Supporting slides for an introductory presentation on Design Thinking to Saanich Middle school teachers

1. Thinking about Design
Thinking
Lisa Read
Information Technology Coordinator
SD79 (Cowichan)

2. The Gift of ADST
Realized we needed trades
Realized we needed tech
no longer stream Vocational vs Academic
now stream by “this is what we all need to be doing”

3. • Empathy (Person Social Identity)
• Definition (Critical Thinking)
• Ideation (Creative Thinking)
• Prototype (Creative/Critical)
• Test/Retest/Reflect (Communication)
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h as in business and social contexts. Design thinking in business uses the designer's sensibility and metho

6. Kids DT

11. DSAC

17. https://dschool.stanford.edu
chool for resources, opportunities to learn and the history of their D

18. • THERE IS NO ONE WAY TO Design Think.
• Honour the 5 pillars- Empathize, Define, Ideate,
Prototype, Test.
• APPLY DT TO ANY SITUATION
• USE DT TO BUILD… a better mousetrap, a solution
to a problem, a conceptual design, a metaphor, or
as a means to an end… to build collaboration.

19. **Coding is just another way to tell a story**