intro to design thinking for youth development practitioners
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Michele Martin, The Bamboo Project
Service Learning
Service Learning Standards
• Youth Voice
• Meaningful Service
• Link to Curriculum
• Reflection
• Diversity
• Partnerships
• Progress Monitoring
Design Thinking. . .
• Informs and reinforces service learning process and standards.
• Teaches key workplace and emotional intelligence skills.
• Reinforces the ActReflect cycle of learning.
• Empowers young people!
How might we . . .
Engage students in their
own learning? Build resilience & healthy
risk-taking?
Empathy
Stories & Sense-making
Critical Thinking
Relevance & Resilience
Prepare for this world
How might we . . .
Imagine If . . .
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Today
• Intro to Design Thinking Process
• Design Thinking Mindsets
• “How might we . . .”
Improve the
Morning Experience
Problem-Solving Approach
The Design Approach
Improve your
Partner’s Experience
Interviews
DO
• Ask open-ended questions– “Tell me about. . .”
– “Can you say more?”
– “And then what happened?”
• Probe for emotions and insights
• LISTEN!
Don’t
• Ask “leading questions”– “Tell me about what’s wrong
with your morning commute”
• Make judgments– “That sounds terrible!”
Point-of-view
Denise needs a way to wake up gently in the morning because she feels more invigorated and ready to greet the day when she isn’t jarred awake from sleep.
What happened?
“How might we. . .”
• Divide into groups by mindset.
• Brainstorm ideas for your “How might we” question.
• Post 3-5 ideas you want to try, along with how you want to test and what you would look for.
Gallery Walk
I like. . .
I wonder. . .
I’d like to try. . .
Take it Home!
Find more at . . .
http://www.michelemmartin.com/design_thinking_for_youth/