Design Thinking
Find and share resources to help students engage in innovative processes for tackling complex real-world problems in human-centered ways.
Design Thinking in World Language Classes
Teachers can use the five-stage approach of design thinking to boost students’ engagement, motivation, and comprehension.
Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign
How a visit to Starbucks inspired a change to flexible seating—and then some changes in teaching philosophy.570.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Designing a Public School From Scratch
On a mission to reimagine traditional schooling, a K–8 school in San Diego puts teachers and students at the center.196.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Birmingham Covington: Building a Student-Centered School
Educators take on the role of guides and motivate students to direct their own learning.117.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How Accessible Tech Can Promote Empathy and Collaboration
A middle school design and technology teacher breaks down a three-project unit that nicely overlaps with STEAM content.5.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Design Thinking: A Problem Solving Framework
Students learn to empathize with others around the globe while solving real-world problems.79.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Teaching Empathy Through Design Thinking
While empathy is the first step in the design thinking process, keep your students focused on this necessary element as they move through definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing.114.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Motivating Students Through Effective Assignment Design
Teachers in all grades can apply these strategies for presenting concise, appealing, student-friendly assignments.2.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Designed for Engagement
A school district uses monthly missions in its design studios to increase student and teacher engagement and foster self-directed learning.59.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Arts Integration: Resource Roundup
All points of arts integration -- from benefits and implementation to linking the arts with core curriculum -- are covered in this roundup of useful Edutopia blog posts, articles, and videos.58.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Science Takes Flight With Paper Airplanes
A well-designed STEM activity helps elementary students understand the basics of physics and design thinking.29.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Why Learning Space Matters
To maximize learning potential, classrooms should be open, comfortable, well lit, and visually stimulating. Strategic use of existing space can make a big difference, too.51.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Design Thinking in Education: Empathy, Challenge, Discovery, and Sharing
As a model for reframing methods and outcomes, design thinking reconnects educators to their creativity and aspirations for helping students develop as deep thinkers and doers.
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Go to My Saved Content.Building Products for Real-World Clients
Students in India in grades pre-K to 12 use design thinking to create products that address real needs.29.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Improving Schools Through Design Thinking
Along with teaching students how to master design thinking, this five-step model of empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test can also be used in running the school itself.30.4kYour content has been saved!
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