Our goal for our last day was to finalize our vision for the product Over the past 24 hours, we ran two quick tests to get feedback on our product idea. …

Day 8 and 9 of our Digital Divide design sprint was spent honing in on our prototype and getting ready to test it with users. 1. Defining our prototype We spent the first part of Day 8 further defining the prototype for the solution we have chosen: crowdfunding people’s telephone and Wi-Fi bills. We…

Day 7 of our Digital Divide design sprint was spent narrowing in on a solution idea to prototype and learning the basics of coding and web development. First, we looked at the ideas we had brainstormed the day before and chose the ideas we were most interested in testing. We selected these ideas for their marketability and feasibility. Based on this analysis, we chose to prototype crowdfunding people’s telephone and Wi-Fi bills.

A new week means a new focus for our design sprint! Last week, we explored the problems that the digital divide causes in our communities. This week we will spend time designing solutions to those problems. 1. Brainstorming solutions We spent the first half of the session brainstorming solutions to the four problems…

Day 5 of our Digital Divide design sprint with the Hub was spent prioritizing the problems we want to address and conducting a team retrospective on the past week. We opened the session sharing some of our favorite song lyrics. …

Day 4 of our Digital Divide design sprint the Harlem Youth Opportunity Hub was spent analyzing our user research to find learnings. We spent the previous day interviewing community members about their experience of the digital divide. …

Day 3 of our Digital Divide design sprint with the Hub was all about user interviews. We started with reviewing the interview guide we had drafted the day before. We were reminded of our goal — to learn about how the digital divide affects people in our community. We practiced interviewing each other and gave each other feedback on how to be more effective interviewers. We interviewed Malik, Tine, Jada, and Jenny.

Day 2 of our design sprint on the Digital Divide was spent building community and trust among our team and learning about user research. 1. Our shared values and community agreements We started off by sharing two words that describe us at our best. Words we shared were “Fun”, “Passion”, “Caring”, “Focus”, “Love”, “Honesty”, “Kind”. Then, we…

Today we kicked off our design sprint on the Digital Divide with six participants from the Harlem Youth Opportunity Hub. We started off by introducing ourselves and getting to know all the members of our new team. Once we had settled in, we explained the goal our team would be…