Design Thinking: Problem Solving with Purpose

Feeling Accomplished

April 1, 2017April 1, 2017Blog Editor

Unsure of how our partners at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance would receive our proposals this morning, we made some final touches and prepared our presentations for our 9:30 am meeting at their office. At 8:30, everyone packed up their prototypes and rushed to the bus as rain drizzled down. Once on site, we enjoyed a light breakfast...

Final Touches to our Prototype Designs

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017Blog Editor

The day was kicked off with a breakfast of waffles, cookies, and juice courtesy of Hannah. Following that, we began a lab in which we drew and created different objects that spoke for themselves without needing further explanation: a watch using only one Post-It, a shopping app using only 3 Post-Its, and a campsite using...

Prototype Presentations, Pines, and Pizza

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017Blog Editor

Today we started off the day by enjoying the donuts that Cameron had brought while finalizing our video prototypes to present to the Pinelands Preservation Association. In the foggy mist, we boarded the bus to get to the Pinelands. We presented our ideas to Mr. Howell, who provided valuable feedback essential to the Design...

Going DEEPer into Design Thinking through Prototyping

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017Blog Editor

The Design Thinkers started out the day by enjoying a bounty of beautiful bagels for breakfast to get started and energized. After that, the groups reviewed their work from the day prior on their MoVE worksheets, analyzing their “what if … ” questions and the task at hand. Building off that, the students presented their...

Going DEEP in the woods

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017Blog Editor

Today the Design Thinking group was down a member: Andrew Rowan. He will return on Wednesday, though! Yay! After mourning the loss of our award-winning blogger, we spent our morning eating donuts, among other activities. We began our “Spark” with a storytelling exercise, and we soon were placed in our design groups for the...

Discovering Design Thinking

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017Blog Editor

We started our morning learning about Design Thinking and how to use the process when applying it to a issue in our school community. “Spark” was an interactive ice breaker to get us on our feet and talking to one another. First, we created a secret handshake with someone in the room. Second, we...