Design Thinking in Play
An Action Guide for Educators
Alyssa Gallagher, Kami Thordarson
- 166 pages
- English
- PDF
- Disponible sur iOS et Android
Design Thinking in Play
An Action Guide for Educators
Alyssa Gallagher, Kami Thordarson
Ă propos de ce livre
Design thinking is a person-centered, problem-solving process that's a go-to for innovative businesses and gaining traction with school leaders interested in positive change. But understanding design thinking is one thing; actually putting it in play is something else.
Authors Alyssa Gallagher and Kami Thordarson offer educators a practical guide for navigating design thinking's invigorating challenges and reaping its considerable rewards. They dig deep into the five-stage design thinking process, highlighting risk factors and recommending specific steps to keep you moving forward. The 25 downloadable and reproducible tools provide prompts and supports that will help you and your team
âąIdentify change opportunities.
âąDig deeper into complex problems.
âąAnalyze topics to isolate specific challenges.
âąConnect with and solve for user needs.
âąApply what you've learned about users to design challenges.
âąMaximize brainstorming power.
âąCreate and employ solution prototypes.
âąPitch solutions and secure buy-in from stakeholders.
âąOrganize and analyze user feedback.
âąMap out a solution's specific actions and resource requirements.
Design Thinking in Play is a must-have for education leaders who are tired of waiting for someone else to solve their problems and ready to take action, have fun, and leverage collective insight to figure out what will really work for their school, their colleagues, and their students.