Many teachers believe design thinking principles are useful in Art classes or Design and Technology classes. Other subjects find it difficult to incorporate. We provide some suggestions on how to incorporate design into various subjects. Design is related to behaviors, experience and systems. Teachers can think of designing at this level. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work https://www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #designexperience #teaching #learning

You need kids to generate ideas but nothing creative or interesting is happening. Sometimes the best way to move forward is to go backwards. Thinking of the worst outcomes or negative brainstorming could be one starting point to spark creativity. Thinking of negative outcomes could be easier to do instead of generating positive ideas. The next step is trying to understand why these ideas are negatives and solve them. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #negativebrainstorming #thinkopposite

Teachers are feeling bored because the same projects keep repeating. How do we make a cool project? Sometimes the definition of cool comes from the students themselves. Our job is to make them decide what is cool and bring that to a future reality. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on  https://www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #coolprojects #studentcentered

Teachers are wondering how to get engagement and design lessons while conducting class online. One quick way to get engagement online is to make your lesson a story. Use cartoon frames to create the story that is focused on the purpose of your lesson. Then ask the students to guess the end of the story and draw it. They can also create a new story using the cartoon template. Or they can create a drawing and label it with your learning goals. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on https://www.designforhk.com#designbasedlearning #education #storyboard

Many teachers struggle to help students generate non-robotic ideas. One simple tool to help could be to use the plus, minus, multiply, divide tool to generate ideas. Creativity doesn’t have to be completely wild out of this world ideas. It could be as simple as looking at something in a different aspect. Teachers need to keep the purpose and the focus clear and keep the lesson moving. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe Check out more of our work on www.designforhk.com#designbasedlearning #creativity #teachingtools

You need kids to generate ideas but nothing creative or interesting is happening. Sometimes the best way to move forward is to go backwards. Thinking of the worst outcomes or negative brainstorming could be one starting point to spark creativity. Thinking of negative outcomes could be easier to do instead of generating positive ideas. The next step is trying to understand why these ideas are negatives and solve them. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #negativebrainstorming #thinkopposite

Empathy is an essential component of the design process especially when we want human-centered solutions. We try to simplify this process and make it easier for teachers to implement in the classroom or online lessons. There are various methods to do this and we explain 4 tools that are quick and easy to use with limited resources. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #empathy #teachingtools

Collaboration and group work continue to be promoted in schools as a goal. We should not do group work for the sake of group work; we need to be clear about the purpose, goal and outcomes.  Design thinking requires group work because idea generation works well when more minds are on a task. Students also need the opportunity to practice soft skills such as listening skills, accountability, empathy, and peer-learning. The ideal size for a group depends also depends on the task or project goals and outcomes. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more.  Feel free to leave comments below. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on https://www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #education #groupwork #collaboration

Many Hong Kong teachers are asking about design-based learning and how can we make it fit into their system. Ming joins us today and shares her own experience of trying to change traditional lessons to follow project-based or inquiry-based learning methods and the successes and failures along the journey. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more.Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #mistakesarelessons #motivationalmindset

Teachers want kids engaged in project work. A hook activity to start the project provides an insightful kick off that drives the whole project cycle. A hook activity gives a scenario kids can relate to easily. Kids do the task in the usual way. We flip the task and try again. Then kids need to reflect on the problem and how to solve it. This usually creates the motivation to finish the project. Listen to the DBL podcast to find out more. Please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. Check out more of our work on www.designforhk.com #designbasedlearning #education #hookactivity