#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 20, 2016
We have 6 Qns in tonight with a focus on . Please introduce yourself and your role in education.
Drum roll for happening in T- 1 minute!
Greetings! Welcome to the ! Please tell us who ya are and where ya from!
Good evening! Matt-Curric Coord fr/ bouncing between & tonight.
Dan Ryder, Eng T, design thinker & improviser from Farmington, ME; just back from a trip to MA & the Stone Zoo w the fam
“To be a designer is to be an agent of change.” Barbara Chandler Allen
Can't stay for tonight but wanted to say hey!
Meg Omainsky, teacher and HS librarian. Just back from a swim meet with the kiddos.
Hey thought I would kinda lurk through. Brett from Iowa 6th G Math/Soc Stu. Hi finally a night with no sports!
Hey friends! Elaine from Colorado back in the saddle again :)
. feel free to chime in at any time tonight; such is the way
Laptop is dead; charger is at school. Trying to multichat from a phone.
Seems kinda quiet on the front, but I'm ready to make some noise with
Welcome to the ! We’ll use the standard Q1 A1 Q2 A2 format for our chat. Q1 coming up!
. school break in the northeast for a lot of folks; I've had to miss out the last several weeks of no judging here :)
Q1 DT is about good Qs. What are the most interesting Qs you have asked or been asked in design challenges this year?
Hi Meg! Good evening to you :)
A1 I think my favorite new design Q of the year (so far) is: How might we design a sanctuary for others?
Q1: My fave came from my Ss: HMW get students to do their homework?
What a wonderful question. Curious about some of the answers...
Hello All, sorry for the lateness, Will hang out for a bit, learn and hopefully have some impute.
A1) HMW design a fully integrated elementary curriculum w/ principles & Ss centered instctl methods?
I like to think of a library as a sanctuary. This makes me a sanctuary conductor....NO.... Sanctuary Designer Yep.
I like that one. principal learned school is a race for Ss. Sanctuary is gift.
Oh sorry- Yaimee from Princeton, NJ- 4th grade teacher
. Ss had choice to focus on characters from novel or on classmate; interesting solutions & degrees of empathy
A1 Started out the school year asking 5th graders "how might we design a space for deeper learning" https://t.co/oWDMaBzqwS
Q1 DT is about good Qs. What are the most interesting Qs you have asked or been asked in design challenges this year?
What were your favorite responses to redesigning classroom space?
“ starts with divergence, the deliberate attempt to expand the range of options rather than narrow them.”
A1) HMW bring DT to ? How bout ? This Sat ! w/
They made an art studio, outdoor learning space, and reading cafe, and a tinker lab
. we had some really interesting conversations about difference btw spaces we like vs spaces in which we feel safe
Every once in awhile I find myself in a chat that I just soak it in. Keep it coming !!
Joan, EdTech Dir & DT fan girl. A1 Design a reform environment for youthful offenders that works
great set up for classroom norms! https://t.co/UTpL7Jnuow
. we had some really interesting conversations about difference btw spaces we like vs spaces in which we feel safe
If only we would HIRE them more often. So many wonderful ideas.
Q2- What areas of schools should we apply DT to that we are not currently?
. respectful disagree: starts w & user needs; divergence VITAL to uncover solutions
A2 The best Ts are constantly living the process. we need more DT in lesson planning! https://t.co/Lz54o8Teiv
Q2- What areas of schools should we apply DT to that we are not currently?
Teach ancient civilizations to 6th G, I gotta PROVE why its important through its relevance. Hard connect to by S if no
. was interesting how Ss might thrill in a space full of friends & video games & music, but might feel safer alone
A2 school lunches and areas for relaxing.
A2 I would love to apply DT to communication at school
. gorgeous part of ? non-linear cycle! START anywhere so long as w user is center focus
HUGE!! https://t.co/WOCh71uUG3
. gorgeous part of ? non-linear cycle! START anywhere so long as w user is center focus
What would be the best place to start when applying DT to school communication? Parents? Staff? Students? Ideas?
why I love DT as a learning lens; HMW pose a design challenge t/t applies to both now & then? https://t.co/JSaElitY9E
Teach ancient civilizations to 6th G, I gotta PROVE why its important through its relevance. Hard connect to by S if no
A2: I would like admins to be more proactive in DT'ing solutions w/Ts re: Ss grades/discipline/engagement
Same. Need solution in my Schl for distributed web/social comm to parents/comm w/o putting too much on any 1 person
Geoff Cyr, K-5 Tech Integrator in midcoast Maine
Yes, using students at "user" to listen to addressing problems. https://t.co/FhslFPUjog
A2: I would like admins to be more proactive in DT'ing solutions w/Ts re: Ss grades/discipline/engagement
I've not been a part of many school dialogues involving DT used to direct district or school level curriculum especially w/ Ss.
Amen to that! Taught Ancient for years; always developed empathy for other cultures through their stories.
