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Design thinking in education has a massive hole in it: the skills that other designers universally…

This is not another article looking to take down a trend in education. No. This is a statement of how much further a great idea is still…

Apr 2, 2019

Design thinking in education has a massive hole in it: the skills that other designers universally…

Apr 2, 2019

Jim Ellis

Design Curb Cuts to Help All of Your Students

Curb cuts are the gentle sloping edges to sidewalks that are now ubiquitous across the country and all over the world. Yet, there was a…

Mar 6, 2019

Design Curb Cuts to Help All of Your Students

Mar 6, 2019

Jim Ellis

The Greatest Consumer of Student Data Are the Students Themselves

“Data and pizza are the two ultimate motivators for students. They work every time.” -David Hubalik

Feb 27, 2019

The Greatest Consumer of Student Data Are the Students Themselves

Feb 27, 2019

Jim Ellis

Step 6 of the Design Process Improve Your Design (Iterations, Iterations, Iterations)

Kaizen is the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement and the western trend of Design Thinking (Step 6) of Iterating aligns quite…

Feb 19, 2019

Step 6 of the Design Process Improve Your Design (Iterations, Iterations, Iterations)

Feb 19, 2019

Jim Ellis

Step 5 of the Design Process: Solicit Feedback (closed loop systems)

Is it dry enough yet? No… Is it dry enough yet? No… Is it dry enough yet? Yes. End Cycle

Feb 10, 2019

Step 5 of the Design Process: Solicit Feedback (closed loop systems)

Feb 10, 2019

Jim Ellis

Step 4 of The Design Process: Develop Solutions (Prototyping)

In the schools I’ve worked and have been given real agency to make decisions, between one and 5 meetings are usually set aside for the…

Feb 9, 2019

Step 4 of The Design Process: Develop Solutions (Prototyping)

Feb 9, 2019

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Design In Education

Step Three of the Design Process: Brainstorm

After a diligent and timely process to understand the problem (Step 1) and to collect information as a self-study (Step 2), you are now…

Jan 30, 2019

Step Three of the Design Process: Brainstorm

Jan 30, 2019

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Design In Education

Step 2 of The Design Process: Collecting Information

The second step in many design processes is to research, collect information, and to more deeply understand the internal product/system to…

Jan 25, 2019

Step 2 of The Design Process: Collecting Information

Jan 25, 2019

Jim Ellis

Step One of the Design Process: Verification vs. Validation

Step One of the Design Process is to Define the Problem. Understanding and leveraging validation over verification may be a much greater…

Jan 18, 2019

Step One of the Design Process: Verification vs. Validation

Jan 18, 2019

Jim Ellis

A New Universal Design in Education

To understand what Universal Design is and where it comes from is to realize how limited the scope it has on education, even with Design…

Jan 11, 2019

A New Universal Design in Education

Jan 11, 2019

Jim Ellis

Jim Ellis

@skooldesign — Trying to answer how designing in education may develop. Math Teacher / Presenter / Consultant. Design Thinking and beyond.

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