VIDEO 1: Imagine if... (Inspiration)

PRE-ASSESS: What do you already know about Design Thinking?

Please answer the questions on the Google Form assigned to you in your Google Classroom.  This is an ungraded pre-assessment created to get you thinking about what you may already know or think you know about Design Thinking.  Below is a preview of this form.  

VIDEO 2: What is the DESIGN THINKING PROCESS?  

Watch and respond to the Edpuzzle video, which is previewed below.  You will have access to this very same Edpuzzle through your Google Classroom.  Your responses will be graded.

VIDEO 3:  Kids + Empathy = Change

Check out how these children set about solving a problem using DESIGN PROCESS THINKING, and they did it so naturally!

Reading 1: Taking Notes About the Process

Read and take notes as you read the text embedded below. Use your ELA notebook for this. Notes should include answers to the following questions for each stage of the 5-stage process: 
  1. What is the stage (define it)?
  2. ​Why is it important?
IMPORTANT! If you cannot access the document embedded above, use this link to access it:
https://web.stanford.edu/~mshanks/MichaelShanks/files/509554.pdf​

Innovation Journal #1

Below is a sample of Innovation Journal #1, the Empathy Map.  You have your own copy shared with you in your Google Classroom.

Innovation Journal #2

As we have done so far, below is a reference copy of the journal (in the form of a slideshow) you will have assigned to you through your Google Classroom.