WHAT TO EXPECT:
In this fully asynchronous course, Creating Student Design Challenges, Part 1, Construct's very own Teacher Delight Specialist, Erin Bray, takes you through the first three phases of Student Design Challenges: Discover; Analyze and Define; and Generate Ideas as well as a complete Rapid Design Cycle.
We’ve designed this course to be completed in 3-5 hours a week, over an average of 9-15 weeks for a total of 45 hours.
At the conclusion of the course, you’ll have the know-how to lead your students through the first- and the hardest -- phases of Human-centered, student-led Design Challenges.
Included with this course is access to the complete curriculum toolkit for the Electric Transportation Design Challenge. Your toolkit includes instructions for the last phases of a Challenge: Protoyping, Testing, and Pitching solutions.
To experience a deep dive into the final phases of a Challenge, you’re invited to complete our second course in the series: Creating Student Design Challenges, Part 2 - enrollment opens November, 2022.
Inspiration and Learning with Design Challenges
Giselle McKenzie, middle school educator (see: superhero) and Design Challenge facilitator discusses the teacher and student experience during her first Challenge.
Hear from fellow educators how Design Challenges can Transform the Student Experience
Creative Confidence and Engaging Every Learner
Build creative confidence and reach the hard to engage learner -- and that includes both students AND teachers!
Preview Curriculum
- Module 1, Video 1 - Introduction to the Work (3:44)
- Self Assessment Survey - Round 1
- Module 1, Video 2 - The Pedagogy (2:35)
- Rapid Design Cycle, Video 1 - Build Empathy in Discovery (6:16)
- Rapid Design Cycle Video 2 - Analyze, Define, and Generate Ideas (23:37)
- Rapid Design Cycle Video 3 - Prototype and Test your Ideas (13:11)
- Homework: Challenge Planning Guide
- Homework: Mindset
- Check Your Understanding Quiz - Module 1
- Learning Reflection - Self-Assessment
- Module 3, Video 1 - Thinking about Research & Systems (3:50)
- Activity 1 - Interview a Lunch Program Subject Matter Expert
- Activity 2 - Create a Cause and Effect Map re: The Lunchroom Experience
- Module 3 - Video 2 - Secondary Research and Stakeholders (2:21)
- Activity 3 - Secondary Research Items re: School-based Lunch
- Activity 4 - Stakeholder mapping (3:53)
- Homework: Identify Subject Matter Experts for your Challenge
- Homework: Create a Cause and Effect Map for your Challenge
- Homework: Build a Stakeholder Map for your Challenge
- Check Your Understanding Quiz - Module 3
- Learning Reflection
- Module 4 - Video 1 (1:48)
- Activity 1 - Rose, Thorn, Bud (2:29)
- Module 4, Video 2 (1:27)
- Synthesis Video (3:31)
- Activity 2 - Clusters, Themes, and Drawing out Insights/Hunches
- Put it all together Activity-- Create a Problem-framing Pitch! (5:00)
- Homework: Use Rose, Thorn, Bub on your own Challenge!
- Homework: Synthesize the data from Rose, Thorn, Bud for your own Challenge
- Check your Understanding Quiz - Module 4
- Homework: Learning Reflection
- Module 5, Video 1 - GENERATING IDEAS!!! WOOT! (1:25)
- The How and the Why of How Might We ??s (3:46)
- Module 5, Video 2 - BEFORE you Brainstorm... (3:35)
- Video - Brainstorming logistics (5:07)
- Module 5, Video 3 - It's Brainstorming Time!! (0:24)
- Module 5, Video 4 - Focusing on Concept Selection (0:48)
- Concept Selection Tool - Presenting the Idea Prioritization Grid (7:11)
- Concept Mapping Tool (1:46)
- Module 5, Video 5 - Wrap up Phase 3 AND Part 1 of this course! (1:54)
- Self-Assessment Survey - Round 2
- Check your Understanding Quiz - Module 5
- Homework: Create a Lesson Plan for your Challenge
- Homework: Reflection on running a Brainstorming Session
Your Coach!
Erin Bray
Meet a Design Education dynamo! After 10 years as a public high school language arts teacher, Erin understands that teachers are our most critical asset in the education eco-system—and that growing your practice using design methods can unleash a culture of innovation on your campus.
A proven curriculum and experience designer, Erin pairs her expertise with a deeply-held mission to elevate voices from a multitude of intersectional identities across the education landscape.
Erin has inspired a community of students and educators. Her contagious enthusiasm is focused on building your creative confidence, and activating and delivering student-led learning experiences that prepare young people for success in our rapidly changing world.
With Design Challenges like the Future of Learning, Equitable Schools, Health and Wellness, and Transportation, students have investigated systemic, real-world problems and created new and novel solutions to those problems.
Erin holds a BA and teaching certificate from Whitman College, with a Masters in Curriculum & Instruction from PSU.
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