Design Thinking with year 5/6!


Between getting ready for and celebrating Matariki plus a few additions from another class to add an already buzzing classroom we tackled a design thinking challenge linked into the class inquiry topic, Tourism! The challenge was to design a tourist attraction for an allocentric (risk taking and adventurous) or psychocentric (thoughtful and peaceful) tourist.




Next time I am going to introduce the ideating stage by sharing with the kids different strategies to come up with new ideas. As across all the classrooms this is the part the kids have found most challenging. 

For the reflecting stage, a hack I've discovered this week is getting the kids to write their "script" on post-it notes to make filming their digital learning objects a breeze - one take and they were done! 




Master P, J, S and S designed for an allocentric tourist. They picked up on the ideation process and loved they idea of mixing together two old ideas to make a new idea. 

They designed a tourist attraction where "risk taking" people who like to do graffiti can come and spray paint the wall without fear of getting caught by the police. They learnt lots about working together and communicating with each other about what needed to be achieved to get the job done!



Masters H, D, B and C designed for an allocentric tourist. They struggled at first to come up with a new ideas but quickly worked out they could make something that was "impossible" which pushed them to take bigger risks and be more creative! 

They designed a teleportation machine that would transport their tourist to any place in the universe instantly. 



I will leave you with a question which was shouted very loudly at me from across the room my Master J,  

"MRS KIRBY ARE WE ALLOWED TO USE OUR IMAGINATION?".... 


.... yes, always! 

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