how do we get over that hurdle?
relationships are crucial. practicing empathy can only strengthen those relationships w/Ss, Ps, admin and other Ts
Not100% like if P is problem vs project, but usually has specific user whereas PBL might or might not
Maybe I will learn next week-attending :) Take time for solid reflection
I agree about the fear - mine is fear that people think it's a waste of time.
Fairness - that's interesting. How can we overcome that?
A3: Fear of the unknown. DT is chaotic messy open-ended uncontrollable.
yeah, feedback on DT after a workshop this morning, it seems so intuitively human, only more explicit https://t.co/gYgSa2AbQQ
A2: empathy is so important when it comes to be an educator and collabing with others.
A3: not allowing time for experimentation. there needs to be time for trying, piloting, risk taking
A3 As T, some S ideas are simply hard and costly to prototype! & Ss may have the idea but lack the logistical know how
I completely agree - how can we change that perception?
A3: They can be concerned about the amount of time it takes to make prototype as accurate and beneficial as possible
I agree with that - we have to teach not just the process, but affirm that trust needs to be built.
what if culture was based in trying something new?
A3:Fear of failure, cost of time, fear of credibility, not understanding how to follow through, fear of completing.
Sounds very similar to projects Good point.
A3 Sometimes the prototype phase ends up being the "final product" b/c you run out of time meets
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to the summer reading list!
Thanks for the resource! This chat has me ready to learn more about DT
yeah, obsession w predictable outcomes, and the absurd notion that children are egg shells, move fast… https://t.co/qlA5SLijsN
A3: Fear of the unknown. DT is chaotic messy open-ended uncontrollable.
I agree - that critical mass is huge!
I definitely agree empathy is something I try to make a priority especially as an ed student and future teacher
A1: Allows collective intelligence, open source understanding, systems thinking, and complete buy in by the team.
...and to trust the process.
A3 & some prototypes need fermentation time - leaders face pressure from the masses when it doesn't work NOW meets
agree and almost always, the "first" prototype is not the best
A4 Leaders get input from all interested parties early and often - Ts more willing to iterate if they feel heard meets
I agree - collaboration time is key - at Teacher-Based Teams are a game-changer for this!
DT = innovative serious play all games need willing participants or the space loses its inhibitive nature https://t.co/elEkqOnR9H
I agree about the fear - mine is fear that people think it's a waste of time.
bells and supervisors -- aren't they vestiges of a factory economy? We're on the cusp of a creative economy.
What a great point. Feeling they have a voice. https://t.co/yQ63qdvcpR
A4 Leaders get input from all interested parties early and often - Ts more willing to iterate if they feel heard meets
I liked working with on a project because I saw improvements each iteration with my voice heard!
We know works in huge ways for students, but we can forget it works for us all! meets
We put our time in things we believe matters - it's a journey!
Maybe you can help me blow up my schedule!! I’ll take any help to make this change.
Do you use Myers-Briggs to balance and enlighten the group? Most Ts are SJs - anti-messy!
Huge part of is which implies every voice is valuable and deserves listening meets https://t.co/sjCzoDCcml
I liked working with on a project because I saw improvements each iteration with my voice heard!
a4: widen and vary the radical collaboration in prototype/critique cycles, include student voice https://t.co/xuuC2j570I
A4: start with culture. does the comm have a common vision? share a ? willing to fail and grow together?
A4: leaders can make sure to keep communication open and assure others that their ideas are being taken into account.
Ela from Boston, as usual late post-bedtimes. Love these Q's. A4. Cultivating language & space around experimentation.
Repeated practice and let it permeate the whole culture!
Attaining self-regulation: A social technology that they have in general and special events.
Remember the rule of - follow five leaders to build your PLN!
A4: DT process is plagued by a penchant for compliance in education: Ts and Ss. What do you mean, design, prototype?
*** is on fire! Q5 is coming up in one minute!
I agree - there's a definite connection!
A4: create a professional enviro that craves feedback in order to grow. not scared of eval. but hungry for suggestions
Ah, a tricky one! ;-) Asking for feedback is easy, taking the lumps is... meets
Love that - grassroots campaign!
Is there a distinction between proto-typing and a decision that's made and we move on to the next task?
yeah we started DT sprints with students, the mindsets are trickling up! incontestable cool product https://t.co/Dyr5OgRi3v
Repeated practice and let it permeate the whole culture!
glad you could make it tonight
Absolutely! Modeling is key!
A5: Love this question: involve Ss in reflection of our initiatives/ideas i.e. have them reflect on
hard to empathize w the haters - easier to tune them out when all they seem to do is complain but.. meets
I agree! I think of it as Plan and Done.
A4: Beyond iterative ... how about recursive? Can DT spawn another DT and then return to the original to finish? !
Give Ss authentic/actual challenges, embedded in community & leverage cross-curriculum collab https://t.co/qWapqb0q71
a5: I propose global mobile social action design sprints connecting schools thinking on model of arts integration
Not just allow failure but expect it. Foster it, because it promotes stretch and out-of-the-box thinking!
For us comes down to deadline/priority - is it enough to move on or so important we go again?
I agree, Tricia! The more I study and use it, the more it becomes my approach to leading!
I would like to retweet this a thousand times meets https://t.co/LF2gX4FjrX
A4: If processes aren't scheduled in advance, the important will be drowned by the urgent
I appreciate that you brought up a key point about recognizing and rewarding the work!
Leaders should embrace their creative confidence & leverage community resources to prototype https://t.co/YAuh90hVY3
Great video to depict the need to iterate!
A5: Consider all ideas in staff meetings and make the effort to allow differences.
A5: DT is not new or something extra. ppl already do it. give them common lang. and help them practice empathy
I don't see them as exclusive - design thinking is a way to dig deeper in learning.
I would be lost without my and colleagues!! https://t.co/mHzOt5QA6H
A5: design becomes less scary when you feel supported by a team of like-minded professionals who share the same goal. Team up!
yeah, what if bachkchanneling the week before meetings introduced topics and discussion? https://t.co/47NVJpZAVy
A5: Consider all ideas in staff meetings and make the effort to allow differences.
yes, fail fast, fail often
I love this idea!! meets https://t.co/OIE11jAuHp
yeah, what if bachkchanneling the week before meetings introduced topics and discussion? https://t.co/47NVJpZAVy
A5: Consider all ideas in staff meetings and make the effort to allow differences.
Relationships = everything. Help others express themselves, experience intellectual generosity https://t.co/WqExbx9HnX
Measure twice (or three or four times), cut once?
we have a community norm at our school
We've been building it for long time now - failing & growing together helps keep us humble
making sure that the enviro is "safe" and ready for effective feedback makes failing easier
A6 Ask a S or T "what do you need today?" & really hear them. Start with right away & go from there meets
Absolutely - kids and adults need to feel safe to explore and not be penalized or judged!
Dennis - I use this process in everything I lead. Grading Practices, new initiatives, etc.
A6 Ask Ss to critique a recent lesson or assignment - let them help you revise it from their eyes meets
Designate physical space for each phase of DT cycle. Encourage them 2 post challenges/moonshots https://t.co/gf5CApS1Nc
A6: Create "ThinkSheets," as I call them, to help people conceptualize the process. I'l share. :-)
promotes this with our team every Friday - about 20-25 people in under 10 minutes to share!
we use "I like, I wish, I wonder" lang. for fb. Ss are used to hearing and offering feedback
a6: 50 minute rethinking classroom design sprint as PD session, here use ours from this morning https://t.co/aBBMxgXAvz
A6 Let Ss & Ts find in unlikely places- play as hard as you work! MAKE the time for meets
