{"id":2848,"date":"2016-02-22T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smithsystem.wpengine.com\/smithfiles\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:34:49","slug":"edutopia-improving-schools-through-design-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithsystem.com\/smithfiles\/edutopia-improving-schools-through-design-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Edutopia: Improving Schools Through Design Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smithsystem.com\/smithfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/hands-people-woman-working-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"design thinking\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A growing number of schools around the world are utilizing design\u00a0thinking in classrooms to improve the overall school experience, according to an Edutopia article. Design Thinking is &#8220;a human-centered approach to problem solving that begins with developing empathy for those facing a particular challenge,&#8221; wrote author and Assistant Director of Roper Mountain Science Center Thomas Riddle.<\/p>\n<h2>According to Riddle, design thinking<\/h2>\n<p><em>Serves as a framework that helps to define problems, empathize with others, develop prototypes of possible solutions, and hone those prototypes through multiple iterations until they have generated a viable solution to the challenge at hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The article continues by outlining the following five main stages of the design thinking process:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Empathize<\/li>\n<li>Define<\/li>\n<li>Ideate<\/li>\n<li>Prototype<\/li>\n<li>Test<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To learn more about how each stage of the design thinking process serves to improve experiences for both students and teachers inside and outside of the classroom, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/improving-schools-through-design-thinking-thomas-riddle?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=021716%20enews%20read%20ngm&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=www_edutopia_org_blog_improving_sch_2&amp;spMailingID=13750769&amp;spUserID=MTA5MDk5NjI1MzYzS0&amp;spJobID=721199694&amp;spReportId=NzIxMTk5Njk0S0\">click here to read the full article on Edutopia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of schools around the world are utilizing design thinking in classrooms. 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