Design Thinking & Innovation

To support Kelvin and young innovators like him, please visit http://www.crowdrise.com/InnovateSalone 15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in...

In the first post of this series, I shared my biggest fear as an educator (being ineffective and my students not caring about learning). We looked at the role choice, inquiry, and ownership play -- in

Brainstorming was broken in my classroom, so here's the process I developed to fix it. If you found this video helpful, please feel free to subscribe to the ...

Librarians have been thinking long and hard about how to help redefine the “Bird Reports.” We help far too many students in the library locate information on subjects the student neither cares about nor really has an understanding of the... Read More ›

Tim Brown says the design profession has a bigger role to play than just creating nifty, fashionable little objects. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory 'design thinking' -- starting with the example of 19th-century design thinker Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Presenter: John Spencer How can we get students engaged as critical thinkers, creators and makers? Learn about design thinking and how the LAUNCH cycle can b...

Within the design thinking model, individual learning styles can be validated through a project based learning experience. The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires inspired our introduction lesson to design thinking. Read on to see how you can do the same with your students.

Design thinking and PBL can bridge what we know and how we innovate. Try combining these two practices as an instructional framework for teaching 21st-century skills.

This lesson aims to introduce students at the top of the K-12 ladder to the concept of Design Thinking via Common Core Literacy Standards recently introduced

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Design Thinking is a mindset. Design Thinking is the confidence that everyone can be part of creating a more desirable future, and a process to take action when faced with a difficult challenge. That kind of optimism is well needed in education.

Includes lesson ideas and reproducible organizers.

Practical tools to trigger & support social innovation. Toolkit designed for development practitioners to invent, adopt or adapt ideas that can deliver.

As the Maker Movement has begun to gain traction in schools, it has also commonly found itself relegated to live in quarantined spaces in the back of

Resources shared for companies, however the principles mat be used for studehts also.

This is an online version of one of our most frequently sought after
introductory learning experiences. Using a video, worksheets, and
facilitation tips we will take you step by step through the process of
hosting or participating in a 90 minute design challenge.

David Jakes' proceess with aligned skills.

Thinking Routines from Harvards Project Zero.

Blogger Suzie Boss describes how design thinking offers a perfect vehicle for connecting students with their community.

You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it. ? Albert EinsteinAssessmentThe test scores are out again. And once again, American kids...

This one goes out to all the heroes - the kids and the grownups who are doing extraordinary things to make the world more awesome. Who is your hero? Share th...