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Designing School: From Trust to Transformation With Design Thinking |
Participate and share : Poster
Sabba Quidwai
Challenging traditional practices and designing school for today’s learners requires creativity, risk-taking and collaboration. In this session, we’ll discuss how design thinking strategies can be used to create and nurture the culture of trust and safety required between administrators and teachers to launch and generate results from innovation initiatives.
| Audience: | Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Principals/head teachers, Teachers |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices not needed |
| Topic: | Leadership |
| ISTE Standards: | For Education Leaders: Visionary Planner
Collaborator
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Participants will be able to articulate the relationship between trust, vulnerability, and creativity
Participants will be able to facilitate design thinking strategies that foster collaboration practices that are inclusive
Participants will analyze how design thinking practices can be used to create and scale a culture of innovation
Participants will identify a scenario where they will utilize the strategies learned within the next month
Introduction (10m)
- participants will examine their personal relationship with risk taking and creativity
Research Story (20m)
Presenter will share outcomes from a research study at Design39 Campus in San Diego, where teachers used design thinking practices to break the silos and collaborate to scale innovation.
Activity (15m)
Participants will engage in a design thinking exercise that fosters trust amongst teams. In this activity they will choose a particular initiative they are working on and share their intentions, concerns, boundaries, and dreams.
Debrief and Closing (10m)
During the debrief we will discuss how this can be applied to their setting.
Participants will identify where they can introduce this practice when they return to their site.
Erik Brynjolfsson, co-author of The Second Machine Age in conversation with Sabba about the value of design thinking for reinventing education
https://askmsq.com/blog-home/reinventing-education-for-the-second-machine-age
Articles written by presenter on the topic
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2020/11/28/i-could-never-do-this-alone-collaboration-trust-and-human-centered-design-at-design39/
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2020/12/18/building-trust-through-design-thinking/
Research Study led by presenter
https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1WZJ0NH?WS=SearchResults
Sabba believes that cultures of innovation begin with a culture of empathy. She works with leaders to integrate design thinking practices that encourage creativity, recognize accomplishments, build trust and inspire a collective vision. Sabba researches how design thinking can prepare individuals with the mindset and skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Sabba hosts a podcast, “Sprint to Success with Design Thinking,” where she interviews researchers and practitioners about their stories and strategies for navigating change with design thinking and thriving in today’s world.
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