The document contains a list of 50 ideas for improving design education. Some of the ideas proposed include: simulating real-life scenarios for at least one year using a virtual world simulation, creating an "adopt your pregraduate" program where professionals mentor and assist students, and providing funding for new graduates to start their own company and take on real projects to gain practical experience. The ideas range from integrating more work experience into the curriculum to assessing students based on professional evaluations of their work. The author identifies their top three favorites which focus on hands-on learning through simulations, mentorship programs, and funding student businesses.

1. DESIGN THINKING
Erick Sosa
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2. MY 50 IDEAS …. SOME GREAT, SOME
OTHER VERY SILLY :O) 1-10
1. Work as an intern before studying
2. Include an internship as part of the work.
3. Teachers with real life experience
4. Include visits to companies
5. Run a simulation for at least one year in second life (Simms)
6. Social work to promote their designs
7. Take courses of entrepreneurship
8. Shadowing other graduates
9. Present real life cases in an scenario
10. Shadow teachers

3. MY 50 IDEAS …. SOME GREAT, SOME
OTHER VERY SILLY :O) 11-20
11. Simulate real life scenarios in class
12. Make visits with companies to investigate how they work
13. Submit work for other companies evaluations not only teachers.
14. Work business case for each work not only designs
15. Include a sales presentation for each work that they do
16. Submit their work to social networks
17. If you are a graduate, you have to make some parenting with the new ones to teach
how you work.
18. Implement, a "bring your graduate to work" day in all the design studios so new
graduates can go an learn on the job.
19. Present business cases before a professional panels
20. Involve in the national plan of the country and see how they can help with their ideas
and solutions to real life problems

4. MY 50 IDEAS …. SOME GREAT, SOME
OTHER VERY SILLY :O) 21-30
21. Apart one semester just to invite professionals to leverage their feedback
22. Stop of being so theorical and start practicing before end of career
23. Give a bunch of money and 10 months to build their own building and sell it
24. Create a law that force companies to accept new graduates
25. Build your own house with your budget and be evaluated in time, budget, etc.
26. Work for free six months before graduate
27. Not only study but also work part time since the beginning of the work
28. The university must create a design study and give a formal employment to each
student.
29. Participate in at least one concourse annually
30. Hire a prestigious firm and give the student a bunch of money to build their own
project

5. MY 50 IDEAS …. SOME GREAT, SOME
OTHER VERY SILLY :O) 31-40
31. Create an study as part of their graduate requisites
32. Each parent must give money to the pre graduate to run his own company
33. An "adopt your pregraduate" program, each professional must adopt a pre graduate and take
him to the real world to learn how to work, the government can facilitate the program and
exonerate some taxes.
34. Create a game on Facebook where you simulate to be a professional and sell your services
35. Don’t study, just work, and receive classes on the office
36. Work part time and pay the university with credits and sales generations in your own company.
37. Create a program for worker exchange between countries, so you can help to supply the
demand generated in other countries.
38. Run your career as an employee in a company, with a P&L and show results to your
stakeholders, so you can learn how to manage a business since the very beginning.
39. Accept and student in the career, only if he already took a six month of internship and is sure
about the career.
40. Study three days and work two of any given week

6. MY 50 IDEAS …. SOME GREAT, SOME
OTHER VERY SILLY :O) 41-50
41. Give to the students several real cases to present since the first year.
42. Participate in an student exchange between universities and companies to learn from many
disciplines.
43. If you are a professional, you have to participate in chalk talks to students at least every three
months in order to get your license as professional.
44. Alternate on year student, the next year working, and so for.
45. Shadow a company for at least two years as part of the graduation process
46. Involve in local projects with the government as freelancer before graduate.
47. Choose the area of specialization at the very beginning of the career and participate in one
project by year related with that specialties.
48. Simulate real life experiences in the class and be evaluated by professionals, teachers and other
students.
49. If you are part of the university, you must give chalk talks about how to move to the work force
50. Develop your own portfolio during your career and be prepared to present it at the end of your
career before graduate.

7. MY FAVORITES
My three favorites solutions

8. RUN A SIMULATION FOR ONE YEAR
(AT LEAST)
• There are many programs that simulate real life now like
www.secondlife.com; the idea, is that the student must create a person in
this “world” that simulate a pregraduate student (architecture). This person
must survive and create some branding around his name to learn how the
things in the real world can be.
• You are going to be evaluated by income, prestige and by the type of work
you are doing

9. “ADOPT YOUR PREGRADUATE”
PROGRAM
• The idea is that every professional in the country can adopt a pregraduate
as his assistant for six months at least. With this, the student can learn some
abilities, tips and tricks about the job in the real world.
• If you are a professional and adopt an student, the government can give
you, as gratitude, a redemption of taxes.
(not exactly like this type of
goodfather but you got the
idea  )

10. GIVE MONEY TO THE NEW GRADUATES
TO START HIS OWN COMPANY AND
GIVE THEM A REAL PROJECT
• If you are a pregraduate student, you can apply for a bucket of money to
start your own company with your fellows and receive a real project to start
working on that as soon as possible.
• You have one year to show some results or the money, instead of
investment, can turn into a loan and you have to pay for that, no charity.