Program

Our structure follows the steps as put forth by Stanford's Design School, one of the original proponents of design thinking. The 4-person teams of policy makers, educators, students, and designers will go back and forth between learning about the process and putting their newfound knowledge to creative use!

Design Thinking


Design thinking is a human - centered approach to innovation that draw's from a designer's toolkit

EMPATHIZE

DEFINE

IDEATE

PROTOTYPE

TEST

Flow of Events

MENTOR INPUT

YOUR INPUT

0. Keynote: MA Secretary
of Education Matthew Malone
1. What is Design Thinking?
2. Ice Breaker: Team Finding
3. Experts & Case Brief Intros
4. Problem Identification
5. Mentor Interviews
6. Brainstorming & Sharing
7. Phrase the Challenge
8. Research
9. Observe vs. Interpret
10. Idea Refinement
11. Participatory Co-Design
12. User Input
13. Innovation 2x2
14. Prototyping Demos (like, real life materials!)
15. Implementation Timeline
16. User Testing
17. Holistic Impact Assessment
18. Refined Prototyping
19. Final Presentations
20. Final Evaluations