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Hi all! Welcome to #caedchat! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. I'm Amanda, Digital Innovation TOSA in @CampbellUSD Excited to talk Design Thinking in Classrooms tonight
Hi! I'm Darren & I'm high school social studies teacher at @csdriverside. I think I just found my new Sunday night routine: finish all prep before this #caedchat so I can hit the sack early!
Welcome to #caedchat, where educators gather to share and collaborate!
Let’s all take a moment to introduce ourselves. Where are you from? What do you teach?
Rick Stevens from San Francisco Bay area. 25 year teaching and admin in K-12. Now consultant, coach and web designer. Always look forward to these Sunday chats #caedchat
#caedchat - Corey jumping in from Roseville, CA. Just got back from CLS Technology Conference in Monterey and excited to chat about Design thinking tonight.
Hi there! My name is Jodi and this whole chat thing is new to me including joining the Twitter world. I am a 5th grade teacher and look forward to being apart of this.#caedchat
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A1: In many ways I am very new to design thinking - at least as it is formally understood. I am working my way through the resources provided. Especially like the Atlantic article https://t.co/PeM05EAHkF#caedchat
It's a private school that will be using a completely online curriculum for 3rd-5th graders and up. We want to focus on multiple intelligences and use a blended learning model. #caedchat
Design Thinking is a problem solving process, similar to the engineering problem solving process, however it starts with empathy. Human centered design. #caedchat
A1: Design thinking is a process similar to what I use as a designer. It's looking a problem, researching it, collaborating, and developing solutions. There can be many solutions in design thinking, not just one. Always revising and not always settling for the 1st idea. #caedchat
A1:DT is like the engineering process in that is aims to solve problems through iteration, but DT always begins with seeing a human need and wanting to help. #caedchat
A1 My only experience with design thinking is with some new NGSS outlines and Project Lead The Way - Design and Modeling curriculum. Love to learn more about it, because I probably do it already & just don’t know it.
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Yes! Sometimes it’s about discovering the problem. We often find ourselves solving the wrong problem because we skip the empathy and need finding. #caedchat
A2 This is one of my favorite parts of DT because it reframed a problem into an opportunity. It changes our frame in how we view things that bug us. #caedchat
I'm reminded of a teacher who sought to identify why her class was out of control and why certain students were doing poorly, after lengthy research, she came to the conclusion that the problem was her. #caedchat
A2 - I allow my students 20% time to pursue an innovative solution to an everyday problem. I want to encourage students to seek out opportunities to learn rather than sit back and wait for answers.
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When she went to her principal, the principal said, "No, it's the fact that you have critical mass negativity."--meaning too many like-minded negative students in her class. Had they been in separate classes that quarter, they would've performed better academically. #caedchat
Yes, in DT we often call this need finding. It includes analyzing our own perceptions and stereotypes as we dig in and interview and ask others for their perceptions and needs around a problem. #caedchat
A2: Getting them to be more mindful by "teaching" them to really observe their surroundings and not just that but more so the people and what they're doing or not doing. In other words learning to be a "people watcher". #caedchat
A2: Teaching students to think thoughtfully about their process and synthesize information they learn to design a problem. You can teach them to build something new from what they have learned. #caedchat
A2: From my perspective being an 'opportunity seeker' is is part of being an 'inquiry based' learner. Having curiosity, asking questions, formulating hypotheses, proposing designs and solutions to issues #caedchat
A2:Students can seek out what the problem is by doing research and seeing where the most help might be needed and go from there. Being observant. #caedchat
A2: Instead of asking students what problem they would like to solve we can ask them to discover how they want to use the things they are passionate about to help others #caedchat
A2: My students use thinking routines to create “wonder” questions that they spend the day attempting to answer. The answers can become the solutions with development. #caedchat
A2 Helping students imagine the world from different perspectives and circumstances. Aiding them in envisioning issues others face. I could see a lesson using this website to spark DT. https://t.co/fSHrpj9AAJ#caedchat
A3: In Social Studies there are no shortage of past decisions we can study. Ss can break down the world’s watershed moments and “re-decide” the past. #caedchat
A3: it is important for Ts to provide opportunities for Ss to learn how other people /cultures see and interact with the world. This develops empathy #caedchat
A3: One way to develop empathy is giving Ss opportunities to actually talk to & learn from the ppl they're designing for. And tech makes it even easier for us to connect Ss w/others #caedchat
A3: frequent experiences to empathize. I started the year with a Sesame Street video for the littles and group discussions of their shared experiences. #littlesliketoshare#caedchat
A3:Showing our students empathy by introducing them to the real world and what's happening around them. Possibly service projects and how we teach the curriculum. If they see us model empathy they will begin to develop it. #caedchat
A3: Encouraging students to look at things from another's perspective and come outside of their world for a moment. Could be done through PBL, too.
