We empathised with a stakeholder, a imaginary friend, to create something that fitted what they had asked for. The kids picked a stakeholder out of a hat, the stakeholder card read something like, something to ride on, something alive or something soft. I gave each child three post-it-notes to sketch their ideas on - I was surprised how challenging they found it NOT to write and come up with WILD ideas. The stakeholder cards worked really well as it gave the kids one thing to focus on when they are ideating. Using play dough as the tool for prototyping our idea worked well as the kids were able to make and remake their designs easily and the kids found it engaging. What I was most excited about was how much talking and questioning was happening between the kids and myself, and between the kids themselves! Language in abundance!!!
Next time, I'd like to work more on the ideating stage, getting the kids to think of WILD ideas, ideas that they haven't seen before. Kids tended to stick to recreating something they had seen before - which I think is an ok place to start. I will need to ask more questions and model how to ideate! To free myself up, I will need to have all the resources out on the tables for the kids so they can easily access them when they are ready.
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A makeshift design thinking space for Master N, he created something alive, a scary monster pet for his stakeholder. He made his design better and better by remaking it many times!
A crocodile car made by Miss K, she was able to talk about herself as a designer and talked about her friend, and what they had asked for. She made her design many times, making her idea better with every attempt.
Miss R and Miss I, decided their ideas should be combined to make a extra large marshmallow pillow for their stakeholder, who wanted something soft.
Miss K and Miss A, sharing ideas and asking each questions about their prototypes. Miss A, designed an ice-cream truck, as her stakeholder wanted something to ride in.
Master K, C and A, decided to collaborate, by making something to ride in for their stakeholder. It was interesting to see C take on the leadership role and delegate up the tasks between his followers. Each person was given a very specific part of the bus to make.
Hi Rebecca, this is really creative and sounds quite interesting too. Glad to hear that they asked lots of questions. They all look engaged and so much engrossed in the activity. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank-you for letting me try out what I have learning at The Mind Lab with your class. I really appreciate it. I will definitely have to do some more design thinking with Room 3 in the future!
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