I want to…

look ahead

develop a clear plan

Ewan McIntosh at TEDxLondon. In this talk, hybrid teacher/investor Ewan McIntosh shows how really using the design thinking model requires a shift in teacher behavior to “get out of the way” and allow students to find solutions to relevant challenges.

esign Thinking for Independent School Educators.” This webinar by Leading is Learning co-founder Greg Bamford provides a 100-level introduction to design thinking and why is matters in the independent school environment. Design Thinking in Education. This partnership between IDEO and Riverdale Country Day School (NY) focuses on how design thinking is used in schools, often to help schools solve problems about where they should go, what they should do. It includes case studies and nice short videos about educators using design thinking here. The Stanford d. school K-12 Wiki has a range of resources for K-12 educators. Stanford REDLab (Design and Education) has scholarly articles on design thinking and education, videos, and a few models of design thinking units in middle school math and high school science here. The Nueva School in northern California, a K-8 independent school, is a national leader in using Design Thinking. Information on their curriculum and iLab facility is here.