How can we teach and practice design awareness? What happens when students can see their own design process?
Subject area: Design awareness, Design processes, Expert design, Reflection
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Fun, hands-on activities that also encourage reflection on the design-build process and teamwork dynamics!
Subject area: Teamwork, Design processes, Hands-on building, Reflection
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What do good designers do? How can we teach students about design behaviors and designing for good?
Subject area: Expert design, design awareness, design process
What design activities do we do in our daily life? Is design only traditional or engineering design?
Subject area: Understanding design
Activity type: Affinity grouping, Brainstorming, Discussion
Activity time: 35 minutes
How many models of design are out there in the world? How might we show students different ways of designing, beyond the few "standard" or traditional models?
Subject area: Understanding design, Data visualization, Design process, Reflection
Activity type: Discussion
Activity time: 25-30 minutes
What does design awareness look like? How can we encourage students to investigate their own work through the lens of design awareness?
Subject area: Design awareness, Design process, Reflection
Activity type: Discussion, Brainstorming
Activity time: 30 minutes
When we're designing for users, what does it mean to see different perspectives? How might we use art to understand and explain the idea of perspective?
Subject area: Understanding design, design awareness, reflection
Activity type: Brainstorming
Activity time: 60-70 minutes
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