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A3: Empathy was our character trait focus a couple of months ago... we talked about different emotions, shared our struggles/victories, and found commonality amongst our classroom community. #caedchat
A3: frequent experiences to empathize. I started the year with a Sesame Street video for the littles and group discussions of their shared experiences. #littlesliketoshare#caedchat
A3: In Social Studies there are no shortage of past decisions we can study. Ss can break down the world’s watershed moments and “re-decide” the past. #caedchat
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A3:Viewing and talking about art/ music lyrics helps students verbalize and develop an understanding of the human experience which in turn develops empathy. #caedchat
A3 Literature with diverse characters and settings helps students to connect and feel empathy-even if they are fictional! Also giving kids time to share and discuss problems #caedchat
A3 acknowledgement of everyday scenarios at school that could use a little more empathy to improve School culture. It will help Ss make real life connections as they find solutions for others #caedchat
Reminds me of when we did a roleplay of WW2 in my 9th grade history class as a student. It made you think about how your decisions would impact history. I was in the Japan group, trying to win this war like no other! But, alas, we all know what happened! #caedchat
A3: The use of well chosen literature can support student #empathy. Literature like "To Kill a Mockingbird" explores how to walk in the metaphoric shoes of another. #caedchat
Just thinking back on it now, though, I was able to see the impact of decisions made during that time period and how it affected so many people. #caedchat
A4: After watching the @MLTSfilm a couple of years ago, I try to approach lessons from a PBL perspective. I give students choices and freedoms to express their learning in the way they see fit and encourage them to take risks. #caedchat
A4: Modeling that failing is OK! FAIL = First Attempt In Learning! But as @CorinneTakara points out, we don't celebrate failing. It should be encouraged as an opportunity to pivot towards eventually succeeding. #caedchat
A4: Taking risks is apart of life. The students have to learn that the risk they take may lead to failure and that's ok. We all make mistakes in life, but we learn and try to make it better. Telling our students no one is perfect. #caedchat
A4: I’m not a fan of referring to that process as risk taking. I think we need to teach children that doing something over and over again or looking at something in a different way and responding differently each time is healthy and productive instead #caedchat
I like that you point out that failure is a part of the process, not the end point. DT is an iterative process-- take our failure and redesign, retest, etc. #caedchat
A4 First, teachers need to be risk takers themselves, staying curious and open-minded. That requires a leadership team who trusts the teachers ;) #caedchat
A4: The more we move away from the domination of "one right answer," and we start to accept multiple answers and approaches, the greater the chance that we support "risk taking." #caedchat
A4 by letting go as a Tt and stepping back, not micromanaging every every thought, sound, movement and action inspired by their own curiosity. Sit back observe and encourage! You’ll help Ss learn 2 trust their instinct #CAedchat
A4: again, modeling is key! risk-taking/prototyping culture needs to be nurtured & practiced regularly improv and play is great way to do that. Practice when stakes are low. #caedchat#dtk12chat
A4 Sometimes it’s a risk to just share an idea or ask for feedback. We need to build the creative confidence in our students so they have skills for taking a risk. #caedchat A great tool is improv. https://t.co/tKJhGPvUVy
A4: I used to enforce "brainstorm rules." We would propose an open ended question. Students would propose answers; and they we recorded on chart or SmartBoard. The "rule" was that no one could criticize another's answer. It led to greater "risk taking." #caedchat
A5: Leading by example is key. Sharing mistakes, embracing perseverance, allowing do-overs, and discovering the power of yet. We must be deliberate and intentional. #caedchat
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A4 I let Ss explain different ways of thinking and encourage the, to give each other constructive feedback. It takes a while to establish this attitude. #caedchat
A4: I like 2 use the word “opportunity” in lieu of “failure.” Modeling a growth mindset by embracing errors (e.g., crossing out our mistakes instead of erasing them on the board; Saying, “Thank you!” when we are called out on them & saying, “Let’s look that up!” ) #caedchat
A5: Need to give my learners more control over what happens in class. What do they want to study? What questions do they want to answer? What problems do they want to solve? #caedchat
Improv is definitely great for developing risk-taking culture! @kamithor has def pushed me out of my comfort zone & now I actually enjoy our improv games ;) #caedchat
A5: Less T talk more S talk. Overtly teaching Ss how to colllaborate. Becoming experts at asking and answering ?s. Providing many opportunities for Ss to create not always consume. Move away from task completion mode to meaning making mode #caedchat
A5 Empowering students. Ss must own the learning, ask better questions, feel like they can weave their own interests into what’s being studied, follow those threads to authentic discoveries. #caedchat
A5 The classroom becomes a learning lab, including wonder walls with post its filled with comments, questions, facts, connections. It can get messy. Teachers have to have the overview and ask back. #caedchat
A5 I would even say it requires more efficient classroom management to enable creative thinking processes to grow or to redirect them in a meaningful way. #caedchat
A5: You have to be willing to let go of the teaching reigns a bit so that the students can begin the Design Thinking process amongst themselves and collaborate. #caedchat
A5: One major recent shift in my classroom design has been #flexibleseating. Ss are able to work in collaborative groups and move to independent work places around the room. #caedchat
A5: Breaking away fr the sage on the stage mentality & giving students more opportunities 2 use their critical thinking. Ts need 2 be OK w/a messy classroom & not knowing where the learning exp w/take them. If this design is used, it will be multidisciplinary for sure! #caedchat
Defer judgment. Just like what u were doing. Often we need that as a reminder for our criticism and judgment of our own ideas more than others. ;) #caedchat
Thanks, Amanda, for leading a great #caedchat this evening! Love working with this creative and amazing teacher leader! Next year will be amazing as we build something new @CampbellCSI