A2 I'd LOVE to see employed more freq by admin & faculties to solve problems rather than
All users (Ss who don't read email, a Parents frustrated by too little or too much, Ts same )😀 https://t.co/z1MWyBjNhE
What would be the best place to start when applying DT to school communication? Parents? Staff? Students? Ideas?
What if it were just plain interesting stories of interesting people?
Q4- Showcase time! What project(s) are you most proud of this year and why? Include pics if you can.
Taking a moment to bask in agreeing w me also https://t.co/uB6uQdMoS9
'Really agree with this. Empathy for students' experience, lens opens doors to versatile tchr responses.
I feel your pain. Love it! Yes!
I skipped Q3...lol No worries. We roll w/ 4 and Showcase
Dont think its enough tell a story. Need S to build context between yesterday and today.
did we go from Q3 - Q4 fast?
We had our students do this; they came up with some fantastic ideas!
A4 My favorite quote from S this year.."Design thinking helped me see what my mind can do."
A4 very proud of DT students interactive musical bulletin boards (fun and clever) https://t.co/3EyHIfqoA6
Q4- Showcase time! What project(s) are you most proud of this year and why? Include pics if you can.
OMG! That is so awesome. I absolutely love S designed food trucks.
I agree though though storytelling can be remarkable tool for doing so https://t.co/D8nkI3xafa
Dont think its enough tell a story. Need S to build context between yesterday and today.
Why not a design thinking challenge to create a School Launch Design Kit?
Come up with a way for school design plans to be funded into existence. Dream It, Design It … and find someone to get behind it.
Q5 - What challenges have you faced in design challenges this year?
So cool to know you are making that happen at MDI, Mark https://t.co/nDOyD044c0
Come up with a way for school design plans to be funded into existence. Dream It, Design It … and find someone to get behind it.
Forgive my question but what is HMW?
A5 did some PD when were given the problem-skipped some important steps and wrestled w what we sacrificed
A5: Bigger struggles w/fearful admin & Ts than Ss in DT projects. Sad :( Too chaotic for them.
Interesting. I need to explore more.
"Essential for some, good for all" https://t.co/4iA7NX6LX0
A4 Often ask myself, "why am I making this one adjustment for one Ss? why not available to all? https://t.co/2yJtEqcpNS
Q4 - How have you implemented or how could you implement Universal for Learning to meet more Students' needs?
Um... you're going to be helping us this weekend Dan!
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Q6- If you prototyped your own public school, what would you include?
A6 at HTH I often felt like we were a lab school-my fav component was teacher autonomy and collaboration https://t.co/C1URkb1wHr
Q6- If you prototyped your own public school, what would you include?
unusually slow night in land tonight; here's the thing: Twitter open 247!
A6 start w assessment via ; multiple pathways; driven curric https://t.co/ac4fLdRm96
Q6- If you prototyped your own public school, what would you include?
A3 Repurpose a portion of your school as a Design Lab where students worke side-by-side with the community to shape the future.
Yes! Hashtag is very active beyond the chat. Love exploring it & being grateful for the network.
A good reminder t/t we need more for one another as Ts; more convos abt why we teach https://t.co/Iq0pg3DybE
Imagine what it does to an educator to never explore or tweak 'larger design of their identity & efforts.What does teaching become?
Love this!! https://t.co/cSjKHcLJL5
A3 Repurpose a portion of your school as a Design Lab where students worke side-by-side with the community to shape the future.
A3 And that's where I was headed next! oodles of flexible & collaborative problem solving spaces
A6 PBL + + personalized pathways + LOTS of opptys
I followed you just to track your "no grade" experiment! https://t.co/RjViHGsT8g
maybe next year I will not use grades at all just a 1 or not yet there. I just don't the value in grades anymore or to even pretent
A6: Blended, online competency model w/expeditionary-based learning. Just such a school coming soon in Denver!
please keep me informed. I am an online teacher here in BC
love when teachers find the tools and time to engage in dt at the classroom level!
. Reminds me so much of radness does at
Doing this tomorrow with our "learning targets"! SOOO stealing this! https://t.co/g1HIexnBOU
A6: Have the Ss write/discuss what the standard means in their own words. Strong reflection for them.
Swinging thru to see who's in the pool. Great thing about here is there's always a few in the deep end. https://t.co/7XcN4lcl2g
unusually slow night in land tonight; here's the thing: Twitter open 247!
Any other questions from ya'll?
Thanks everyone for sharing and giving me some insight into DL. Night...
A6 food to table produced by Ss & Ts, advisories, design labs coupled w LMS for real time pacing, focus on learning process
little messy in the brain (and in the tweets) but glad I could participate in both and tonight
Thanks everyone! Have an awesome rest of the week! See ya'll next time. Same bat channel :)
Thanks for joining and sharing on
Why isn't there a crowdsourcing system for launching schools? Is that what XQ https://t.co/YllVhmzZ2F is orchestrating?
