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Tools
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Inquiry through empathy interviews
Gain valuable insights into how other people experience a problem or challenge. Use those insights to inform how you design solutions that meet the needs of those people and avoid missing important information that makes the difference between a successful solution and an unsuccessful one.
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Imagining through metaphors
Use metaphors to reframe your thinking about a problem of practice and create novel solutions to complex problems. This activity will draw on team collaboration to explore new ways of looking at a familiar problem.
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The School Design Game
Engage groups of educators in a game that simulates the possibilities and pitfalls of using the design process in a school setting. This game promotes thoughtful discussion and highlights various design-based solutions throughout the stages of a design process: Inquire, Imagine, Iterate, Communicate, and Connect.